Things you were shockingly old when you learned

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I get IUDs and IEDs mixed up.

Alba, Friday, 24 February 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link

masturbation, what it is, how everyone does it. i think it was like 7th grade or something before i learned.

Karl Malone, Friday, 24 February 2017 00:05 (seven years ago) link

they charge for obituaries and it is a lot more than you'd think

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 24 February 2017 00:26 (seven years ago) link

i knew they charged - some are much longer and more detailed than others, have pictures, etc. this always struck me as being connected to how much they cost - have no idea how much.

Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Friday, 24 February 2017 00:27 (seven years ago) link

Obituary Notice - 3 Days $303.44
- 3 days in both The Vancouver Sun and The Province.
- Base cost includes 5 lines of text & Online at Remembering.ca for 1 year
- $61.80 for each additional line of text. Add a Colour photo for $326.

Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Friday, 24 February 2017 00:29 (seven years ago) link

I've read some pricy obits it seems

Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Friday, 24 February 2017 00:30 (seven years ago) link

a color photo in an obituary seems like the rough equivalent to an open-cask funeral

Karl Malone, Friday, 24 February 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link

human resources does not mean resources for humans

mh 😏, Friday, 24 February 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link

(my first run-ins were all related to the benefits and insurance part of companies, so the naming based on staffing went over my head)

mh 😏, Friday, 24 February 2017 00:34 (seven years ago) link

Hope all my friends open their casks at my funeral.

pplains, Friday, 24 February 2017 01:41 (seven years ago) link

Both of them.

pplains, Friday, 24 February 2017 01:41 (seven years ago) link

masturbation, what it is, how everyone does it. i think it was like 7th grade or something before i learned.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, February 23, 2017 7:05 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Man there i was with a Cindy Crawford GIF and quivering nether regions, freaked the fuck out that my dick was trying to make a cocoon, and a week later in health class they were describing the ole "Shebop" and that it was normal and meant we were ready to father a child. And i turned to my friends (both of em) and said OH SHIT I JUST DID THAT LAST WEEK! I'M READY TO FATHER A CHILD! I'M READY TO FATHER A-

and the tubby one punched me in the stomach and i fell to my knees

waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 February 2017 02:13 (seven years ago) link

I had the general idea of how things worked but don't think I really did that act until 9th grade, yeeesh

mh 😏, Friday, 24 February 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link

Nowadays kids learn it from Wikihow pages

waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 February 2017 02:17 (seven years ago) link

tbf I was a late bloomer (not to be confused with ilxor of that name)

mh 😏, Friday, 24 February 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link

when they said "B.G." on Snoop and Dre albums for years I thought they meant "Bee Gee", ie, someone out of the 70s, out of touch. realized years later it meant "baby gangsta".

waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 February 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link

just learned that Richard Cheese's pseudonym = "dickcheese"

ha this one only occurred to me a few weeks back as well, and we've been rocking his albums heaps lately.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 24 February 2017 04:02 (seven years ago) link

That a hymen isn't like a thin bit of plastic kitchen wrap skin that goes over the vagina and gets punctured after sex.

If I had given this more than a second thought this would have clearly made no sense.

barbarian radge (NotEnough), Friday, 24 February 2017 06:12 (seven years ago) link

I don't propose to look up what age school grades indicate solely to find out when ilxors started masturbating

Will u ppl not just use age to indicate age ffs

The Perks of Being a Wall St R (darraghmac), Friday, 24 February 2017 08:50 (seven years ago) link

think it wasnt until i was 17 or so that i realised that people had to pay milkmen? i didnt have some big alternative comedy theory about a publicly funded dairy welfare state or whatever it was just something that i had somehow never once encountered or thought about for a second

r|t|c, Friday, 24 February 2017 10:03 (seven years ago) link

mightve been early 20s even idk

r|t|c, Friday, 24 February 2017 10:05 (seven years ago) link

Like what else would be be doing at six am everyday, sure isn't he a milkman

The Perks of Being a Wall St R (darraghmac), Friday, 24 February 2017 10:05 (seven years ago) link

Ross - well, corny romantic stuff

The phrasing and composition makes it all a bit unclear (the wiki quotes disagreement between Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman as to whether the lyrics were ambiguous) but when you read it it's p clear:

And I would do anything for love
I'd run right into hell and back
I would do anything for love
I'd never lie to you and that's a fact
But I'll never forget the way you feel right now,
Oh no, no way
And I would do anything for love, but I won't do that
No, I won't do that

^^in this verse he'd run right into hell + back but he won't lie to you and that's a fact

niels, Saturday, 25 February 2017 10:21 (seven years ago) link

Just learnt that I can convert MKV files into something hopefully readable on my TV through a memory stick. VLC player can convert and save files. Haven't successfully done it yet but got one underway.
Been frustrating with tv not reading a load of stuff I've downloaded.

