I am a duhbrain

[simont]

There is no other word to describe what I've just managed to do.

Shutting a car door, with one hand, on the other hand is easy enough to do, although the average human being doesn't do it very many times before learning not to.

But I have just managed to shut a car door with my left hand, and have it trap my left arm in the process. I didn't know that was even possible.

Clearly I am supremely competent at being supremely incompetent. Oh, and ouch.

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[cjwatson]

At least two or three times over the last few weeks, I have unlocked my bike and then absent-mindedly locked the cable back onto the front wheel rather than putting it somewhere sensible ...

The state machine in my brain needs some more states.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear your arm hurts. It does sound quite impressive...

What would you say that the difference between being a duhbrain, being incompetent and being clumsy were? The frequency that one does it? The inability to learn from mistakes? The inability to assess the consequences of your actions in advance? The inability to have an accurate enough sense of your own whereabouts?