Do you ever look back on your life and realize there are things you didn’t quite understand until way later than you should have? Maybe it was a simple misunderstanding or a myth that you believed for years. Well, you’re not alone. In fact, there’s a whole online thread dedicated to sharing these moments of realization called “embarrassingly late-in-life” moments.
Here are some of the top responses from the thread:
- The Porta Potty doesn’t magically know when someone’s inside. The sign only changes to “occupied” when you physically lock the door.
- One person thought “prima donna” was actually “pre-Madonna,” as in someone who was starting to act like Madonna before they went “full-Madonna.”
- Other common misconceptions include thinking people could fall into “acoma” instead of “a coma” and believing “youth in Asia” was the correct pronunciation of “euthanasia.”
- Thanks to Grey’s Anatomy, one person thought Mick Jagger’s name was “McJagger.”
- Buying shoes that are a little loose to “grow into” is unnecessary once you’re an adult.
- Pineapples don’t grow on trees – they actually grow on the ground.
- Someone didn’t realize that pickles were made from cucumbers until they were 24 and in the middle of getting their bachelor’s degree.
- And finally, while watching Game of Thrones, one person asked their husband when dragons went extinct. He had to pause the show for that one.
It’s always interesting to look back on these moments and wonder how we managed to believe something for so long. But hey, we all have to learn sometime, right?
