People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (19 Posts)

Article created by: Gabija Palšytė

"You live and you learn" — can't really argue with that one. And while the older we get, the more knowledge we acquire, some lessons just manage to get past us for way too long. But there's no shame in learning anything at any age! (Well, maybe a little).

One Reddit user wanted to know what people learned just recently that they should've already known years ago. The answers varied from silly to serious, with some people dipping deep into self-discovery, which could've saved them a lot of tears and confusion in the past. From Froot Loops all being the same flavor to mourning relationships with your friends, folks were eager to share their newfound knowledge with others.

Bored Panda selected the most interesting answers for this list, so scroll down, and maybe you'll also learn something new today. After all, we're not aware that we don't know something, until we learn of its existence. Don't forget to upvote your favorites, and if there's anything you learned 'too late' in life that you think others might not know about yet, be sure to share it in the comments!

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my blood type

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Friend breakups can hurt just as much, if not more, than romantic ones. Quality matters more than quantity when it comes to friends. I started to notice that most of my friends weren’t really my friends, only drinking buddies, and it hindered my process of getting sober for awhile. i didn’t want to lose them. but then i realized that if they couldn’t be with me in my sobriety journey, they couldn’t be in my life at all. I’m 67 days into cutting back, and twelve days into not touching alcohol at all. my life is better without those people. i only have three friends now but it’s worth it. the support and encouragement i get from them outweighs the sadness of losing everyone else. It's better to be alone than in an unfulfilling/abusive relationship. Don't continue dating someone if you constantly think "give it time, things might get better". That puts you in a never ending loop that becomes more difficult to get out of as time goes on. I didn’t learn it recently but I learned it earlier in life, don’t share stuff with your coworkers. Just mind your own business. That it's ok to take a day for me. Doves are literally just white pigeons. Not similar, or related to, the exact same bird. Pigeons with white privilege It's "piqued my interest," not "peaked." That if I am unfulfilled as an individual my partner will never be able to fulfill me either. Similar to if you don’t love yourself you can’t unconditionally love others. A consistent sleep schedule and plenty of sleep every night actually works. It won’t cure your depression/chronic illness/various maladies, but it makes it much easier to face them in the morning. And when I say morning, I mean it: even if you’re semi-nocturnal like me, it is so much easier to get important stuff done during the day. This is the most annoying realisation I’ve had all year, but brains simply work better when they are rested and refreshed. Tall, white, loud men get more respect than anyone, no matter how stupid they are. Replace your pillows every 1–2 years. Lots of mold and allergens get stuck in there. I finally stopped feeling sick when I changed them out. That cows only produce milk after they've had a baby. Farmers forcibly impregnate them and take their calves away so they can sell the milk to humans. I always thought they just made milk all the time, which seems stupid in retrospect. Jogging slowly is still running. If you're going to take inappropriate selfies, disable the photo sync to your mom's icloud first. What getting tires rotated actually means. Also that the line in Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" is "trouble in the Suez" not "trouble in the sewers." TV screens are measured diagonally I didn’t know how much of an impact making my bed in the morning had on me. Not to mess with my birth control, the hormone unbalance was a unpleasant experience.