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“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong

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How we perceive the world can be quite subjective. A lot depends on our childhood environments, as well as the people we spend the most time around. They shape our assumptions and values. It’s when we change our environments and enter new social circles that we realize we may have gotten some ideas about the world very wrong.

Redditor u/Piguthew sparked a fascinating discussion on r/AskReddit after they asked everyone to share the traits they were raised to think were very common that reality proved otherwise. Read on to take a look at how these internet users saw the world growing up.

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#1

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Honestly, being polite. I was raised to be exceedingly polite and I feel really bad if I don't do things like let people pass in traffic or hold doors open or say my 'pleases and thanks yous'. And I like the idea of kindness being its own reward. Makes plus sum happiness in the world.

It really wasn't until I entered adulthood that I really saw how dismissive people were of those concepts. So much 'I got mine' and 'I insist on beating you to that light by 1.5 seconds' in the world. Just common courtesy stuff is a rare sight and that makes me sad.

One-Earth9294 , Gary Barnes Report

Final score:

274points

ILoveMySon 7 months ago

For those of us who are polite, please continue. I am not changing my core beliefs.

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#2

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong I didn't realize that most people just aren't that bright.

LadyAlexTheDeviant , Pavel Danilyuk Report

Final score:

249points

Soup 7 months ago

Maybe we’re just all tired

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#3

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong The need to be on time / respecting start times. I knew my mom and dad were always late, but everyone else was always on time. We were very punctual and my hobbies involved things that required me to be early often. Then I became a young adult out of college, trying to schedule things with friends. OMG. The fact that it's 'okay' to show up to planned things an hour late is just... no. Absolutely not. Showing up to a party late is fine and expected. Do not show up late to things where people are out money if you aren't there on time. Absolutely unacceptable.

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Final score:

189points

UndertaleLover (She/Her) 7 months ago

THIS. I start to get anxious if someone is even ten minutes late. Why plan something at a specific time if you're not even going to show up? It's so annoying. And as a qualified impatient person, waiting for people is torture.

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It can be quite shocking to realize that you were wrong about a lot of stuff. It’s jarring when you become aware of your own knowledge gaps. The things you thought were certainties about how the world turned out to be localized exceptions, not the rule. But, on the positive side, it’s an opportunity for growth.

It’s only when we recognize we don’t know something that we thought we did that we become open to learning new information and getting to grips with nuances. A true scientist embraces new information instead of denying its existence. However, it doesn’t lessen the emotional impact that we’ve been living a partial lie for years or possibly decades.

#4

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Selflessness. I’m not a stingy person. I give close friends & family my time, money, food whatever they need when they need it. Always a phone call away but whenever I needed help, at the lowest point of my life. I was devastated to find out they rarely reciprocated.

Accomplished_Owl8213 , Engin Akyurt Report

Final score:

186points

Libstak 7 months ago

Same....it's painful.

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#5

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong That people can just do things without thinking about it. For example, showering. Most people are just like, “I need to take a shower”, and then do it. Whereas I think about every little step: finding clothes, getting a towel, turning the water on, being cold when I take off my clothes, getting in, putting on the shampoo, washing my face, washing everything else, grooming, being cold when I get out, drying off, putting on deodorant, my hair being wet, which I hate, for hours or having to blow dry it, and getting dressed. Not to mention just peeling my a*s out of bed or off the couch to go do it even though I don’t want to.

But yeah, showering’s just one thing. It’s like that with *everything*. Don’t even get me started on cleaning. It’s all just so overwhelming, I just end up not doing it, which makes me feel disgusting and lazy. I hate ADHD so f*****g much, and mine’s extremely treatment resistant.

Also, most people seem to make eye contact naturally without having to force themselves to do it.

ContactHonest2406 , Hannah Xu Report

Final score:

152points

Beck 7 months ago (edited)

Without automatically assuming autism, I understand this kind of anxiety and ADHD struggles. Especially the eye contact thing.

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#6

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Getting excited when I don't know something or find out I'm wrong because it means I get to learn something new.

zachtheperson , lil artsy Report

Final score:

142points

UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 7 months ago

I love it.

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Perfect objectivity is probably impossible. We don’t have the mental capacity to understand incredibly complex phenomena with all their nuances, scope, and potential consequences. However, this doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t strive to have a more objective understanding of how the world works. Moving away from subjective illusions that are grounded in emotions and closer to the objective truth—even if it’s step by tiny step—is admirable.

Being open-minded and curious about the world helps a lot with this. If we’re hungry for knowledge and humble enough to admit when we’re wrong, we can speed up our learning process. But this takes a lot of maturity.

#7

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Gossiping . I grew up with a mom that gossiped a lot and viciously too . I quickly learned around other women that it’s unacceptable and attracts the wrong people.

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Final score:

115points

Lunaofthenest (She/they) 7 months ago

And it invites people to talk about you, violate your confidence, etc. Especially within the workplace. Treat others as you want to be treated.

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#8

Basic problem solving apparently. Way too many people I see basically just shut down when presented with something they don't understand or don't really know how to do. Like they don't ask for help they don't Google around or look up tutorials They just shut down and are like well I don't know how to do that so I guess it's a lost cause.

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Final score:

111points

Shannimal 7 months ago

Or pass it along to someone else to do, research, Google, etc. Happens all the time at work... Sales people are the worst. Dude, it took me 2 seconds to find the answer using the same resource you also have access to. But emailing me to do it was somehow quicker??

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#9

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Being kind.

Come-for-Megatron , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

109points

Soup 7 months ago

Normalize it!

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It’s hard to admit that we may have been wrong about certain facts. Nobody wants to be made a fool of in their social circles. However, if we admit to our mistakes without making a big deal out of them and show some mild embarrassment, people tend to like us more. We show that we’re grounded, human, and self-aware.

On the flip side, if we’re stubborn and refuse to even fathom the possibility that we might have been wrong about something, we only push other people away. Nobody’s a fan of blind arrogance.

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#10

Unfettered access to books and a large vocabulary. Both my brother and I had access to any book we wanted within reason. I wasn’t allowed p*rn at ten obviously. But if I wanted to research the Holocaust, I was given my library card and sent off. Ancient Rome? Here’s a bag make sure you can carry it out. Nothing was off limits and my mother always helped us with words we didn’t know. By sixth grade, my brother and I had easily read 1000s of books from various sources and had great vocabulary. Most of my middle school teachers were shocked to find that I didn’t need speaking skills. I already had them at a high school level. I was mostly confused as to why nobody understood the common words spoken in my home.

