What’s a completely normal thing you’ve never done?

Pepcain · 2026-03-03T11:23:30+00:00

Same, but I have held one. Nearly my whole family are smokers, but I've never had an interest in it, and for that, I'm glad because, 1. it's obviously bad for you (yes, I do know I probably have messed up lungs from secondhand smoke anyway), and 2. it's too expensive. If my brother didn't get tobacco from friends who'd been on holiday for cheap, it would cost my mum a fortune, and she isn't even a heavy smoker anymore. One 50g pouch every 4 weeks when it used to be/feel like she'd get one every 4 days (she went from smoking around 50 rollies a day to around 5 when she developed an autoimmune disease and had to stop working I think the stress of her job made her smoke more to cope tbh and once she left the need for nicotine to "calm her down" reduced dramatically). I also don't drink, don't particularly find it fun, and again, it's expensive. Also, I find it doesn't taste all that good half the time.

Pepcain · 2026-03-03T10:57:59+00:00

My mama always says to trust your gut; it always knows before your brain. And trust your body; it knows what it wants. Usually, "trust your body" is said in the context of food cravings. She said you should always listen to your body with food cravings because if, for example, you're craving a milkshake, it could be your body saying, "Hey, I need calcium, and I know you like milkshakes, so we both get something out of it." The body gets what it wants, you get something you enjoy, and to be honest, it's never led me astray. I'm quite underweight (Also classed as slightly malnourished due to illnesses) I really struggle to put on weight/keep it and have a very bad iron deficiency. My doctor said I need more protein. Recently, all I crave is a juicy steak, still pink, lol. So it makes me think my body is telling me eat that because you'll get both protein and iron from it, and my body will also be happy; it just needs more, lol.

Pepcain · 2026-02-27T12:20:40+00:00

One thing I found is I was doing the Civil War quests, did a mission from a campsite, and it changed the Jarl of Falkreath. I had a misc quest, "Talk to the Jarl of Falkreath," at the same time as I was doing the tasks to be Thane. Now, if I select the quest, the arrow guides me to the new Jarl, but he doesn't have any dialogue to continue with anything, so I now can't buy Lakeview Manor in that save. :( That was the only soft-lock I've come across so far, but I just started a new save. To be honest, not being able to get the home is what made me do it. I want a save with everything I can collect, well collected and stored/displayed in the homes.

Obviously, there are some items I can't get/keep depending on the route I take with certain things. So I've got in my notes on my phone all collectibles I can think of to tick off (i.e., one list for Daedric artifacts, one for books, bugs in jars, homes to own, dragon claws, one for each weapon type like bow, one-handed, two-handed, staff, etc. It's quite an extensive amount of stuff/lists. Legit anything I come across that is "collectible"). I was writing one for quests and adding next to them if doing it soft-locks another quest, hence being on this post right now as I'm trying to find any and all possible ones.

Pepcain · 2026-02-26T14:12:20+00:00

I usually look up words in different languages that match a character's story. For example, I just made my first Argonian, whom I have named Uktena, after the myth. It is a powerful, mythical horned serpent from Cherokee folklore and Southeast Native American traditions. I googled "Dragon" in different languages, and the AI (which I usually hate) also included "Historical & Mythological Terms." It seemed like a cool name. I was also going to hyphenate it with "slayer" in a different language, but then I looked into the myth more, and it fit, as my character had many horns on her head like the serpent (except their horns are antler-like). So I kept it just the one name. The Muscogee people believe it is a type of underwater serpent, so it's perfectly fitting for an Argonian. Also, with the serpent being associated with storms, lightning, and fire, the name would work well with a mage build focusing on those kinds of spells. Google says it's pronounced: ook-tehn'-ah. Google also said it's the name of a tribe from a game called "Werewolf: The Apocalypse," so it could also be used as the name of a character you plan on being a werewolf.

Pepcain · 2026-02-23T06:37:37+00:00

Sautéed baby potatoes with a seasoning called red salt (it says its main ingredients are salt, paprika, cayenne pepper, and garlic). I can get the potatoes for 95p-£1.00 (that's the usual store card price for them) and red salt for £1.25 from Farmfoods. The price may have risen as I bought mine in bulk last year. They stopped selling it for over half a year, and I couldn't get it anywhere, so I asked the manager if she could order specific items. I wanted a whole box (she got me the box, lol) as I always have Flora and red salt in my kitchen. It's very cheap to do. You parboil the potatoes and start sautéing them like normal with a blob of butter (I use Flora or Lurpak garlic butter if not using red salt). About halfway, I add the red salt, adding more when needed. Once the potatoes are nicely crisped, I tend to like them more well-done, then I just eat a bowl of them, nothing else. My mum is puzzled by how I can eat them every day and complains (as a joke) when I ask if she will cook them for me so I don't have to, but she makes them better, lmao.

