People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts)

"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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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) « Everything worth doing is worth doing half-a*s ». You can do a part of something it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. You can clean a room and not the whole house. You can eat a salad with your burger. We have a tendency to be « everything has to be done 110% » or it’s not worth it. I think about people who laugh at people taking a diet soda with a burger: well why the hell not? You don’t have to be all in 100% and that makes the pressure more bearable sometimes!

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Na Schi 1 year ago

This! Especially when you are mentally not in the best place cleaning for example the whole house/flat can be an overwhelming task. It's better to start little and set (much) smaller goals and get the rewarding feeling that you have done something nonetheless.

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Friend breakups can hurt just as much, if not more, than romantic ones.

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A_Cat_To_The_Past 1 year ago

I think we've all been there

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) 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.

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Minnie Not Mouse 1 year ago

I send hugs! I have alot of friends, but few very close ones. I am glad you cut the negative people out of your life!

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) 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.

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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago

Contrary to what you may hope, generally people don't change. So get out before the going gets really bad.

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) 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.

St_Virgo , fauxels Report

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Telepathetic 1 year ago

coworkers are NOT friends

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) That it's ok to take a day for me.

imnotyourproblemyet , Lisa Fotios Report

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BobTDG 1 year ago

Look after yourselves Pandas.

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Other women know how to clasp their bra behind their back. As a teen I learned to clasp it in front of me then twist it around awkwardly... and then never stopped doing that

AlluvialPlain , Karolina Grabowska Report

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Minnie Not Mouse 1 year ago

I can somewhat do it from the back, but I put it on front, then shift it around and put on the straps! Easy-Peasy!

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Doves are literally just white pigeons.

Not similar, or related to, the exact same bird.

Pigeons with white privilege

VivaLaVict0ria , Pixabay Report

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C. Wade 1 year ago (edited)

This is a language thing. Nobody would make the mistake to think they're different animals in Romanian, for example, because we just call them "white pigeons".

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) It's "piqued my interest," not "peaked."

OpinionatedNonsense , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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Ian Milne 1 year ago

And it’s champing at the bit, not chomping at the bit.

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#10

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Don't compare yourself with someone else. You are not them and you do not have their abilities or weaknesses. Use your yardstick on you. Compare yourself in terms of how you have done in the past. It is more accurate. And be kind to yourself if you are making strides and mistakes.

fuzzybunnyslippers08 , Elina Fairytale Report

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Max M 1 year ago

Yes i still fight a little with comparing myself to others, but it is alot less than it have been.

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#11

Not recently, but I learned that being your own friend is one of the best things you can do for yourself. The only time in my life I started making friends was when I started being my own friend first, taking care of my health, going to the gym, taking myself out, exploring on my own, and learning on my own. Not only did it help me make friends, but it also helped me feel less lonely, as I really started enjoying my own company! I became an interesting person to be

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

I like the conversations I have with myself.

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#12

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) my own worth.

homeslicehanny , Pavel Danilyuk Report

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

Needs way more upvotes!

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#13

That the morning after pill has weight restrictions and if you are over a certain weight they will probably not work on you.
Also, more women and children get killed in car accidents because the airbag is not meant for women, it is made for a man.
Products made by men does not always work on women. Just saying.

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Minnie Not Mouse 1 year ago

I read somewhere, I think on bored-panda, that they finally used a female crash test dummy, and got highly different results.

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#14

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) 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.

pnw-milf , Dương Nhân Report

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Anon Ymous 1 year ago

I never really vibed with the idea that you have to love yourself first to love others. To me it plants the idea that we are unworthy of love because of our own struggle. Allow yourself to love others and to receive their love in return while you are still working on loving yourself ❤️

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) 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.

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Alvia Vseobecna 1 year ago

helps greatly with weigtloss also, if that´s an issue

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#16

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Exercising does actually feel good and it’s not just pretentious claims made by fit af influencers!

bethebumblebee , Leandro Boogalu Report

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Kate Haslam 1 year ago

Y'know, I've tried it, and it doesn't.