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Final score:

94points

Pittsburgh rare 7 months ago (edited)

Lol, l was given free access to my grandma's library since an early age. I'd pick random titles and usually enjoy them. Until one day, when I was 10 or so, l came across a book with a title that sounded rather exotic: Treblinka. Boy, was l wrong.Many years later my Jewish boyfriend was cracking up over that story.

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#11

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong I have an over active imagination to the point of being a problem throughout most of my life. It blows my mind when I meet someone who seems to have no imagination at all.

OhTheHueManatee , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

93points

Beck 7 months ago (edited)

Some people aren’t able to picture images or imagine shapes in their “mind’s eye” - I wonder if they were able to come up with the vivid detailed make-believe worlds and imaginary friends the way those of us with evocative & visual imaginations can? Does that require a graphic imagination? Genuine question, I’m wondering how people come up with stuff like that without seeing an image first, not trying to offend anyone :)

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#12

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong That people were generally grown up and ready to face the world when they were 18-20. There might be rough edges or blind spots, but that'll get ironed out with a little bit of experience.

My first week at college quickly disabused me of that notion.

People didn't know leaving food out would cause it to spoil, that pizza boxes rot and attract vermin, didn't know how to do laundry, clean up after themselves, that getting enough sleep was necessary to function properly and letting other people sleep was the courteous and polite thing to do... Basic life skill stuff. The minute mom and dad weren't around to do everything, they had no idea how to do anything. And this is before we even get into emotional intelligence...

And these were people who were admitted to one of the best universities in the country, if not the world.

machineprophet343 , Yaroslav Shuraev Report

Final score:

92points

Ken Beattie 7 months ago

This is a parenting fail. Letting kids be kids is fine. But once they're in their teens they need to start learning "basic adulting skills". That doesn't mean you need to make your kid a little chore slave. But over the last few years leading up to them becoming a legal adult, you should be teaching them to cook, clean, do at least a simple budget, shop for groceries, understand bills/interest/insurance/tax and so on. That way when they go to college or move out with friends they actually won't immediately start drowning and need help.

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What assumptions did you grow up with, dear Pandas? Did any of those assumptions get challenged when you finally became an adult and moved out? What do you think can help folks get over the shock that they’ve been blatantly wrong about something their entire lives? Tell us what you think in the comments. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

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#13

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong I thought everyone associated every word, letter, and number with a color. Turns out not everyone does that and I have synesthesia.

biology_l0v3r , Alexander Suhorucov Report

Final score:

86points

Lunaofthenest (She/they) 7 months ago

I hear random music, usually at night. Thought that happened to everyone until I told my hubby and explained that I wasn't *thinking* about music I'd heard, but actually hearing music, stuff I'd never listen to, and he looked at me like he was debating taking me to urgent care.

40points

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#14

Not to steal someone else’s stuff. I grew in NM so I knew about robberies n s**t (stealing car radios, robbing homes) but I mean more like stuff at the office, at school, at work, etc. I got my erasers stolen at school once and was couldn’t wrap my head around why someone would do that. I still can’t wrap my head around why people steal others food at work.

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86points

Brenda 7 months ago

Usually it's because they're lazy, with no respect for others. But sometimes it's simply because they can't afford lunch. One of my former employers used to keep sandwich meat, cheese, bread, soup, chips, crackers, fruit & bottled water in the kitchen. For whoever wanted it. This poor starving kid was very grateful. While I wouldn't steal food from other people, being hungry at work because I couldn't afford lunches was embarrassing. But stealing it just because you can? Or want to? Despicable

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#15

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong That most people don’t worry about everything and anything. It absolutely blew my mind when i realised other people didn’t constant feel fear and worry. i’d lived my entire life, right from childhood, with anxiety without knowing it wasn’t normal. Also that some people don’t think deeply. they can just see the surface and move on. for example watching sports bloopers my friend showed me a video people caning them selves on their bikes and skateboards and i was horrified that she was laughing because some of them would clearly have suffered traumatic brain injuries if not died, ended up in wheelchairs or had some lasting injury that meant they wouldn’t be able to do their sport anymore. i asked her about it and she said “i never actually thought about that, good point” also telling jokes they heard without realising how incredibly racist or sexist they were.

FlysaMinelly , Alena Darmel Report

Final score:

83points

Beck 7 months ago

Wait people aren’t normally on edge over the next 5 minutes of their lives at all times? That’s not normal?

25points

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#16

Playfully talk s**t to my parents just like I would with my friends.

ITworksGuys:

My friend thought it was cool that my mom didn't care if we used cuss words.

Her only instruction was "don't talk like that in public and make me look like a f**king a**hole".

So funny looking back on that.

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Final score:

82points

Natasha Arruda 7 months ago

My mom and I are like that with my niece and nephew, you can say what you want at Grandma's house, but don't say it anywhere else. It actually teaches them to think about their words before they use them as well and have to decide the group that they're with and what might be acceptable.

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#17

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Not me but my older sister apparently came back from her first day at kindergarten incredibly ticked off because “those kids were pretending they didn’t know how to read”.

SmartAlec105 , Marta Wave Report

Final score:

82points

parmadillo 7 months ago

Tsk, those darn kids!

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#18

Knowing (what I assumed were) incredibly basic safety-related knowledge. Like. Really basic. Like "touch something really hot and you will burn yourself" basic.

My first job I worked at McDonald's, I was 18. I wasn't much older or younger than a lot of the people there (high turnover rate). I very quickly felt like a goddamn parent for a bunch of my PEERS. I ended up as a crew-trainer quite early on so I had to teach new employees how to do things.

I realized I needed to tell people, MY OWN AGE that:

1. The grill is hot. Don't touch with your bare hands.

2. The fryer is hot. Don't touch with your bare hands.

3. Boiling oil is hot. Don't touch the fryer baskets after they leave the oil with your bare hands. Or the oil. Because it is hot.

