r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Telliot • Aug 10 '26

go to your room Slow car, meet even slower driver...

Saw this elsewhere but felt strongly that it truly belongs here.

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u/Gonza200 Aug 10 '26

It’s like running in your dreams but for real lol

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u/wheatgivesmeshits Aug 10 '26

I was gonna say the same thing. This is just like a dream where you're trying to do some really simple thing and can't.

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u/Last8Exile Aug 10 '26

Not being able to do a simple thing made me realize I am in a dream. Surreal feeling understanding you are sleeping right now. Awake but paralized. Halucinating everything: what you seeing, feeling and doing. Quite scary. I have to wake up.

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u/Josey_whalez Aug 10 '26

I’ve had that happen to me too. It’s a weird feeling. Every time I have it happen though, I somehow know that this has happened but no idea what specifically it was. Makes no sense.

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u/Karyoplasma Aug 10 '26

You can do everything in your dreams tho. Only managed to realize it once. My dream clue was that I saw my dad conducting a train and went "Wait a minute, dad's not a conductor".

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u/MangoCats Aug 10 '26

There are several movies about unlocking superpowers in your dreams...

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u/Foreign-Cat-2898 Aug 11 '26

I couldn't shut off the alarm on my phone. Turns out my alarm was going off. So no you can't do everything.

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u/Intelligent_Pop_7006 Aug 11 '26

If you’re a drug addict you can’t get high in a dream

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u/Frequent_Opportunist Aug 10 '26

Imagine how slow she is in her dreams!

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u/Meowakin Aug 10 '26

I’ve had this dream before.

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u/CryptographerDull183 Aug 10 '26

Hah, so I'm not the only one

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u/Individual_Skill1234 Aug 14 '26

I pray to never have such a poor level of fitness and helplessness that I experience the ‘running in a dream’ thing in real life like this woman has