Common Sense Isn’t All That Common: 45 ‘Obvious’ Things People Only Just Learned

That's not really a common sense thing. That's more one of those tidbits that should be listed on the lesser known facts threads.

Huh. I would've thought it meant something more obvious, like removing the blocks (they may be called "chucks") that prevent a vehicle's tire from moving. EDIT: Turns out that what I called "chucks" are "chocks."

TIL..

If you were to "give them the whole nine yards" those pipes would be "Whistling a different tune".

Why is there a chair stuck to the top of the door on the left?

Wait... don't feel bad, I was right now years old. That changes the whole thing now doesn't it.

The little piggie I refer to absolutely went to the market to buy groceries.

Reminds me of a young kid comment I read: isn't it funny how the word "chicken" is a bird and also a thing you eat? (uh-oh, he's about to come to a disturbing realization)

Uhhhhhhhhhh. Today years old, and I JUST learned this, right this very moment. Thanks for that.

First little piggy went to the market. Second little piggy stayed home. Third little piggy had roast beef. Forth little piggy had none. Why didn't the forth little piggy have any roast beef? B3cause the third little piggy was a big hog.

It's good to recognize when our parents did their best. It's also ok to acknowledge that sometimes, their best just wasn't good enough.

My mom did NOT 😕she was an alcoholic who slept all day and was awake, drunk all night and would even wake me up in the middle of the night drunk to talk to me.....I vividly remember once she straight up asked if it made me sad I didn't know my real dad...(she claims she doesn't know...she doesn't know if my younger brother and I have same dad or not.....she had 5 kids all with potentially different dads) is what it is.... Can't change the past.But I can make damn sure my girls have better than what my mom gave me.

Don’t forget your dad doing his best as well. Most people don’t realize that their parents sacrifice their entire personal lives when they have children for their children until they themselves have children. Honestly, it is super difficult near impossible to not feel instinctive love for your own child to the point of dying for them if necessary. Your childhood may have had pain and shame and strife but almost without exception your parents did the very best they could, they instinctively pretty much had no other choice.

We go into parenting knowing we are going to be great. All the things our parents did wrong we are going to fix and be exactly what our child needs. Then we screw it all up and at least one child needs therapy for childhood trauma. I never wanted to get something right more than I did being a parent.

When I get upset about something my parents did to me when I was a child I try to remember that a child doesn't come with a tutorial or a handbook telling you what to do. There was also no internet back then (or if it was, it looked different and wasn't accessible for everyone like it is now) where people could share and watch numerous videos of "healthy parenting" like it is now. I am much more understanding of my parents because of that. They did not know, it was all a learning curve for them. Of course this does not apply to parents that are abusing their children etc.

I managed to catch this bit of wisdom being passed down to the next generation. A dad and his little girl were by the eggs and he was coaching her through picking up every egg in their carton and checking for cracks. It was adorable.

I've never thought to open the carton, and I've never ever bought a cracked egg.

Cashiers usually open it to check you are not trying to steal small items but hiding them in the egg carton.

In all fairness, you never know. Anything could have gone wrong.

In the past I used to grab a carton/s of eggs and go. Then at times I would get cracked eggs. Then I would started opeing the top and make sure I didn't get any cracked eggs. Still got cracked eggs because the bottom of the eggs would be cracked and could not see the cracked egg/s. Now when I get eggs I pick each and every egg up to make sure there is no cracked eggs.