4. Fresh coffee is hot. Don't touch the kettle with your bare hands. Only the handle.

The boiling oil thing made me so nervous as well. One time I had a guy (my own damn age) after I told him how to take the fries basket out of oil (not very high, like barely out), and carefully demonstrated how to shake it so that the french fries didn't stick to each other; I caught him not five minutes later HURLING THAT S**T SO FAR INTO THE AIR AND SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I COULD SEE HUGE DROPLETS OF OIL SPRAYING INTO THE AIR. The fryer is in an area that people walk back and forth frequently. I yelped and told him "HEY. DON'T DO THAT. THAT'S DANGEROUS." He acted like I had 6 heads. I also caught him really flinging those baskets around after he dumped the fries out into the salting area, again, in the high-trafficked hallway. Like there are people assembling orders directly behind him.

Tldr; I don't care if you burn yourself because you didn't listen to me and don't realize the dangers of boiling oil and how hot those metal baskets get, but endanger other people and we have a huge f*****g problem.

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Final score:

78points

geezeronthehill 7 months ago

Not to mention turning the floor into a slip hazard.

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#19

Washing your hands after using the toilet.

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68points

Beck 7 months ago (edited)

I don’t even want to ask why this isn’t considered normal 🤢 edit: just gonna pretend I didn’t see Mat Hall’s comment oh lord 😰

28points

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#20

Anytime I started feeling weak, shaky and nauseous after not eating anything for 3-4 hours I was told it was normal and happened to everyone.

Wasn’t until I was 21 and living with my bf that I discovered no, that’s not normal, I’m actually hypoglycaemic.

Final score:

67points

Lou Cam 7 months ago

I also get this but no doctor thinks it's a problem or anything to investigate. It's not diabetes so not a problem despite passing out in public a few times. I just have to carry sugary sweets everywhere for episodes and make sure I eat regularly.

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#21

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong I thought it was normal for people to suddenly burst into anger out of no where. Luckily I was wrong.

DistractedPerception , Timur Weber Report

Final score:

66points

Lunaofthenest (She/they) 7 months ago

My mom had me believing this for a long time. To the point that if there wasn't unprovoked drama, I'd create it. Fortunately, I got into therapy & have a very patient partner. My kids never knew that fear, the walking on eggshells because they were scared to upset me.

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#22

My father tried to teach my brother and me to lie about everything because "that's how it is in the real world!"

Nope! Turns out my father is either a narcissist or a psychopath (long story, but yes - those are very real possibilities).

I failed a test as a grade schooler because I got the definition of "true" and "false" wrong due to his influence. When I explained what he said to me to the teacher, she was aghast! That was the beginning of my father implementing the "don't tell anyone anything that is said in this house" rules.

Final score:

66points

Beck 7 months ago

This one is sad :(

60points

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#23

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Does it count when in about 7th grade I realised my eyesight was s**t and that yes, most of the kids actually could see the letters on the blackboard?

WhiteRaven42 , David Travis Report

Final score:

64points

Beck 7 months ago

Wait you guys can see letters?

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#24

Driving a car.

There are people out there who can't even steer a shopping cart properly. How they managed to drive their car to the store is just scary.

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64points

Annik Perrot 7 months ago

To be honest, some shopping carts have wonky wheels and are considerably more difficult to steer than à car.

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#25

Spacial awareness and common sense.

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63points

Pittsburgh rare 7 months ago

VERY unusual. People move in public spaces like they're all alone. Smh

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#26

Having your s**t together. My mom is an organizational powerhouse and somehow my folks managed to hold down two full time jobs (my mom more like full and a half) and manage a household with three kids while always getting us to sports activities and do things with relatives over the weekend, etc. Always there to help with our homework, too.

Turns out most people absolutely do not have their s**t together but from my childhood perspective I just assumed everyone else was basically doing things the same. It takes a lot of work and burning yourself out to do what my folks did and I only really appreciate it now that I'm a parent, myself.

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61points

Beck 7 months ago

Most people do not have their s**t together in the way that we might think 😅

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#27

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong As a little kid, I legit thought eveyone else's dad was always at the bar too.

Amesb34r , Gustavo Fring Report

Final score:

58points

ILoveMySon 7 months ago

This hurts my heart.😥

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#28

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong I didn’t realize that it was okay to ask people for help as well as asking if I can have something. My dad made me think it was an inconvenience to ask if I could have a drink if we went to a family member’s house.

waxystroll42 , Mizuno K Report

Final score:

57points

Mike_The_Nike (He They) 7 months ago

My mom taught me the same thing. She taught me that asking for ANYTHING at a friend's - or even family's- house was extremely impolite and should not be done unless it's an emergency.

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#29

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Being empathetic.

MegaManFan78 , Polina Zimmerman Report

Final score:

56points

Lunaofthenest (She/they) 7 months ago (edited)

I was probably too empathetic as a kid. I would become inconsolable if my cats caught a critter or we saw kittens/ puppies in boxes, convinced they wouldn't find homes. I was that kid.

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#30

I thought people actually did things the honest way until I started to realise most people find shortcuts (i.e. cheat) or embellish things.

Its not even about work smarter not harder.

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56points

Libstak 7 months ago

I always assume people are being honest and caring. Thi s has led to alot of confusion and let downs but I can't seem to learn my lesson, I still feel like people are being genuine and go all shocked when I find out who they really are.

32points

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#31

I thought everybody walked around holding in an overwhelming sense of dread because of tiny coincidences, I thought everyone was constantly agonizing over intrusive thoughts and went to the same great lengths as me to prove those thoughts wrong.

Turns out I have OCD and depression, and while the diagnoses existed in the 80’s and 90’s that were my childhood; they were very much not the sort of thing that happened to ordinary folks living in small town Nothingsberg, Nebraska (not a real place)….

Final score:

56points

Kimbowa 7 months ago

I hear this. I thought everyone was filled with stress every minute of every day.

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#32

Trust and honesty. Boy was I wrong.

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TheOGpandaHavana 7 months ago

Right!?!!

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#33

Thinking about how your words and actions teach other people how to think about and react to you.

Ex: When you lie to me about small things, it makes me think you will probably lie to me about big things as well.

Any partner: ????? *shocked and baffled and accusing me of being a manipulative mastermind*

The people you interact with -perceive you- by your words and actions, they can't read your mind. You are teaching them who you are and what to expect with your behavior.

Apparently this concept is rocket science.

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52points

Brenda 7 months ago

Action speak louder than words. It doesn't matter what you say if your actions me otherwise.