Now would really like to find out if i have any way of saving recordings made by Horizon box to something I could store on hard drive.

Stevolende, Saturday, 25 February 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link

it's a subject complement rather than a direct object if you can't convert the sentence to passive voice

Brad C., Saturday, 25 February 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link

Stuart Sutcliffe was Scottish.

Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 February 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link

Swiffers are MALIGNANTLY USELESS

ridiculously dope soul (unregistered), Sunday, 26 February 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link

ding ding ding

though the little duster thingos work pretty good

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 February 2017 22:25 (seven years ago) link

yeah, those are alright, and wet Swiffers are at least barely functional, though a simple sponge mop does a better job and doesn't need a head change after every use. but a dry Swiffer mop is about as useful as rubbing the floor with a sheet of copier paper -- it traps a few odd specks of debris but 90% of it ends up getting pushed to the edge of the floor in ropey clumps that you end up having to vacuum or pick up with your fingers. my grandparents insisted that I use nothing but a Swiffer to clean their new kitchen floor (I think the contractor recommended it) but I rebelled and pulled out the vacuum while they were downstairs loudly watching Family Feud.

ridiculously dope soul (unregistered), Sunday, 26 February 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link

Just learnt that I can convert MKV files into something hopefully readable on my TV through a memory stick

this doesnt strike me as something people should have always known since they were 5 years old or anything, though?

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 26 February 2017 23:19 (seven years ago) link

when you're shockingly old, everything you learn is done in that state

mh 😏, Monday, 27 February 2017 01:34 (seven years ago) link

Mkv files didn't exist when i was 5

waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 February 2017 02:07 (seven years ago) link

Did I misspeak badly? I'm saying its perfectly reasonable to still not know MKV can convert to something else, heck I barely even know what that means, assume its some kind of video file conversion.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 27 February 2017 05:04 (seven years ago) link

i was agreeing w/ you

waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 February 2017 05:25 (seven years ago) link

Just now realized that Sheena Easton is Scottish. Always assumed she was American.

“Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 07:09 (seven years ago) link

She came to fame through a fly on the wall documentary before having her first major hit in like '79/'80. Modern girl. I think at the time she had a pretty broad accent.
Prince reinvented her several years later. Not sure if she was heard of much between times. So could see why the confusion. Presumably she's U.S. based since then though.

Stevolende, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 07:38 (seven years ago) link

I mean, she almost one-upped Dolly Parton with her own song called "9 to 5" - seemed American enough to me!

pplains, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:35 (seven years ago) link

From Bellshill, home of (the main movers and shakers in) Teenage Fanclub, the Soup Dragons and the BMX Bandits.

Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:38 (seven years ago) link

... Indie Central, in other words.

Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link

Aw, let's be fair; "Morning Train" was written and recorded without knowledge of the Parton song. And upon release, they altered the title to avoid confusion. I don't love either song, but let's not imply there was intent to one-up or compete.

pamplemousse of love (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:47 (seven years ago) link

Best part is that it was all unintentional!

pplains, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link

Just now realized that Sheena Easton is Scottish. Always assumed she was American.

― “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Monday, February 27, 2017 11:09 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

In 1990, Easton revisited her home country of Scotland to perform at a festival (The Big Day) in Glasgow. After announcing, that it was "good to be back home" in an American accent, she had bottles (some containing urine) thrown at her and, visibly shaken, she was forced to cut her set short. She vowed never to perform in Scotland again.[12]

Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link

And of course Peel was a huge fan of Morning Train/9 To 5.

http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Sheena_Easton?file=Barmy_army.jpg

Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link

i didn't realize that morning train (9 to 5) was by sheena easton

Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link

hah i learned that last week

waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:45 (seven years ago) link

it's possible that I could have had a slight confusion with Shelia E. as well

“Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 04:19 (seven years ago) link

sheep are not females and goats are not males of the same species, around 18 or so

sciatica, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link

Aww.

Alba, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link

Discovered a few months ago that instead of puncturing/tearing/peeling the plastic seals on the tops of wine/kombucha bottles it's sooo much easier just to twist them off (particularly with kombucha, where there's a screwcap involved).

Fetchboy, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 06:55 (seven years ago) link

i just learned what lupus actually is

clouds, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 13:05 (seven years ago) link


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