‘What’s an ‘oh shit’ moment where you realised you’ve been doing something the wrong way for years?’ – 23 penny drops
13.
Couple years ago i was trying to open some toothpaste and had to break the seal of the tube, i used to look for something like a nail to break it, then one day i looked at the pointy end of the cap and thought ‘what if I could use this to break it’ and oh shit it did fit and broke it effortlessly, and so did every other tube product i had in the house and their respective cap, my mind was blown.
El-Mocos
14.
When I realized, at 18, that the phrase is “up and at em” not “up and Adam”
I was always wondering who the hell adam was, thought it was a stupid phrase.
MaxisDidNothingWrong
15.
I owned a light blue colored microwave for about three years that a family member gave me for a housewarming gift. Thought it was cool; never saw a blue microwave before. One night, a buddy asked why I never took the blue plastic wrap off my microwave, then proceeded to peel it off for me. Damn; that bitch is silver. Still miss my blue microwave sometimes though…
Id_Rather_B_Lurking
16.
Well, to start off I’m male who grew up with my grandma and mom. So growing up I had very few male influences and I’m 34 now so internet sucked. Anyway, when I was 12 my mom decided to move us in with her boyfriend. The first night in our new place I walked out the shower with my towel on. My step-dad says “what are you doing, you’re not a girl”. I looked confused and said “I know, why?” he then said “guys don’t wear their towels like that!”. I then realized, I had always wore my towel up to my chest, since that’s all I saw growing up, not realizing it was so they would cover their boobs. I was so embarrassed. So yea, long story short, I wore my towel like a female until I was 12.
831golfer
17.
I always put my insoles in with the gel side facing up. I couldn’t figure out for the life of me how people liked them. Then I happened to see someone do it correctly one day. Felt like the world’s biggest dumbass.
HeiGirlHei
18.
Not entirely doing it wrong but did it worst. I HATED getting into the shower turning in the water and then splashed with cold water till it turns to a more tolerable temp. I ended up just standing in the corner in the cold waiting for the water to warm up. Until I came by a comment on Reddit to just turn on the shower before getting in and wait for it to warm up. And ever since then I have been doing that since!
AlphonseElric
19.
Grew up thinking that the toilet seat was supposed to be up when you poop and down when you pee. Have no idea where I got this from but it made for a very interesting conversation with my friends later in life.
xEnfant_Terrible
20.
When I was about 18, one of my friends dropped a large sandwich on the ground but said it was fine because of the five second rule which I responded to with, “ There is no way you can eat that whole thing in five seconds.” That’s when I learned that I had misunderstood the rule my entire life.
Block990
21.
I had the brightness set at 40% on my home theater projector.
For five years.
Best Buy installed it and I just thought it was a dim pile of shit.
Turns out I was the dim pile of shit.
rhialto
22.
I used to think ice-cream cones are made out of cardboard. I used to throw them away once the ice cream was finished. I only discovered tbey were edible out of curiosity and continued to eat the cone in secret until I found out other people do it in public.
RandomSplitter
23.
So, this is embarrassing. I used to think “double space” meant tapping the space bar twice between every word, and didn’t realize that wasn’t what it meant until I was in my twenties. I did this ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL and no one ever corrected me.
APrettyLilNightmare
theFaceCat had a culinary confession.
So I’ve been eating Campbell’s soups without and extra can of water until two weeks ago when I made my partner cream of broccoli that apparently “shouldn’t for any reason be this thick.”
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