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#34

Being hard of hearing. None of us are deaf or anything, but several people in my family have had a bit of hearing loss since birth. So in general, we all talk pretty loudly, even the ones with normal hearing. Didn’t hurt that we’re from a bit of a boisterous culture too.

Then I went to school. I didn’t realize that whispering was a real thing, and not just speaking slightly softer and praying the other person heard you. I thought everyone needed subtitles to watch Netflix. I didn’t realize it wasn’t normal to walk out of the movie theater only catching 80% of the movie. I was confused how people could keep up with multiple convos in big group gatherings. I was surprised that my friends’ families talked quietly at home and didn’t practically scream just to be heard.

I finally got tested as an adult and learned that I don’t have “selective hearing” as my friends always joked about. I actually have hearing loss.

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Final score:

52points

Ken Beattie 7 months ago

This is something I've had for years. Partly due to loud music, partly due to my father shooting rifles near me as a kid (going out with him hunting). It's not too bad, but I learned a few years back that I was making up for it with unknowingly lipreading when talking to people. One on one conversations are fine, multiple people are harder, and I have a neighbour who culturally lowers her head and hides her face while talking. And of course the mask mandates during covid really drove it home.

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#35

Critical thinking. (Understanding regardless of right/wrong there is always a second opinion).

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Michael Largey 7 months ago

"Everyone's entitled to their own set of opinions, but not their own set of facts." - Daniel P. Moynihan

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#36

Wishing you were born as the opposite sex.

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Mike_The_Nike (He They) 7 months ago

My parents still can't seem to wrap their heads around that one :)

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#37

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong I have a birthmark on my tuchus, and when I was little I noticed my grandma had a nearly identical birthmark in close to the same spot. I just assumed everyone had a buttcheek birthmark from then on.

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48points

Beck 7 months ago

Tuchus! I’ve always wondered how to spell it haha

27points

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#38

Being able to play any musical instrument.
Our family was very musical, we owned all sorts if instruments and everyone tried to play everything.

I found out as a teen that just isn't normal when, playing flute in school band, we were instructed to choose a different one. I pick up a trumpet and started to play. Everyone just stared at me.

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Final score:

44points

Ken Beattie 7 months ago

It doesn't seem that surprising though, when you look at the number of musicians who play guitar (and various other stringed instruments), keyboards and drums. It seems like once you're proficient with a musical instrument it's easier to learn a different one.

23points

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#39

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Being insecure somehow my parents made me feel like confidence = Arrogance.

Salty_allthetime , Keira Burton Report

Final score:

42points

Beck 7 months ago

My parents taught me that I should be toxically independent and receiving any kind of help from someone = using people and taking advantage of them…..so I have a terrible time asking for help when I need it now

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#40

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Yelling and acting negatively over seemingly simple things. Neither of my parents modeled emotional stability and I actually thought it was normal to be crazy emotional all the time. They also put me down for ever showing emotions - i wasn’t allowed to have any, even if it truly spiked an emotional response.

stopdoingthat912 , Alex Green Report

Final score:

42points

Lunaofthenest (She/they) 7 months ago

This list is fun because it's basically my childhood in bullet-point form.

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#41

Emotionless logic where you can think about a problem/issue without letting your feelings take over.

Hunter13ua:

Yeah this went from "this guy had great problem solving skills" in school and uni to "wtf is wrong with you" everywhere else for me at some point.

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Final score:

40points

Jesha 7 months ago

There is nothing wrong with being how you are! Just, please, avoid the fallacy where you think that people who work emotionally are automatically wrong or bad or otherwise lesser than. There's more than enough room for both! After all, it makes for a good team.

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#42

I thought it was common for parents to control your every choice, basically your life.

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Final score:

39points

Zaach 7 months ago

I thought it was normal to grow up sleeping in the basement with little interaction with my parents

10points

robin aldrich 7 months ago

What??? I hope that wasn't true.

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Downvoting Panda 7 months ago

That would have been a dream.

1point

Alicia M 7 months ago

Same. I raised myself.

0points

Lyoness 7 months ago

Or to just ignore you.

4points

Joanne Earle 7 months ago

Mine would be that there are actually mothers who are loving, supportive, non judgment, and non critical. I was never allowed to be proud of any accomplishment or else my smother would say snarkily, 'well, mother mother mother pin a rose on me!' The overwhelming 'message' I got throughout my life at home was that I'll never be good enough no matter how hard I try. My dad was awesome, but he deferred to her.

3points

Jenna Kay 7 months ago

Your dad should have stood up for you. I have two people in my life that were verbally abused by their moms. I cannot forgive their moms, but I also hold their dads responsible. As a parents, you should protect your children. Period.

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Insomniac 7 months ago

Yup

0points

Mike_The_Nike (He They) 7 months ago

wait, it's not? Genuinely, not trying to get attention or smth.

0points

Beck 7 months ago (edited)

No, it’s not :( ❤️ normal is when your parents slowly let you learn independence throughout your teens and let you decide for yourself what you’d like to do with your adulthood while still trying to teach you helpful stuff and good morals. It will look different for everyone and depends on your age. If you’re 13 or 14 it’s going to be a much different answer than if you’re 18 or 19.

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#43

My dad is huge into trapping and hunting. Our living room in our first house had 2 deer heads mounted on the wall, a mounted Racoon, a bow rack and lamp made from deer hooves, a mounted fisher and a mounted weasel on the end table on either side of the couch. There were always dead animal carcasses in our back yard during trapping season and in the off season was always a boiling pot of "trap wax". We used to have a barn out back where we raised rabbits and once a week my dad would skin a rabbit for dinner. Nothing about this seemed unusual until my teens and started seeing other people's houses. To be clear....nothing about this is bad...just odd, looking back at it.

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Max Fox 7 months ago

It's something that was far more common until the 1930s or so.

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#44

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Growing up with one highly racist parent, I was always taught that interracial couples were not okay.

As an innocent kid, I didn't realize it was a racist sentiment, and thought it was a culture thing (or something?). Needless to say, I was shocked when someone of another race expressed romantic interest in me.

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36points

T'Mar of Vulcan 7 months ago

People think that those of us who grew up during apartheid world be racist because it was 'normalized'. But I always knew it was wrong; I could feel inside myself that this isn't how things should be done.

