10 Completely Stupid Things That Everyone Does (Even If You Deny It)

4. Touching A Hot Plate... Directly After Being Told That It€™s Hot...

Hot Plate Gif €œCareful with that, it€™s hot!€ says your parent/friend/partner/waiter as they put the plate down. And what do you do? You immediately touch the damn thing and burn yourself. On purpose. Even as your rational mind is SCREAMING at you not to touch the plate, instinct, or muscle memory, or whatever, has already decreed that YOU MUST TOUCH THIS PLATE. If only, to borrow a skit from Seinfeld, to see what their idea of €˜hot€™ is. Sometimes it isn€™t really hot at all- leading to satisfying smugness - but when it is hot, you burn yourself and everybody looks at you like you're some kind of grotesque yelping moron, even though they€™ve all just done the exact same.
 
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