One simple question… “What’s one fun fact about you? 🤪” …has caused some of the strongest people I know to fall to their knees and crumble 😔 I was almost a victim today but I dug DEEP - ThreadSky

shaundai.com • 35 days ago

One simple question…

“What’s one fun fact about you? 🤪”

…has caused some of the strongest people I know to fall to their knees and crumble 😔

I was almost a victim today but I dug DEEP

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hannah-v-holmes.bsky.social•34 days ago

I am moderately gifted at throwing objects.

wyle-e-coyote.bsky.social•35 days ago

I make things up

angrynavyveteran.bsky.social•35 days ago

So do atoms. Don't trust those sneaky bastards.😃🤣

rhbiv.bsky.social•35 days ago

I can breathe through my ears.

ampsky1.bsky.social•35 days ago

Stand the fuck up.

vichewy.bsky.social•34 days ago

Fun fact about me is I keep a little dirt under my pillow for the dirt man

or1x.bsky.social•34 days ago

Is there even a way to get the fun fact right? You either overshare, say something that comes out as pretentious or seem lame for being too vague.

adriennekmetz.com•35 days ago

When they get to me and I start talking about sobriety

inthisalone.bsky.social•34 days ago

Fun facts can often prompt follow-up questions. My fact is dependent on the situation.

So mine: Late 40s; and still have my tonsils, never had chicken pox.

phoenixg75.bsky.social•34 days ago

I hate follow-up questions, and for that reason, always give the same fact: I learned to read when I was 4 years old. First book, 'Who's got the Apple?' by Jan Lööf.

glaszpetal.bsky.social•34 days ago

My younger brother didn’t have chicken pox for the first time until he was 14. He’s 34 now. My sister and I like to chitchat occasionally about what health problems we’ll have as old people (since like everything runs in our families) and always joke he will be the one to get shingles.

inthisalone.bsky.social•34 days ago

Few years ago tested positive for varicella antibodies, so there was an exposure. No MD will administer shingles vaccine until age 50 though. 🤞 for us all.

glaszpetal.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yea, and like I said, we really just joke about it bc who gets chicken pox so late in life? 😂. I do hope we will all be safe from it though 🤞🏼

drtdlong.bsky.social•34 days ago

A fun fact about me is that is that I actually like to laugh… despite my resting bitch face.

magentaflame.bsky.social•34 days ago

I've never read a Harry Potter book nor seen any of the movies.
And as a female I never read 50 shades nor saw the movie.
I have my standards and boundaries

blckberry13.bsky.social•34 days ago

They said fun! 🤣 mine would be pretty much the same.

magentaflame.bsky.social•34 days ago

I went out and had fun whilst watching everyone else reading.

aisha.codes•35 days ago

Proud of you. I had a similar moment and so only just sent my response this morning. 😅

shaundai.com•35 days ago

I just sent mine lollll can’t wait to hear yours 😆

aisha.codes•35 days ago

Can’t wait to see you!!

shaundai.com•35 days ago

Me toooooo 🥰

chicagoattorney.bsky.social•35 days ago

I got laughs from my classmates last week. What did you say?

ultimacanti.bsky.social•35 days ago

My grandfather killed Count Chocula. Sugar vampire slaying runs in my blood

kevinpowell.co•35 days ago

This is easily the hardest question I'm ever asked, lol.

shaundai.com•35 days ago

It feels like less of a question, more of a statement saying “yeahhh you’re actually not that fun OR interesting if ya think about it” 😂

kevinpowell.co•35 days ago

omg yeah, exactly this, lol

yfsserretteffa.bsky.social•34 days ago

Fun fact: I retune harmonicas (Hohner Echo Harp in G/C) by filing a pair of the reeds, so that I can play the only three songs I can play on a harmonica at all:
Two Sleepy People
Samba Pa Ti
Sibelius Symphony 3, second movement, second theme & variations

yfsserretteffa.bsky.social•34 days ago

Oops. It appears the whole second movement is the SAME theme and variations, more or less. At any rate, it's the later part I steal.

thevampdeville.bsky.social•35 days ago

I hate this question. What qualifies as a “fun fact”? We all have different definitions of fun and I’m pretty sure no one cares about how I enjoy starting academic research papers on my phone. 🥴

geokrusch.bsky.social•35 days ago

Actually, this is fascinating. You’re absolutely right, one persons definition of fun may not be another’s. Here’s a “fun” fact about me, I prefer showers over baths.

thevampdeville.bsky.social•35 days ago

Now I know for sure I’m overthinking it when asked in a zoom meeting. I also prefer showers.