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#45

Very…enthusiastic (let’s go with that word) discussions among family at dinner. My siblings naturally have very loud voices and we usually have arguments about controversial topics while we eat, which causes some interesting scenes in public. We were nearly kicked out of a fancy restaurant when I was younger because my family members were screaming at each other about capital punishment (the death penalty).

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Ken Beattie 7 months ago

And rightfully so. If you can't behave with a little decorum in public then don't go out in public. Annoying everyone in the restaurant deserves kicking out, regardless of the topic of discussion.

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#46

That, eventually, you will end up in jail/prison. Lots of uncles, dad were locked up. It was normal.

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Saint_Zipcodus 7 months ago

Kudos to everyone who manages to break that cycle.

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#47

Smiling at everyone when walking by even in a big city or small town... depending on the situation I would usually correct myself if I felt like they thought I was insane and it wasn't until I heard a few people saying they were sus of people who smiled a lot that I put 2 and 2 together and just keep a resting meh face in cities now...

Also just saying hello to people in those same scenarios and often times would get someone who totally ignores you as they walk by and very rarely do you get an answer back of a simple hi! But i do feel like this could be because of all the randos trying to rope other randos into some scam or convo where I never had that plan or idea and was simply just being courteous and friendly without any strings attached or follow ups.

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Ken Beattie 7 months ago

I think a "polite" smile is ok. But a hearty, "best friend, I haven't seen you in ages" type smile for someone who is a stranger is weird. As for greeting people on the street. Maybe you'd say "hi" to a random stranger if you lived in a town of 12 people, but it's a ridiculous idea in any major city. I'd have to say "Hi" to over a thousand people just getting from the train station to work.

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#48

Eating dinner really late. Growing up we usually ate dinner around 9:30 p.m. or so. When I got a little older and started spending time around people I couldn't understand how people were eating dinner at 5:00 in the evening.

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Adrian 7 months ago

This is a cultural thing. Spanish people have a siesta then have a late dinner.

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#49

People just..throw away food? Im a plate licker. No waste. It breaks me to see people throw food away and if i trust them enough i will eat their leftovers myself if im not too full. Im guilty of leaving plates of unfinished food next to me until i can finish them.

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TheOGpandaHavana 7 months ago

This is not a healthy thing at all. My parents used to not let us leave the table without cleaning it plates but it's really really bad for how you should eat.

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#50

Being Catholic. And I did not realize college was a choice. My parents had us all convinced it was required. They have 10 Catholic kids with college degrees!

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30points

lawrence Andrew 7 months ago

That is not just a Catholic thing.

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#51

Logic, consideration, rationality. Ever since I was a toddler whenever I did something wrong, my mom wouldn't simply scold me but sit me aside, and explain to my why what I did was wrong or inappropriate, how it's not a decent way to behave, how I should think about how it might make others feel, topped of with a good dose of strict reprimand to be sure nonetheless.

But it taught me to think for myself, and appreciate my actions and understand what it meant to be decent. The one thing I can never fully understand even to this day, isn't why people behave badly but how people behave badly and fail to have even the slightest self-awareness of their own actions and the poorness of their form, even when they are clear and egregious in said actions.

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Ken Beattie 7 months ago

Parenting fail. Not his parents, they did right. But the ones who don't have self-awareness. Their parents failed them (or they're sociopaths).

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#52

Everybody’s dad is a d**k and mom a narcissist. Some parents are actually lovely humans.

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Morphuny 7 months ago

Hearsay

3points

#53

Being beaten up by ur husband. i REALLY thought everyone comes to that stage in ur marriage life at some point😭 i really hope my husband won’t be that way..

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Zaach 7 months ago

OMG! Do not let that happen - leave if he even threatens

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#54

To be hard working. When something needs to be done, then no excuse get it done. Be it chores around the house or things you need to take care of like vehicle maintenance, home maintenance, getting medical/dental checkup, or be it work and tasks at work. Something needs to be done, just do it, do it well, do a good job and get it done when it needs to be done, not when you “feel” like doing it.

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Ray 7 months ago

As it should be

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#55

People pleasing, so used to pleasing everyone around me to the point of never making myself happy. I started saying no here and there.

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MiniMaus 7 months ago

Ugh. Me too. Now I know to say 'no'. But it is way too late.

0points

#56

That everyone sneezes when they look up towards the sun or a bright light. Wasn’t until I was 35 I found out it’s really only about 12% of people….

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Mike_The_Nike (He They) 7 months ago

It runs in my family😂

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#57

I sneeze whenever my body experiences a sudden temperature shift. Usually when exiting a warm house on a chilly day but occasionally the opposite. I thought that's why they called it a cold. Cause everyone sneezes when they get cold. I was in my thirties the first time I shared this and was met with blank stares.

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Adrian 7 months ago

I think this is normal...

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#58

Looking out for other people.

I remember one time in the Shenandoah we were hiking with my dad and everything was fine. But we ran across this guy with his 2(?) Daughters. They f****d up and were lost, cold and the only thing looking out for them was the baleful eye of the moon. And my dad. We drove for like forever, me and my brother in the back of the truck.

Obviously it was a bit irritating at the time, freezing your a*s off for someone else's problem at like 10 years old but it's the right thing to do and I was loved that part of him that does it, even if it's just helping a neighbor set up lights or check some plumbing. Even if he keeps this Ayn Rand bs facade up his actions have always spoken louder and to this day he's the only hypocrite I like.

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#59

Complete secrecy. To never speak about my home life, not a single thing, ever.

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Adrian 7 months ago

Red flag there. Hope you're OK now.

1point

#60

Everyone talking s**t about other family members as soon as they leave the room. Constant gossip and judgment about other family members, and then being nice and kind to their face. Everybody hates everybody but pretends they don't.

So many women in my family have Borderline Personality Disorder. There's three generations of it and it makes for a very chaotic family life. I love everyone in my family so much, but I long for a family that supports each other and is genuine and loyal.

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Lene 7 months ago

Hey! Do you know my family? I seriously did not expect to see this on the list! It sums up my mom's side of the family so well! I noped out of almost all family life when I was a teen because of this. Saved me so much drama! And the hatred my mom felt for my grandmom was huge but didn't compare to the hatred my grandma felt for my great-grandmom. I, personally, do my best to not hate my mom and to see her as a weak, mentally and emotionally not-well person. I do my best to break the circle so my kids are spared for all that sh1te I was put through because of those generations of messed up toxic ppl. Let me be the last to suffer and let my beautiful kids be happy and trusting of family 🙏

1point

#61

Caring for the environment, I was gobsmacking in college when I found out that my peers didn’t know how to recycle or compost.