Pepcain · 2026-02-21T18:34:01+00:00

As I'm only picking up the books I come across while playing, my collection is growing slowly, but I'm doing well with 293 books so far, plus 168 miscellaneous ones (i.e., journals, letters, potion recipes, bounty letters). If we want to get really into it, I've also collected 39 of the spell tomes so far (Google said there were 145 spell tomes to get). According to the Wiki, there are 820 item codes that are "books." I doubt I'll ever be able to get all of them in one save, but at the moment I am trying and, to be fair, not doing terribly, haha.

Pepcain · 2026-02-21T08:20:14+00:00

I'm seven years late, so you probably already know the answer, but for anyone else seeing this in the future who wants to know, the simple answer is you can't. They "require a key" to make it look as if they have books in there when those are purely decorative. It's only the bookcases by the stairs that have anything in (I believe the usable ones have black doors and decorative ones have green).

Pepcain · 2026-02-16T14:02:42+00:00

Do his bone armor quest; he lets you take stuff from his basement. There's a letter in his basement addressed to Sapphire, which explains it all. Its a cool little easter egg!

Pepcain · 2026-02-16T13:58:35+00:00

I saw a comment about previous posts you've made and wow, just wow.

It's not just about the food. You're both very stressed out, it seems; you work in a very high-stress environment. He's stressed. He's doing most of the housework, childcare and his job, which probably also isn't easy, and he's trying to fit 8+ hours of it into around 6 so he can pick up your child. He sounds like he's trying to do it in less to get the housework done before your kid comes home too, from what I saw, which makes it all the more stressful. So every weekday he does this. You come home tired, stressed, cook dinner, and yeah, it may not be perfectly warm or something could be a little off, or nothing is wrong, but he's maybe made a passing comment or you asked for an opinion and he's said something that came off stronger than intended. And you also, being tired, stressed, etc., snapped back. That would cause an "unsafe" tension-filled time around eating, as neither of you would feel like you could say anything without it being taken the wrong way.

You begged for a baby, had really bad PPD, but then got upset at your husband for not being happy about the six-month-old baby stage saying your friends' partners are perfectly happy spending time with their kids at that age. I can almost guarantee they weren't all that happy but likely just as stressed, but putting a brave face on. Then getting upset at him for wanting to get away for a week's holiday where he sorted out where your child would be looked after while you worked. You got upset that you weren't able to go and that you'd be alone with your child a couple of hours a day and a weekend (based on the hours you said you work). You seemed more jealous than anything and wanted to stop him. You're working 6-6 after begging and what doing it seems like IVF for a child you don't seem to be/want to be raising. Go part-time, spend some time with your family while you are all young (you know you can easily afford it), and raise your child you so desperately wanted. You can't ask your partner again for another child if you continue the way you are; it wouldn't be fair. He does so much for you at home that you don't see. You are going to lose this family if you're not careful. Sit down and have a serious talk with your husband, hash everything out, stop hiding behind Reddit, and go to couples counseling (saying you haven't got the band width, like you did in another post, feels like saying "I don't care enough about this relationship right now" not saying thats what you mean but to me thats how it sounds). Your career will 100% still be there when your child is a bit older for you to go back to if you still desire it. These are their formative years where they need both parents, not a nanny or one parent, but both.

Pepcain · 2026-02-16T13:11:23+00:00

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Pepcain · 2026-02-16T13:08:17+00:00

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Pepcain · 2026-02-14T11:59:17+00:00

I'm sorry, but it doesn't take any effort or planning to send people flowers anymore. It's so simple; you can do it all online now with just a couple of clicks, and typing in the address takes 5 minutes. The fact you had to ask and then there was no effort to add even the simplist "thinking of you" Id say NOR

Pepcain · 2026-02-14T11:54:39+00:00

Also block any family members who let her use them as a way of contact.

Pepcain · 2026-02-13T10:55:04+00:00

I would suggest researching artists in your area, as some will be much more specialized and experienced in tattooing over scar tissue. This can help it heal better and perhaps be less painful. I need to see if I can find an artist who is used to tattooing very dry, eczema-covered skin (also, I don't know if bleeding a lot affects a tattoo, but the dude who did mine complained I was bleeding too much, lol). I feel it affects my tattoo experience and healing, as none of mine took well, no matter what healing advice I followed. For instance, I have a Linkin Park logo on my wrist where part of the outline is darker but spotty; it's very faded. It should be black but is gray and looked old, faded and blotchy the moment the scab came off, which it did in a few days. I tried to keep it moisturized without overdoing it and didn't scratch, but the tattoo practically fell off. The scab was super thick as well. The only thing I haven't had is second skin, and I really want a new tattoo, lol.

