We're all guilty of it. Growing up, our parents would ask us to put something away and we would immediately respond, "Okay, I'll get it in a minute." Five hours later, we would be found continuing our "Gilmore Girls" Netflix binge, not having moved an inch, and our parents asking us for the tenth time to put that one thing away.
As humans, we say we do a lot of things that we simply just do not do. Whether it's to fit in or just because we're outright lazy, here is a list of popular "do but truly don't do" activities:
1. Watch Shark Week
Whether we tweet about it, text about it, or Facebook about it, it seems as if every person between ages 16 and 25 is tuning into Discovery Channel to learn the fascinating truth about sharks. Odds are, you express your excitement about Shark Week to everyone, but please, name ONE episode that you actually watched. And no, Sharknado 1, 2, and 3 do not count.
2. Split the Uber
"Hey, call the Uber and split it with me," usually means "Call the Uber, request to split it with me, and I'll 'forget' to click accept about 50 percent of the time and hope that you don't notice." We're all cheap human beings.
3. Work Out
And if by work out you mean open and close your jaw on a steak Chipotle burrito for 100 reps or click the Netflix "continue to next episode" button twenty times a day, then yeah, I work out too.
4. Put Their Phone on Airplane Mode on the Airplane
I mean, sure, we probably should, for our own safety, but nothing's gone wrong the past 100 times I haven't, so what's one more time?
5. Want to Be Single
Being single is so great! I'm so independent and don't have to rely on anyone and I get to pay for all my own things and don't have to listen to someone compliment me every five seconds on the second and… *cue tears*
or, the opposite….
6. Want to Be in A Relationship
If you DO want to be in a relationship, it's probably only because you want free food. Come on, ladies, let's not lie to ourselves.
7. Like Starbucks Coffee
And I'm not talking about the Tall, Non-Fat Latte With Caramel Drizzle you buy in all your basic-ness. I'm talking about raw, black Starbucks Coffee. It's awful. Save yourself $30 of overpriced coffee that has become Starbucks and hit up the McDonald's drive through, because no one has better coffee than good ol' reliable Mickey D's.
8. Enjoy Hot Yoga
Maybe you enjoy how you feel "fit" and "healthy" afterwards, but do not try to convince me that you actually enjoy sweating off five gallons worth of sweat in a room that is 500 degrees too hot while on the brink of passing out or throwing up. Because that would be lying, and lying is a sin.
9. Prefer the Healthy Food They Post on Instagram over an Animal-Styled Double-Double at In-N-Out
Just no.
10. Shave above the Knees
The idea is comical, really.
It's time to own up to all the things we say we do but know, deep in our hearts, we don't. Because this list is only the beginning.