25 Things People Learned Embarrassing Late in Life
Remember that time you realized you had a fact or phrase completely wrong, were completely mortified and proceeded to tell zero people about it? Well, you're not alone because 25 shameless Redditors DID admit their buffoonery to the entire internet, so wallow in shame while you read over these gems.
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“My wife and I were discussing Thanksgiving plans one year. She said ‘Thanksgiving’s on a Thursday this year.’ We were both in our early 30s and had lived in the US all our lives.” - u/Guac__is__extra__ -
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“When I was a kid, I thought that Martha’s Vineyard was Martha Stewart’s home and that celebrities were always going there because she likes to throw parties. I was maybe in my 20s before I found out that wasn’t true.” - u/Current_Can8134 -
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“The black market isn’t an actual market.” - u/smol_boi-_- -
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“The light in the fridge turns off when you shut the door.“ - u/Costner_Facts -
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“I had to discover that pickles are cucumbers by reading it on Reddit.” - u/rawker86 -
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“Decaf is, well, decaffeinated. I’d just thought it was a flavor of coffee.” - u/MartyMcFlybe -
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“Every show’s first episode is called the ‘pilot’ episode. It’s not just a crazy coincidence for every show I watched.” - u/westrxles21 -
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“The saying is ‘nip it in the bud,’ NOT ‘nip it in the butt.’” - u/Designer_Ant8543 -
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“My childhood hamster did not, in fact, run away.” - u/kifflington -
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“The saying is ‘kit and caboodle’ and not ‘kitten caboodle.’ Until I found out the real saying, I always pictured a big basket filled with kittens.” - u/Guac__is__extra__ -
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“K-9 stands for canine. Took me 29 years.” - u/flaaaden -
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“Took me 22 years to realize that the word ‘sayonara’ is Japanese and not Spanish.” - u/highhiloona -
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“I thought that ponies were baby horses ‘til I was like 24.” - u/RBXXIII -
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“You were ACTUALLY SUPPOSED to see leaves when looking at trees. I learned this after my first pair of glasses.” - u/SymphonyNight11037 -
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“The toilet seat should be down to make pooping more comfortable. My whole life, I just thought it was for people who were too small to sit on the full rim of the toilet, so that’s why I never used it . . . but hey. At least I poop more comfortably now.” - u/KrispyDangus -
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“Rocky Balboa was not a real person. Think I was 17 or so when I found out he was a fictional character.” - u/CrabPplCrabPpl -
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“The rapper Flo Rida is from Florida.” - u/tonybenwhite -
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“When I was younger, I thought ‘feat’ was a very popular rapper – i.e., “Eminem feat 50 Cent,” etc. I was like, “damn, this ‘feat’ guy appears in a lot of songs.” - u/fr0896 -
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“The actor who plays Jason Gideon on Criminal Minds is also Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride” - u/Ratchel1916 -
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“Hermione from the Harry Potter books is NOT pronounced ‘Her-me-own-e.’ My inner dialogue didn’t realize this until the movies came out.” - u/blzac33 -
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“A bar exam is a law thing and not related to running a pub/bar or serving alcohol. I just found that out last month.” - u/TheNameless00 -
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“The difference between ‘who’s’ and ‘whose.’” - u/Cariboudjan -
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“For the longest time I thought the saying was ‘for all intensive purposes’ instead of ‘for all intents and purposes.’” - u/SilverEncanis13 -
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“It’s ‘wheelbarrow,’ not ‘wheel barrel’ . . . I will never forgive myself.” - u/Glance_Dodger -
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“Lindsay Lohan didn’t have a far less successful twin.” - u/Kunkyskunts
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- 25 Things People Learned Embarrassing Late in Life
“My wife and I were discussing Thanksgiving plans one year. She said ‘Thanksgiving’s on a Thursday this year.’ We were both in our early 30s and had lived in the US all our lives.” - u/Guac__is__extra__
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