derasozialer.bsky.social•35 days ago

A lot of the time they ask this as one of the cultural fit questions in job interviews, but there they’re testing you to see what answer you give, and if you give the wrong answer you don’t get the job. So the answer you give ends up being neither fun nor factual

thevampdeville.bsky.social•35 days ago

geokrusch.bsky.social•35 days ago

This is a true but in a situation like this I believe most of us could come up with a work appropriate response. “I like to create a fun environment for those I lead by bringing in breakfast to a Monday morning meeting so that we can talk about our weekend and game plan the week ahead”.

thevampdeville.bsky.social•35 days ago

My brain says, if asked for a fun fact it must be fun which leads me to begin various levels of anxiety. Though I realize it can be work specific, the inauthenticness of a response like this would be seen all over my face.

derasozialer.bsky.social•35 days ago

That’s a good answer, but then you’ll have to bring breakfast on Monday every week for the rest of your career 😂 but I guess that comes up with the salary negotiations

sblazer227.bsky.social•34 days ago

Fun fact: its comical how many times me knowing a famous person is Canadian has helped me in trivia.

pineapple-fandango.bsky.social•34 days ago

I read the question and had to take a seat while my childhood self was angrily whispering at me that I should have been a guitar playing, sword wielding firefighter by now.

disturbedartist.bsky.social•35 days ago

When it gets to me I just my fun fact is I hate these fun facts things, because I guess skip, or I don't want to participate aren't good enough answers

dwilkens.bsky.social•35 days ago

Fun fact about me - when I was 22 I accidentally swallowed a wound pack from oral surgery and I tell you what you do not want to expel a giant chunk of gauze the way I did.

geokrusch.bsky.social•35 days ago

Next time throw them for a loop and say something unexpected. I’m really into BDSM… Satanic rituals…. Sitting outside my neighbors house and watching them.

magentaflame.bsky.social•34 days ago

Are you running for a political position?

matthiaskandler.bsky.social•35 days ago

absolutely lovin' it

shaggy4real.bsky.social•34 days ago

Here's my answer: I was run over by a pickup truck at age 11 and not only survived, but I was walking the literal next day. This happened 17 years ago

moonbabies.bsky.social•34 days ago

I have a friend who was hit by the ice cream man. He went around a mail truck and didn’t see her there happily standing with her money.

shaggy4real.bsky.social•34 days ago

Ouch. Blind spot paired with a hard turn I take it?

moonbabies.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yup

mamasanlott.bsky.social•34 days ago

When I rub my left eye it squeaks🤣

klowr6.bsky.social•34 days ago

Uhh I like music and having fun, umm me like movie

ifthepantsfit.bsky.social•34 days ago

I can shoot two streams of saliva out my mouth like a cobra got a range of a metre

papalotl67.bsky.social•34 days ago

I've been revived 2xs in my lifetime.

massimoantonini.bsky.social•34 days ago

I'm the world's second most boring person and I have no sense of humour, fun free since 1979. Yay.

victoriousyankee.bsky.social•35 days ago

All of my tv settings from volume to tint to color ALL have to be set to even numbers.

That’s normal right?

9heather.bsky.social•35 days ago

Same, but with odd numbers.

frizbog.bsky.social•35 days ago

They don’t seem very odd to me…

victoriousyankee.bsky.social•35 days ago

Odd numbers?

Weirdo…

youngprophet333.bsky.social•35 days ago

You get it

hax.io•34 days ago

I'm not obsessive about it, but when possible my car radio volume is at a prime number. Fortunately 23 is already getting pretty loud so I don't have to worry about the jump to 29.

9heather.bsky.social•34 days ago

I love prime numbers! 29 would be too loud for me at this age as well, but give us a few years and 29 will be our jam.

sundrunk.bsky.social•34 days ago

is it still a fun fact about me if it’s actually a fact about my mom?

rebeccageiger.bsky.social•34 days ago

Im a cat whisperer

julienetie.bsky.social•34 days ago

Ah!

When alone, anytime I see myself in a mirror I'm pulling faces and having fun, ha ha.

fauxmoedrag.bsky.social•34 days ago

I have two baby teeth so I am an actual BEAST at this game

jtkindt.bsky.social•34 days ago

I made three friends today.

starmanta.bsky.social•34 days ago

Had to scroll down further than expected for the Severance reference

mangoheaven.bsky.social•34 days ago

I swam with sharks in the wild because my son asked me to do it.

mortua.bsky.social•34 days ago

its not that I can’t think of anything, it’s that everything either seems too braggy or just pathetic.

mrlizardfish.bsky.social•34 days ago

Fun fact, my hands are strong enough that I only need nut crackers for Brazil nuts.

