‘What’s something you completely changed your mind about?’ – 21 people who did a total 180 on something they’d previously disliked

13.

‘Brown sauce – would watch with disgust as my Dad would put obscene amounts on a fry up then I tried it in a bacon roll and that was that.’
–luke1777

14.

‘The social media ban chat. I was against it when I was thinking of social media as a way to talk with people you already know in real life, as it was when I was a young teenager, and when the default position was to be suspicious of strangers online and to make everything on your profile private.

I’m much more for it when I learnt that that isn’t how social media is used today at all really and that the default is instead 13 and 14 year olds being able to ‘go live’ and broadcast whatever they’re doing to strangers over the whole world at any time, and to have followers who are adults they’ve never met. What the hell!’
–360Saturn

15.

‘Vaccines. I started getting dragged into the anti vax scene by an ex-friend. I mentioned it to my sister, a scientist, and she went off at me. I sat down and started trying to research my points to prove to my sister that it was a real problem… I couldn’t find a single thing to back up my friend’s views.

I apologised to my sister and now I don’t spread things until I have verified them independently.’
–YupItWasMeMate

16.

‘Dogs. I used to be a hardcore cat person, and had zero interest in dogs. Actually sorta didn’t like them.

Started going out with a girl who adopted rescue Greyhounds. Did a complete 180. I love dogs now (although, highly biased towards pointies) and a bit indifferent to cats.’
–Victorius_Meldrus

17.

‘JFK murder. I was always sure the official story was true. After the last few years, I have some doubts.’
–DizzyMine4964

18.

‘Certain vegetables. The grownup ones. Today for lunch I had noodles with cabbage and broccoli, and for tea I made a chicken curry with courgette, red lentils and spinach in it. I eat salad on purpose!

My teenage self would be utterly appalled.’
–Loose_Acanthaceae201

19.

‘I’ve completely changed my mind about the importance of top grades. Growing up I was taught that your ambition should be top grades, top salary etc. As an adult I’ve come to learn the goal should be to aim for ‘enough’. In grades you only need ‘enough’ to get to the next stage, in life you only need ‘enough’ to live a comfortable lifestyle. ‘Enough’ should, in my opinion, be life’s goal.’
–D1C_Whizz

20.

‘My big one is NATO. For decades I didn’t really see the whole NATO thing as much more than a way for the US to flex against an impotent and non existant Russian threat. Even during the height of the Cold War I thought that it was a bit of a reach that Russia would actually or could actually do anything so rash as to threaten the west.

I have completely changed my view on this since I have been proved wrong. I believe we need a stronger NATO and we need a comprehensive and well funded European based military pact as well to fill the gaps that could potentially be created by a non-supportive/compliant USA.’
–dwair

21.

‘Day drinking. When I was in my 20s I thought it was so loutish, but now I’m pushing 40 my friend and I often book a train to a randomly chosen city, book a hotel and just go around eating and drinking all day. Lunch and two pints, then visit a cathedral or a museum, dinner and a few pints, maybe a show and then a few more pints. It’s like a mini holiday.’
–SpecialYapper

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