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#62

Take off your hat when you step indoors. Stand up to greet someone and shake their hand.

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Multa Nocte 7 months ago

Shaking hands depends on the country.

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#63

Knowing all the lyrics to any song you've heard more than a few times.

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Michael Largey 7 months ago

And knowing them right. ("Scuse me while I kiss this guy.")

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#64

I thought all men hated animals. Every man in my family thought animals were only worthwhile to have if they were providing something (milk, eggs, work, etc). My mom perpetuated this belief because she's always been sexist against men due to trauma, so it took a long time to unlearn all the terrible blanket statements she told me about men.

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#65

Being able to clap and sway in time with music.

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Stephanie Did It 7 months ago (edited)

My ex couldn't clap his hands to a song's rhythm or even hear any cadence. He was the first person I ever met with no sense of rhythm at all. Then at a family wedding, I met a second one: his sister. Their other four siblings could hear it just fine. I totally took rhythm for granted.

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#66

Apparently, being autistic (minus the word to describe it) I only realised I was different when I wasn't around the same people as primary / high school and not around the same people I always was. Then I got a diagnosis.

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Mike_The_Nike (He They) 7 months ago

I'm still waiting for my diagnosis. (Hyper-focus, get overstimulated, stimming or however it's spelled and hate change, amongst other things.)

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#67

Loyalty and integrity.

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Brenda 7 months ago

Loyalty is hard to find. Cherish it when you find it

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#68

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong Not being racist (In my country its very common).

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censorshipsucks 7 months ago

from the surname "du preez" I am guessing south africa

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#69

Telling the truth. It's surprising how many people I know will lie, even when it benefits no one. Not as in it works against someone, but literally doesn't benefit anyone. Like lying and saying you love sushi, or lying and saying you saw a Bugatti on the road.

Also, being trusting in your partner of choice. So many of my old coworkers would give me the side eye when I said my wife worked in a male-dominated field. Like sorry Kevin, I didn't marry a ho that's going to get g********d by the dudes at her job, sorry to hear that you married wrong.

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13points

Alex Kennedy 7 months ago

Guaranteed?

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#70

That everyone has 6 TV's. Turns out it was just my weirdo family.

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Brenda 7 months ago

We didn't get a 2nd TV until I was a junior in HS (1981-82). People who had more than one must be rich!

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#71

That if your mom didn't love you, she wouldn't hit you.

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robin aldrich 7 months ago (edited)

WTF? Hitting or spanking? , spanking seems to be tantamount to abuse now, but spanking is NOT beating... a slap on the hand to keep you from burning your hand on the hot stove. Or actually being beaten? That's the debate, I guess.

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#72

Having perfect pitch. I thought it was normal and everyone had it (didn't even know it was called "perfect pitch", just thought it was a standard human ability). My elementary school music teachers found out pretty quick and told my parents that I had it at some point, but they (the teachers or my parents) didn't tell me, which I appreciate honestly.

It wasn't until the middle of high school that I found out that it's called perfect pitch and most people don't have it.

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13points

Madster 7 months ago

I'm a professional musician and I don't have perfect pitch, even after all that playing and listening. It kinda annoys me, but I'm sure having perfect pitch can be annoying too eg. If someone is singing a tune in the wrong key.

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#73

Greed.

I was raised with simple things told to me about the world:

* poor people are kind because they want to be rewarded for it with money
* rich people are a*s-holes because they don't need to be rewarded with money
* women pick a husband for themselves based on his wallet.

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Brenda 7 months ago

Are you freaking kidding me!?! Most people DO NOT choose a life partner based strictly on finances. If that were true, I wouldn't have spent nearly 30 years broke AF. What a sad and pathetic point of view. Actually, I find that rather offensive

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#74

I thought speaking in tongues was common, because my mother did it frequently and took me to a church where others did as well.

Since moving out I’ve never seen anyone do this.

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12points

Stephanie Did It 7 months ago (edited)

When the Bible refers to the Pentecost event, it says that the apostles of Jesus were speaking in the languages of foreign visitors in order to teach them about Jesus and God's kingdom, without any prior knowledge of those peoples' tongues. It does not ever say or imply that they were spouting unintelligible gibberish, which is what those who claim to speak "in tongues" do today.

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#75

“It Absolutely Blew My Mind”: 50 Traits People Thought Everyone Had, But Were Proven Wrong I was raised fiscally conservative, probably to a fault. My grandparents never went on a vacation in their lives. My siblings and I all went to public schools and then state universities.

After moving to the east coast, it's been pretty shocking to me not just the amount of money people have but how willing they are to spend it.

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Lunaofthenest (She/they) 7 months ago

I read a thing on that other site we steal these lists from where this wealthy guy flew from the West coast in his private jet, to the East coast to buy 6 strawberries for 6k. That's 1k per berry. Let his P.A. have one. With the flight, cost of staff, that's about 20k for 6 strawberries. This story enraged me.

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#76

Generosity.

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Mike_The_Nike (He They) 7 months ago

When you grow up the middle of seven children, you don't get much of that. Or personal space. Or much else.

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#77

A casual attitude to sex, which I mean in mostly a negative sense. largely because that was the attitude of people in my family and social circles.

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11points

Ken Beattie 7 months ago

Wait, is this person trying to say casual sex is bad? Because it's not, as long as both (or more!) participants are on the same page who cares if it's a one night stand for fun? You don't have to be married, or in a long term relationship to have sex.

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#78

Talking with hands. Gesticulation not sign language.

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11points

Brenda 7 months ago

I have an Italian family and I'm Irish. I think some cultures do that more than others. He!!, I can't talk w/o using my hands.

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#79

Growing up my parents told me frequently that I was 'not special'. Not _necessarily_ in a mean way but basically saying I wasn't different to any other kid. Specifically remember my dad saying there was someone out there who was so similar to me they could walk past him and he wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Was chatting to my boyfriend and he made a comment about how his mum and dad told him he was special and unique ALL the time. I'd just never actually thought about parents who talk to their kids like that. I thought it was so weird...he looked concerned 🤣.