doscojones.bsky.social•34 days ago

I can make traditional plokkfiskur.

comets-vintage.bsky.social•34 days ago

-I am blind in one eye
-I was filmed for an episode of Reading Rainbow and met LeVar Burton
-I was the snake handler in the above
-I have been a natural redhead, blonde, AND brunette (it changed over time)
-I double majored in physics and math
-My first job was as an archery instructor
-I’m trans

uncleducker.bsky.social•34 days ago

All of these sound like a lot of work tho

comets-vintage.bsky.social•34 days ago

Gotta put in the work to be cool man 😎

uncleducker.bsky.social•34 days ago

You must burn a ton of calories then

phyrixis.bsky.social•35 days ago

Not exactly a 'fun' fact, but more a weird biological fact of snakes. If their head is removed, their heart won't stop beating until the sun goes down.

rhbiv.bsky.social•35 days ago

Not true at all.

wellhellno.bsky.social•35 days ago

Nightmares forthcoming

oreexplorer.bsky.social•35 days ago

👀 Passing that onto my herpetology obsessed daughter.

phyrixis.bsky.social•35 days ago

Lol you're welcome

ok-sure.bsky.social•35 days ago

What if you cover them with a blanket tho

phyrixis.bsky.social•35 days ago

No idea.

ok-sure.bsky.social•35 days ago

Brb getting my blanket and a machete

starmanta.bsky.social•34 days ago

That sounds like an extremely fake fact

phyrixis.bsky.social•34 days ago

Probly lol. I remember reading it on some fact website ages ago and it just kinda stuck in my brain

travlnlight.bsky.social•35 days ago

I'm the smartest dumbass you will ever know

elizaacherontia.bsky.social•34 days ago

What's a fun fact about you? 🤡

I know how to kill with my bare hands in 32 different ways. 🤪

magentaflame.bsky.social•34 days ago

Isn't that overkill? You only need one.

elizaacherontia.bsky.social•34 days ago

Variety is the spice of life ✨️

junglejeff.bsky.social•34 days ago

My fun fact is ... ... realizing that I picked the wrong decade to quit huffing paint ...

... if you know, you know.

cheers, y'all .............

funkmasterpeeps.bsky.social•34 days ago

I picked the wrong week to stop drinking.

elvisschmoulianoff.bsky.social•34 days ago

I have a bone island in my toe. I got super excited about this when the nurse called to tell me, and started going on about Pirates. She actually told me off and said being exposed to harmful rays was not something to get excited about
?!? Kill joy. Whatever lady, I got me a pirate toe 🏴‍☠️🙌❤️

domiracer.bsky.social•35 days ago

Not me but I heard someone shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.

monsieur23.bsky.social•34 days ago

I have a few:

- I was a member of Mensa at 13

- I took over cooking Xmas dinner at 19 (Mum was an… “ok” cook)

- I was once reported as a dead body because a dogwalker found me face-down in a ditch, in a forest, at dawn (I was just passed out drunk)

- I can do the Charleston

All good ones!

mangoheaven.bsky.social•34 days ago

I experienced the 3rd one you mentioned but I was given escopolamina. They also brutally hit me and chocked me. I had the marks on my neck with clarity of each finger from both hands on my neck. Thant happened to me 28 years ago and I vividly remember my face after the incident like it was yesterday

joonz42.bsky.social•35 days ago

I’m very observant. I see every obstacle just before I hit it.

moonbabies.bsky.social•34 days ago

I actually get mad when somebody brings in muffins and lets everybody know they were flavored with applesauce instead of sugar. I hide it, though.

trebledmorels.bsky.social•34 days ago

this is why i love having a twin, it’s my golden fun fact lol

adrienneqw.bsky.social•34 days ago

Cheat code!

bobhooker.bsky.social•34 days ago

I can go into an art gallery or art museum and upon just entering I can usually pick the work that got the highest price at auction. Not just museums but many small private galleries.

0blivions0bsidian.bsky.social•34 days ago

Coulda just said you like videogames or something. 😅

hljackson.bsky.social•35 days ago

Absolutely makes me wanna frow up when I hear that question. Immediately I know zero facts about myself when I am put on the spot.

txbrand27.bsky.social•35 days ago

i love to watch people eat my cooking while not eating my own cooking. it keeps them wondering if i put something in it

angrynavyveteran.bsky.social•35 days ago

I prefer to wear kilts rather than pants. (Fun fact: I don't care what anyone thinks about that.)

lunatyk-lorelei.bsky.social•35 days ago

You could respond with an unfun fact to highlight how much you hate the question. "Fun fact: I have eyebrows and have had eyebrows most of my life"

danleahy74.bsky.social•34 days ago

I’ve never seen an episode of the Simpsons.

