Gonna be real, if someone is petty enough to comment on how much tea is in my mug I’m never talking to them again
What about people who don’t comment but tut disapprovingly?
Public hanging
You can easily get another cm in there and not be at significant risk of spilling it and I’m dyspraxic so more likely than the average person to just randomly fuck up carrying a cup of tea.
I’d go 5mm gap if you’re not leaving the room with it, 7mm if you’re nearby on the same floor, 10mm if you’re up or down stairs, or far away :)
I had never figured to leave more of a gap if going upstairs but it makes a lot of sense…
Hi fellow dyspraxic! How many things have you banged into today?
4
4 ain’t bad at all nice work!
wait is that what that means? like i just sorta called myself accident prone but basically I tend to bang into things more often then others.
Dyspraxia is a learning/developmental condition, broadly similar in cause to dyslexia but presenting different symptoms.
In dyslexia there’s a disconnect or error in the signals sent to and from the eyes so the brain struggles to process them. In dyspraxia there’s a disconnect or error in the signals sent to and from the rest of the body, which means you have difficulty with things like coordination, motor control, balance and also your ability to learn and retain information.
that just makes me wonder more. they mention several times a day though but like for me I bang into the sides of doors or portals or such more than most people I know over the course of a year. Curiously the bane of my school days was not being able to short term memorize at the level my peers could. Was even worse when I got further along and people dropped out of the major. Thing is its not really a totally bad thing as I also notice that when I memorize things I tend to retain it longer. I still know a shakespeare soliloquy and poem I had to memorize for an english class in high school. I pull them out as part tricks on occasion (years between). I also get balance things out of no where but again not daily. Its only noticable over large spans like a year or years so like my wife notices it. Mostly in a what the heck was that way. So yeah given its not daily I don’t think I have it but it makes me wonder if I have like some of the genes.
It’s a spectrum like everything else, you’ve definitely got some of the markers! It’s not a 100% thing either, like it’s not a cerebral injury or a palsy where there’s a specific damage or something.
Like for me I have terrible hand/eye coordination, I have to have my phone keyboard take up most of the screen to hit the right button reliably, I’ll also have what turns into a borderline speech impediment if I’m trying to do something fiddly at the same time. I’ll randomly drop things for no reason or I’ll just spontaneously misstep and end up on the floor every now and then.
wow. yeah this is amazing for me as these things line up. hand eye has always been a bit poorer than others and I do get where my speech can get goofy if im engaged in thought along with the dropping thing. Again though not that often. Almost just enough to have noticed over a lifetime. Its kinda reassuring to think there is a reason and im guess im lucky I did not get enough genes or whatever turned on to the point it fires more often. The speech thing is like more of a threshold thing though. The more I have to concentrate the harder it is to speak and the more likely I will say something goofy.
TIL Brits put a little tea in their milk
Yeah, first they make it super strong by just leaving the bags in. Then they add milk because it’s too strong.
I love them anyway
Then they discuss how many centimeters from the rim it should be to avoid the real problem going on in their heads.
I remember being bullied about some weird random things growing up, but are people really out there talking smack about the not-quite-fullness of your cup of tea?
Feels like the pettiness is the bit
You leave enough room so that the marshmallows don’t cause it to overflow. 🤷♂️
Please do not introduce fun to our national drink. Thank you.
How about whipped cream?
Unfortunately, I’m afraid we’d have to categorise that as fun.
Also, you’re now banned from the British Isles, and all of Her Majesty’s overseas territories
Hot Toddy is pretty fun
Nice colour too.
When my wife makes me a brew, she only fills it to 3/4. Now I just decline her offers and make them myself. What’s crazy is that she’ll fill her cup to the normal amount; and I’m not known for spilling my drinks.
You clearly cannot be trusted with the power of a full mug of tea.
Which is wild as the sofa is riddled with evidence of her tea & coffee mishaps!
Ah the old, “make it consistently bad to discourage them from asking” gambit
Aww has the tide gone out? Or something?
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Reread the OP
Ah now it makes sense lol
My first thought was that that looks only like 1cm, but with the tape measure there I’m going to have to conclude that the mug is GIANT
You underestimate my power to spill
I never fill a mug without 3 cm of clearance
Loving the fact they included the tape measure in the pic.
I’m also dyspraxic so I’d probably drop the tape measure into the cup, causing it to spill and then I’ll realise that was the last teabag
Also dyspraxic. I could never risk filling the cup that high, it’s going to go everywhere.
Are adult tippy cups socially acceptable?
Be the change you want to see.
Brits talk about everything rounds to the nearest 10 in metric and then use 1.5cm for asinine shit.
Would you prefer 15mm or 0.5906"
This reminded me of the worst thing about getting tea at a cafe, which is that if you ask for a splash of milk with your breakfast or earl grey tea they bring out a jug with an entire udder’s worth of milk, which then sits there turning sour. I suppose they must have once had a customer who wanted some tea with their milk.
Can confirm. Btw, this is bean tea.