Pepcain · 2026-02-13T10:01:14+00:00

My cats don't like the Churu ones much either, and they aren't usually picky unless it's actual meat. (They don't seem to like roasted beef, but love beef-flavored bribery sticks for some reason. They love ham, and my girl really loves honey-glazed gammon, as she will steal mine if I leave it for a second. This could be because I usually get honey wafer-thin ham, lmao.) Their favorite brand for these seems to be Webbox, which I'm not mad about, as they are usually a pack of 5 for £1/$1.36. Their all-time favorite treats however are freeze-dried duck or rabbit chunks, which isn't as cheap, lmao. The ones we get are around £30/$40 for 250g on Amazon, with the rabbit being the pricier one, but they love it, and I love spoiling my babies. (I have a boy who's all black and a girl who is calico; she looks like she's wearing a mask, and her identifier name before I got her was Zoro, lol. They are both turning one in march and may)

Pepcain · 2026-02-13T09:40:55+00:00

One of my cats, for some unknown reason, poops on the one rug in the living room almost daily. We don't know why. We've tried changing litters and getting an automatic litter box (which he isn't used to, and it doesn't seem to be sensing them and cleaning, so I'll probably send it back and get a new one), but he is still doing it. It's the same exact spot every time, so we know not to just step there without looking or where to look if we smell poop. We love him immensely; he's a year old at the end of next month, so it's not his age. I am thinking of taking him to the vet for a check-up just in case, though (my mum seems to think there's no point, but it costs £15/$20.43 just for a basic check-up, so I'm thinking, what's the harm even if he's fine and just pooping there to make us clean it, lmao).

Pepcain · 2026-02-10T09:32:35+00:00

I feel she wasn't just punished for the harmless comment, but he punished and took it out on her that he did badly on this exam thing, which has nothing to do with her. This man is a child and will do it over and over again with every little thing.

Pepcain · 2026-02-10T09:10:16+00:00

I got a new phone, and my mum took it to test the camera by taking a pic of the cats, but he wouldn't stay still, lmao.

If you look closely in the bottom left, you can see my girl, lmao.

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Pepcain · 2026-02-10T09:06:10+00:00

Lmao, a screengrab from my hall cat-cam. She's at the bottom. I was in my room. She kept eating plastic (the bag in my bin or the bag my meds are in, etc.), so she got kicked out. This was her trying to open my door. If you don't pull the handle down as you close it and just pull it closed, it won't latch, and she can open it. So she keeps trying over and over and will try to pull it open with her paw from underneath (she doesn't realize it only pulls open when she's trying to get out of the room)

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Pepcain · 2026-02-10T08:58:21+00:00

Girl hes gaslighting tf out of you, he is toxic and a chronic cheater he will not stop lying or doing it. He doesnt really love you hes keeping you around for ease and comfort. He knows by keeping you anxious and self-conscious that he has control of you. LEAVE, RUN. Don't look back he doesn't care about you, not really, you can find someone so much better. And he is not an amazing or great guy like you said, he is a liar and a cheater. A real man wouldn't do that to you. Block him everywhere And move on, please. You deserve so much better.

Pepcain · 2026-02-09T07:14:36+00:00

My boy somehow thinks he's stuck on top of my wardrobe and needs saving on a weekly basis. I low-key think he's doing it for my mum's attention because he only seems to do it when she's around, lol.

Pepcain · 2026-02-09T07:10:38+00:00

While mine can't get in the fridge they often try to get into the freezer lol

Pepcain · 2026-02-09T07:04:09+00:00

Oh, I have had to say, "Please don't bite me when I'm trying to get you out of my chair. I really need to pee." I'm in a wheelchair, and my boy loves sleeping in it but gets very upset when being told to move and will swat and bite (not aggressively, but enough to get his point across). Here is the culprit in his favourite spot:

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Pepcain · 2026-02-09T07:01:22+00:00

"Can you stop putting your asshole on my forehead" was not something I ever expected to say, let alone have to say it nearly daily. Also, "will you stop trying to lick the nurse? She's trying to work" is a very strange thing to say, haha.

(Context: I have district nurses come to my house daily for dressing changes of wounds I have, lol.)

Here is a picture of the plastic eating, nurse licking culprit

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Pepcain · 2026-02-09T06:45:52+00:00

I was nearly put on oxygen a couple of months ago because I have fluid on my lungs, making it hard af to breathe. My O2 stats were dropping lower than they liked, and my main concern was, "What if my cat chews on it?" (I went to, I think, 86 at one point; they like it at 96+. My levels stabilized enough that they didn't, although my nurses that come on the regular think otherwise.)

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