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Tall, white, loud men get more respect than anyone, no matter how stupid they are.

seehowshegoes , cottonbro studio Report

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JoMeBee 1 year ago

Respect? Or just attention?

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#18

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) 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.

happyhippo237 , Jens Mahnke Report

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Alvia Vseobecna 1 year ago

how about washing them regularly?

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) 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.

nat_lite , cottonbro studio Report

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130points

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Snorky The Pig 1 year ago

My grandparents run a small dairy farm, and they do not forcibly impregnate their cows or take the calves away. Unfortunately, the reason many other farms don't follow their method is capitalism and the fervent obsession with making money. There are humane ways to get milk, and it is very unfortunate that it is not the mainstream. We need to remember that cows (and all other animals) are also sentient beings who deserve as much love, respect and gentleness as we do.

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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Jogging slowly is still running.

marylikestodraw , Daniel Reche Report

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scag$y 1 year ago

Did You Know? Jogging was invented in 1867 by Thomas Jog, when he tried to walk twice at the same time.

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I thought you could only put one thing in the oven at a time.

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Snorky The Pig 1 year ago (edited)

That depends. You may not want to put a chocolate cake together with a dish that has garlic or something in it. (experience lol)

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#30

Babies can’t drink water before 6months old

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Adam Vonder Ahe-Cossey 1 year ago (edited)

Since they are on an all liquid diet, they won't dehydrate, and since their stomachs only hold anywhere from 2.7 to 5 ounces at 1 month old, they need every ounce of fluid to contain nutrients for growing, which they get from breast milk or formula. Giving babies only water also can cause hyponatremia - the body has too much water in it, which dilutes electrolyte concentrations in the blood and can cause a whole host of issues. It's the same thing that happens when athletes sweat and chug water instead of electrolyte formulas...

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What do you think ?

Sonja 1 year ago (edited)

That many educational institutions don't really test for knowledge, but their tests are made for those people who can best learn by heart. The questions they give you could often be answered in more than one way, and the answer you give could very well be correct and factually right, but because it's not in the syllabus or on the checking sheet, it's marked wrong. So people who understand the subject, think about their answers and give an adequate answer but have difficulties to remember the exact wording used in the book or materials, will get sorted out while people who don't really understand the topic but are epic in regurgitating the contents they've learned by heart get through swimmingly. And I'm not talking about using correct termini or technical terms, but using the right terms but answering the question in a way that's factually correct, but just not worded exactly as the teacher wanted it to be.

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James Doe 1 year ago

This has wasted so much time and nerves in my life! In uni I almost failed an important examn. Worst possiböe grade without failing. I was able to get a verbal post-examn to improve the grade an aced it - including an invitation to do my thesis in their institute. Why? Because the subjust was too intersting to me to focus on the learning-for-the-test.

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Fight Hypocrites 1 year ago

The best education is learning two things: what questions to ask and how to find out the answer.

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James Arvidson 1 year ago

My whole life. Luckily after school most jobs want the right answer and care little for regurgitation of cold facts. Or a word for word from text book

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BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago

I think you were in the wrong major. My classes were nothing like that. Once, I didn't even do the reading and BSed my way through a pop essay quiz. I literally wrote the exact opposite opinion that the author had but I still got a C because my reasoning was sound, with a little "You didn't read this, did you?" from the professor 😂

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago

That’s a reason I didn’t go to university to get my bachelor’s in nursing. I want to learn what makes me an even better nurse at the bedside. That’s what I do best. I stick with that. But I get told I should go because I’m so smart. Not in the way they want me to be. I looked at the syllabus and most of it was irrelevant to what I needed to know. Then there’s the part where all your essays etc were just spitting back what you’ve read in the many text books. String a line of quotes together and put your source in a footnote. What? I don’t go to memorize. I go to learn. Apparently I’m not aloud to have an original thought in my head, or put down a result of my processing of the info (as in I really thought it out) and write it in a way the professor sees I understand the material, not just spit it back. Never went. Perfectly happy I didn’t.

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Ashley Kelly 1 year ago

"Allowed."

Adraboran Davis-Blake 1 year ago

That Gabija is a beautiful name.

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