‘What’s something you defended for years before finally admitting you were wrong?’ – 21 people who chose a terrible hill to die on

12.

‘Elon Musk. I am Space enthusiast and SpaceX brought many revolutionary steps forwards, and I am a fan of electric cars, which became popular with the success of Tesla. Also he used to be funny with his memes and stuff. But when he attacked that diver the cracks became obvious, and when he publicly started to support Donald Trump and outed himself as a fascist, it was done.’
–Unicron1982

13.

‘Always thought hard work was enough. It’s not! Hard work is nothing without opportunity. And opportunity has a lot to do with money and networking.’
–Blackberryay

14.

‘Two spaces after a period. It’s unnecessary and looks weird.’
–winothirtynino

15.

‘I believed in utopian anarchy due to the horrific abuses of power by myriad governments. I’ve met a few people in my life that have made me understand why a government is preferable to what would happen without organised and enforced morality, including regulating those that run the government.’
–UnlimitedCalculus

16.

‘I always thought people gave up on their marriages too easily. That if they really tried, put in the time and effort and made compromises, that their marriage could be healed/work out.

Once I was married myself and became older and wiser, I came to the realisation that there are some marriages that absolutely should end and that it is the best outcome for all parties involved.’
–JonquilJaune

17.

‘Unsure if this falls into this category or not. I used to say ‘politics aren’t for me’, but I realised that I’m privileged and politics didn’t affect me because they benefited me. Now I’m involved.’
–picklesandgouda

18.

‘I used to believe that ‘being nice’ is a good thing, and our world would be better off if everyone was nice. Now I realise that ‘being nice’ is all performative, and that it’s more important to be KIND.’
–numbersthen0987431

19.

‘That Beyonce can’t sing. This seemed patently obvious to me for years until I heard her doing gospel on an NPR story (I think). So now I have to admit, she CAN sing. Why she chooses to hide that fact in her pop career, I still can’t say.’
–pslush01

20.

‘Probably not for years, but I had this idea in my youth that I don’t really need money or care about it. That’s until I didn’t have any (for a short time). It makes you really humble when you can’t get food when you want/need it.’
–romario77

21.

‘That I was naturally smart and didn’t need to try. Also that I wasn’t wrong about things.’
–D3AD_SPAC3

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