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How about we play, "Never have I ever"? (fedia.io)

submitted 3 days ago by bizarroland@fedia.io to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 90 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Never learned to ride a bicycle.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Upvoted! I learned how pretty young, but I have a few friends who never did and they have told me that the main thing holding them back as adults is the fear of falling down. Is it the same for you?

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes. I have a healthy, but irrational fear of falling. Heights do not bother me (flying in a plane is no big deal in terms of the height). But if I am even a foot above the ground under my own power (say, on a ladder), I get extremely unsteady and nervous.

So bicycles were out pretty much from the beginning.

My family, when I was young, would try to convince me by asking, “how can you drive a car if you can’t ride a bike?” Yeah my response shut them up pretty quickly: “a car has 4 tires and is stable.” I was seven years old.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago

Not who you asked, but the main thing holding me back is that I don't know how to kick off and don't know how to balance. I'm surprised how many people just kinda know how to do it