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Brenda 7 months ago

Everyone is special, unique. But that doesn't mean better than anyone else

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#80

Having all my folder structure be alphabetized and easily searchable was something that I assumed everyone did.

Until I worked for a Japanese company and they put numbers in front of everything. It finally occurred to me that Japanese does not have an alphabet like English does. And as a result you need to memorize what number corresponds to what folder in your folder tree. And because they took the Japanese numbering system and bolted it onto the English language, I couldn't find s**t. .

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9points

Alex Kennedy 7 months ago

Japanese has an alphabetical order. Vowel sounds a-i-u-e-o, consonants A-K-S-T-N-H-M-Y-R-W

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#81

Not peeing on the floor in public restrooms.

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ILoveMySon 7 months ago

Wait...WHAT?!

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#82

I thought it was normal to be told no. I’d ask to go do stuff with friends, or could we have this for dinner, or something. My parents were well off but not rich so middle class but they definitely have money. Like anything as a young kid I wanted to go do stuff with family or friends no. Rarely could stay the night nothing. I turn abt 14. I go to school, work on a farm work till 8pm, and then get home go to bed. Well all the sudden my parents turned it around. They always tell me to go hang out with friends and said no thanks I’d rather work. And I did my chores at the house and worked I rarely was ever home. On the weekends I’d sleep in and go in late and work late. Gotta love when your parents turn you into a introvert that likes sports and farming and only has a couple friends.

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Ken Beattie 7 months ago

Being told no is pretty normal. Not NO to everything, but at least to some things. Also, if he was a young kid at the time maybe his parents didn't have as much money as he thinks. They might have scraped into middle class, but were having to scrimp and save to manage it. I also have doubts about someone remembering *everything* as a kid. You remember big things, but there is a ton of day to day that you don't remember.

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#83

That it's bad to cuss. I didn't know so many people say those words though. Even normally.

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PattyK 7 months ago

“Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots; they walk off proud; they can’t hear you calling - Look out how you use proud words.” — Carl Sandberg

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#84

I didn’t know people couldn’t rap. One of my best friends best me ten bucks I couldn’t learn rap god in a week, I came back and did it in 2 days. I guys I just thought it was normal for people to talk fast.

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Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

Dominyka

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda, crafting captivating visual content to enhance every reader's experience. Sometimes my mornings are spent diving into juicy dramas, while afternoons are all about adding extra laughs to the world by editing the funniest memes around. My favorite part of the job? Choosing the perfect images to illustrate articles. It's like imagining a story as a movie in my mind and selecting the key shots to tell the story visually.

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda, crafting captivating visual content to enhance every reader's experience. Sometimes my mornings are spent diving into juicy dramas, while afternoons are all about adding extra laughs to the world by editing the funniest memes around. My favorite part of the job? Choosing the perfect images to illustrate articles. It's like imagining a story as a movie in my mind and selecting the key shots to tell the story visually.

What do you think ?

Ken Beattie 7 months ago

Not exactly a trait more of a physical thing. I didn't realise for awhile that the entire world does not in fact make a constant high pitched whining noise. That's actually tinnitus >_<

12points

Mike F 7 months ago

And it's miserable.

3points

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DB 7 months ago

That having your parents beat the c**p out of you at the slightest provocation was totally normal and something every kid experienced.

9points

Madster 7 months ago

Does anyone go through the alphabet if they are trying to think someone or something's name?

9points

DB 7 months ago

Yes.

7points

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Bec 7 months ago

Not exactly but I tend to 'file' people alphabetically, so I am often stuck thinking, oh it's something with an S

1point

Julie S 7 months ago (edited)

Yes and it works

0points

Catherine Murphy 7 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

ThisIsMyDisplayName 7 months ago (edited)

Some of these seem more like humblebragging - "I'm intelligent, compassionate, trustworthy, honest and kind, how come all the other people around are rude, shifty, callous and dumb as doorknobs?"

5points

Kyle S. 7 months ago

I thought it was universal that everyone thought in full color, three dimensional images with a constant internal monologue. When I found out that for some people its just black, it blew my mind. I can't even comprehend how they are able to function.

5points

"Disembodied voice" 7 months ago

I have aphantasia, blows my mind that people can visualize things

2points

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Stardust she/her 7 months ago

I thought that other people used to be nice just for the sake of it and I thought that people don’t really mean it when they’re trying to comfort someone. Turns out I just lack empathy of any kind

4points

Rick Seiden 7 months ago

That some people don't have an inner voice--their own voice talking to them inside their head. I can hear the words I'm typing as I'm typing them. That some people have an inner eye--they can close their eyes and "see" something in as much detail as they can see it if their eyes were open. I close my eyes and all I see is black. I kind of get a hint of something being there, so it's not 100%. 98% maybe. It's called Aphantasia.

3points

Sky Render 7 months ago

There was a lot that I thought was normal growing up, but the biggest one was that I thought my absolute anomaly of a crotch was normal. To the point that I thought what I saw on others must be the anomaly! Turns out most people do not have a massive divot just above the butt, a second tailbone, or an extra-long featureless section of skin beneath their genitals (which it turned out is covering a second set of genitals). Isn't self-experience bias a delight?

3points

and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 7 months ago

Apparently crippling anxiety and ADHD isn’t normal, pretty much everyone in my family has them, so we always kinda assumed everyone was like that. I always got annoyed at meditations that were like “just focus on your breathing, empty your mind…” because nobody can empty their mind, right? Nope. We’re just weird.

1point

Lobelia 6 months ago

Wishing death or harm on people in my life (particularly family) a lot, often over small things. Turns out most people do not actually wish ill on others easily, I just have enough mental health issues to be the protagonist of a psychological drama. It hit me while telling some school friends a story, then saying "and that's why I want her (my mom) dead". They both were horrified, saying that it's a terrible thing to wish on anyone and that I should be ashamed. And I didn't get it, because I've always wished that many people were dead. I've had that since I was a child. Until it was revealed in a conversation that most people actually don't wish that and that I just need therapy.

0points

zovjraar me 7 months ago

racism/bigotry. i thought racism was a thing of the past, then i revised my thinking in my 20's to think it was rare, and only really crazy or dumb people were racist. unfortunately, it's far more prevalent than i thought in the US. there's a lot of hate, anger, and frustration in this country and people seem happy to lay it at the feet of some "other" group. very sad.