starmanta.bsky.social•34 days ago

I’ve never seen an episode of Seinfeld. I think we’re past the point in time where this fact shocks people, but it still qualifies as a fun fact I guess.

stacypatrick.bsky.social•35 days ago

this question has never been asked outside of a tedious work or team building meeting.

pro tip: lie, make something up, no one will question it or care two minutes later. no need to stress.

anniemeacham.bsky.social•35 days ago

Aging gracefu…oops. Didn’t see that crack in the sidewalk.🤭

baackphoto206.bsky.social•34 days ago

I like Tim Robinson's suggestion - "An interesting thing about me is that when I was a baby, I was a SMILEY baby."

halsparks.com•34 days ago

All my facts are fun. #Fact

vincentriemer.social•35 days ago

That was the one optional question I didn’t answer 🙃

shaundai.com•35 days ago

😂 it was a close one for me. I actually googled “examples of fun facts about people” to help generate ideas

See you soooonnn

heyjenkins.bsky.social•35 days ago

💀

ok-sure.bsky.social•35 days ago

Scrolling all these replies in hope of finding somebody else’s fun fact to copy

oraborealis.bsky.social•34 days ago

Look up the day of the year you were born on Wikipedia: Today in 1795, French cavalry captured Dutch naval forces on the frozen Zuiderzee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23#1601%E2%80%931900

tannintheyeen.bsky.social•34 days ago

August 6th: Apparently there was a "Transfiguration of Jesus" feast on that day and my initials are J.C. . And it's Jamaican Independence day.
And 16 years after my birth the NASA Curiosity Rover landed on Mars.

So maybe it's my destiny to become Mars Jesus and make Mars independend

susiesm.bsky.social•35 days ago

How about this one: reveal something about yourself that nobody knows. Ha! Nobody knows for a reason, honey!

bwayandbroomsticks.bsky.social•35 days ago

Thankfully I’m fork-life certified and that is my go to answer 😂

sammysdaddy.bsky.social•35 days ago

I make jokes to hide my deep inner pain! 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 true story!

bustedphoton.bsky.social•34 days ago

Also known as "Name one fact about yourself that you think will impress other people"

silvenon.com•35 days ago

How somebody dares to demand fun is beyond me.

derasozialer.bsky.social•35 days ago

Also it’s very outdated to be demanding factuality in 2025. We live in a post truth world, if you don’t make the most of it someone else is. Say you met Sandra Bullock in an Arbys. Or you have a fear of geese. Or you are physically unable to pronounce M Night Shyamalan. The possibilities are endless

dreamergata.bsky.social•34 days ago

I used an old burger King Oliver and Company toy to determine the accurate year I was brought to the states for some immigration forms lol

kiittenniicole.bsky.social•35 days ago

Fun fact- I draw. 'omg draw me' 'i want to see' 'i can't draw a stick figure' my guy leave me alone 😭

glaszpetal.bsky.social•34 days ago

My fun fact is that I can wiggle my ears

janetmr7.bsky.social•34 days ago

Me too

glaszpetal.bsky.social•34 days ago

Omg, does everyone ask you to show them, too?

janetmr7.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yes, and ask me to show them how i do it. 🙄

glaszpetal.bsky.social•34 days ago

Haha, this reminds me of a time I was getting lunch with my mom in the early 00’s. I was wearing enormous turquoise colored hoops that were going haywire while chewing. My mom burst out laughing when she noticed & started asking all these questions about if moving my jaw was secretly how it worked 😂

janetmr7.bsky.social•33 days ago

I tell them it is like smiling without using your mouth. Best way i can describe it.

carol1959.bsky.social•35 days ago

I'm a mother of adult triplets who have a big brother.

exilpiefke.bsky.social•34 days ago

I am a father of now teenager triplets, and yes I have used that for these stupid questions too.

carol1959.bsky.social•34 days ago

🤣🤣

missingteeth.bsky.social•34 days ago

I always said that my parents are deaf and ASL was my first language. And then people would always ask me to teach them how to swear in ASL 😅

adam9172.bsky.social•34 days ago

What is your fun fact about yourself?

endofmeoldcigar.bsky.social•34 days ago

I am the last person to have beat the drums of the Grande Armée since the retreat from Moscow. Allegedly.

loblaws-balrog.bsky.social•35 days ago

a fun fact about me is I am the qwisatz haderach, the boy from the outer world who will know the fremen ways as if his own, and tame the great worm shai-hulud

windertp.bsky.social•34 days ago

My fun fact is that most of my fun facts are just traumatic experiences and not very fun at all

popeyegordon.bsky.social•34 days ago

The best I can do is to leave no trace of my existence, no memories of it. No redundant reproduction in an obscenely over populated world. Burn no gas, eat no beef, never fly recreationally. Recycle what I have used as much as possible.

cheesesweats.bsky.social•35 days ago

Years ago when i started on the graduate scheme in my first job this question got asked many times to me, I just said i had a twin(I don’t) as it always seemed to get the right amount of reaction to not draw any attention.

mle1412.bsky.social•34 days ago

I know all the words to the theme song to Mr Ed

rural-ducks-fan.bsky.social•34 days ago

Always easy for me...I was hit by lightening.

squirreltacosart.bsky.social•34 days ago

I was an axe throwing champ in college. But now that so many axe throwing spots have opened it's less of an interesting fact.

natokitsch.bsky.social•34 days ago

I got reprimanded at a job once because I said “one of my buttcheeks is fake, but you can’t tell”

daniel-p-johnson.bsky.social•35 days ago

Nothing really I’m a boring person 😅. Only claim to fame is I was a cleaner during pandemic. Then I got for first tech job at a startup.

shaundai.com•35 days ago

Haha I’m similar. I was thiiiis 🤏🏾 close to making something up. I gotta live a more interesting life

daniel-p-johnson.bsky.social•35 days ago

ISNT I work at Netflix btw enough or at least I’m not trash dev haha

shaundai.com•35 days ago

Lol nah they’re always raising the bar on me

skagitcatherder.bsky.social•34 days ago

I sort my M&Ms by color and number.

3fsmiff.bsky.social•35 days ago

Reply , what do you (person asking) call a fun fact?

cecebyrnes.bsky.social•34 days ago

I've climbed inside a volcano

I once blew up C4 with the FBI

As a kid, I walked out of Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium with Johnny Bench after an old-timers game

I have the most cutest dog ever

I've spawned 3 left-handed nerds who are all LGBTQ

alexdekora.bsky.social•35 days ago

Icebreakers like this are a form of modern torture.

jsheil.bsky.social•34 days ago

Second only to “Tell me about a little bit about yourself.”

krisosphere.bsky.social•34 days ago

I had my fingers fused together when I was born they had to cut them apart.

northumpqualocal.bsky.social•34 days ago

I’m living my second life

tart-let.bsky.social•34 days ago

You can win this game by changing the tone entirely and coming up with a fun fact that is not funny haha but funny sad!

jeanettedemain.bsky.social•34 days ago

There are absolutely no fun facts about me. I came to this realization a long time ago while fantasizing about being a contestant on Jeopardy, but then I knew that I would have nothing to give to Alex Trebek to talk about during the segment when contestants are introduced. The truth hurts.

toddheim.bsky.social•34 days ago

It's ok to be normal. 🤝

trainerjill.bsky.social•35 days ago

Fun fact about me: I believe Stargate SG1 to be the best series on tv, ever. And I have been around a long time so 'ever' to me means something. I used this at my interview question and it got a laugh and a hire :)

massimoantonini.bsky.social•34 days ago

trainerjill.bsky.social•34 days ago

Just looking at this picture, I got the biggest grin on my face. Thank you

massimoantonini.bsky.social•34 days ago

From one fan to another, you're very welcome 🌹✌🏿

starmanta.bsky.social•34 days ago

I wouldn’t go that far for SG1, BUT, the episode A Matter of Time is a strong contender for best sci-fi episode of all time.

drivingmenuts.bsky.social•35 days ago

I look them straight in the eye, and in my most deadpan, staring-into-the-abyss voice, I tell them: my degree is in drama.

Then I weakly honk a clown horn.

amygm80.bsky.social•35 days ago

I always go with “I was a 3 time blue ribbon winning hula hooper in elementary school.”

trainerjill.bsky.social•35 days ago

Ooh, I like! I could use 'I won the 3 legged race in 1st grade!'

matthiaskandler.bsky.social•35 days ago

I like mustard as a spread on my cheese bread

danesandeberg.bsky.social•34 days ago

I have an unusual tolerance to a lot of drugs. My drink was spiked once and I had the time of my life.

tomhow.land•35 days ago

I have a song on Spotify and a book on Amazon.

They were all made in about 30 minutes and I only uploaded them to see if I could, but the headline still grabs people.

shaundai.com•35 days ago

Oh wow that’s an amazing fact but also, it sounds like I’m potentially 30 min away from never having to stress about coming up with a fun fact again!

thereissunshine.bsky.social•34 days ago

I love helping people who are lost, especially on transit.

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