0points

The Rogue Adventurers. 7 months ago

I used to think that everyone's feet and ankles would be in lots of pain after like 3 hours of standing or walking, but it turns out that me and my mum both just have EDS

0points

The Starsong Princess 7 months ago

Living in a clean house. A surprising percentage of people look normal when they are out but live in filth.

0points

Stephanie L Thesing 7 months ago

Thanks to my parents, I grew up believing that husbands treated their wives with disdain and had no respect or affection for them (think Archie Bunker) and that couples always argued. If my dad saw a car with Just Married on it he would say, “don’t do it!” perhaps as a joke but it still made an impression on me as a child. To this day I can’t watch “All in the Family” or Carol Burnett’s Eunice and Mama sketches cause they make me physically uncomfortable.

0points

Kristal 7 months ago

I had my mind blown a few weeks ago. In fact, I still think about it sometimes. I ordered food for delivery. I'm in an apartment building with the entry doors to individual apartments sharing a hallway. Each of these doors are numbered sequentially. I am in apartment 13, with apartments 11, 12, and 14 sharing the hallway. I usually have a seasonal wreath/decoration on my door and that sometimes hides the door number. This delivery guy couldn't see my door number so he wasn't going to deliver my food! All other door numbers are clearly visible and I'm between doors 12 and 14. I just ... I just could not believe he didn't have the capability to work that out as a full grown adult (eventually I had to open the door to show him which door to deliver to). How do people survive like that?

0points

Ken Beattie 7 months ago

Not exactly a trait more of a physical thing. I didn't realise for awhile that the entire world does not in fact make a constant high pitched whining noise. That's actually tinnitus >_<

12points

Mike F 7 months ago

And it's miserable.

3points

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DB 7 months ago

That having your parents beat the c**p out of you at the slightest provocation was totally normal and something every kid experienced.

9points

Madster 7 months ago

Does anyone go through the alphabet if they are trying to think someone or something's name?

9points

DB 7 months ago

Yes.

7points

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Bec 7 months ago

Not exactly but I tend to 'file' people alphabetically, so I am often stuck thinking, oh it's something with an S

1point

Julie S 7 months ago (edited)

Yes and it works

0points

Catherine Murphy 7 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

ThisIsMyDisplayName 7 months ago (edited)

Some of these seem more like humblebragging - "I'm intelligent, compassionate, trustworthy, honest and kind, how come all the other people around are rude, shifty, callous and dumb as doorknobs?"

5points

Kyle S. 7 months ago

I thought it was universal that everyone thought in full color, three dimensional images with a constant internal monologue. When I found out that for some people its just black, it blew my mind. I can't even comprehend how they are able to function.

5points

"Disembodied voice" 7 months ago

I have aphantasia, blows my mind that people can visualize things

2points

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Stardust she/her 7 months ago

I thought that other people used to be nice just for the sake of it and I thought that people don’t really mean it when they’re trying to comfort someone. Turns out I just lack empathy of any kind

4points

Rick Seiden 7 months ago

That some people don't have an inner voice--their own voice talking to them inside their head. I can hear the words I'm typing as I'm typing them. That some people have an inner eye--they can close their eyes and "see" something in as much detail as they can see it if their eyes were open. I close my eyes and all I see is black. I kind of get a hint of something being there, so it's not 100%. 98% maybe. It's called Aphantasia.

3points

Sky Render 7 months ago

There was a lot that I thought was normal growing up, but the biggest one was that I thought my absolute anomaly of a crotch was normal. To the point that I thought what I saw on others must be the anomaly! Turns out most people do not have a massive divot just above the butt, a second tailbone, or an extra-long featureless section of skin beneath their genitals (which it turned out is covering a second set of genitals). Isn't self-experience bias a delight?

3points

and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 7 months ago

Apparently crippling anxiety and ADHD isn’t normal, pretty much everyone in my family has them, so we always kinda assumed everyone was like that. I always got annoyed at meditations that were like “just focus on your breathing, empty your mind…” because nobody can empty their mind, right? Nope. We’re just weird.

1point

Lobelia 6 months ago

Wishing death or harm on people in my life (particularly family) a lot, often over small things. Turns out most people do not actually wish ill on others easily, I just have enough mental health issues to be the protagonist of a psychological drama. It hit me while telling some school friends a story, then saying "and that's why I want her (my mom) dead". They both were horrified, saying that it's a terrible thing to wish on anyone and that I should be ashamed. And I didn't get it, because I've always wished that many people were dead. I've had that since I was a child. Until it was revealed in a conversation that most people actually don't wish that and that I just need therapy.

0points

zovjraar me 7 months ago

racism/bigotry. i thought racism was a thing of the past, then i revised my thinking in my 20's to think it was rare, and only really crazy or dumb people were racist. unfortunately, it's far more prevalent than i thought in the US. there's a lot of hate, anger, and frustration in this country and people seem happy to lay it at the feet of some "other" group. very sad.

0points

The Rogue Adventurers. 7 months ago

I used to think that everyone's feet and ankles would be in lots of pain after like 3 hours of standing or walking, but it turns out that me and my mum both just have EDS

0points

The Starsong Princess 7 months ago

Living in a clean house. A surprising percentage of people look normal when they are out but live in filth.

0points

Stephanie L Thesing 7 months ago

Thanks to my parents, I grew up believing that husbands treated their wives with disdain and had no respect or affection for them (think Archie Bunker) and that couples always argued. If my dad saw a car with Just Married on it he would say, “don’t do it!” perhaps as a joke but it still made an impression on me as a child. To this day I can’t watch “All in the Family” or Carol Burnett’s Eunice and Mama sketches cause they make me physically uncomfortable.

0points

Kristal 7 months ago

I had my mind blown a few weeks ago. In fact, I still think about it sometimes. I ordered food for delivery. I'm in an apartment building with the entry doors to individual apartments sharing a hallway. Each of these doors are numbered sequentially. I am in apartment 13, with apartments 11, 12, and 14 sharing the hallway. I usually have a seasonal wreath/decoration on my door and that sometimes hides the door number. This delivery guy couldn't see my door number so he wasn't going to deliver my food! All other door numbers are clearly visible and I'm between doors 12 and 14. I just ... I just could not believe he didn't have the capability to work that out as a full grown adult (eventually I had to open the door to show him which door to deliver to). How do people survive like that?

0points

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