Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered

Always pictured a pig walking on her hind legs with a purse over her arm until just a couple of years ago (well into my 50s). Innocence lost for real, SMH.

Oh s**t. Never realized that until this moment.

TIL AT 72!

l learned this recently, thanks to bored panda- he was ham.

Well I'm 62 and I never realised it either lol

When I was little and learning English, I thought "With Subtitles" was a really famous actor who was in every film ever made! He was versatile too: comedies, dramas, cartoons, sports, documentaries...

That's actually really adorable

feat....greatest artist of all-time!

Old guy here. What the hell does this mean?

I used to think it meant "introducing" and then wondered why someone was introducing another famous artist. Took me until I was 12 to find out what "feat." meant. In my defense, English is my second language.

You weren't raised proprerly. you've clearly never seen futurama.

My dad's friend did that to me when I was a kid. He usually followed it up with "Why is it starving?" My shy response was "I don't know" to which he would roar into laughter. Thinking about it I have no hard feelings. It kind of just makes me smile

That's not a funny joke for a kid. Great way to ruin a kid's self-esteem and faith in him/herself.

When I was a child, if I did nothing when other people were busy, my Father would say, "Who are you, the horse-holder?" I would look at him, seriouusly puzzled, and say, "But Daddy, we haven't got a horse!" He replied, "Exactly!" but did not explain. He could have suggested what I could do to help.

My dad made that same joke all the time when I was little lol

Bless your heart

Unbelievable

That’s pretty funny 😁 sorry!

all the way through school......and never noticed how anyone else did it......

You win.

They're still ugly as sin, and stupid as far as I'm concerned.

Creativity and vision would be making something stylish that's wearable, not something that looks like it was made from the vomit of the haberdashery monster

That's why you have the "Prêt a porter" ("Ready to wear") expression, as a contrast.

I only know this because my ex was a fashion designer. To this day I remember her explaining to me that it was about the materials they used, patterns, etc.

ru you serious?

I thought the same thing until just this moment

Don’t feel bad my brother thought trees had one huge leaf until he got glasses. I’m not sure what he though was happening to trees during fall, but he was only about 7 or 8 at the time

Hey, at least this person can blame it on the cataracts!

Laughed so hard Sprite came out my nose

Isn't post-cataract surgery like The Wizard of Oz when it turns to color???

Florida: flowered (as in: full of flowers), Nevada: snowed (covered in snow), and so many place names in former Mexican territory.. Last one: Los Angeles: the angels

I was today years old when I learned this.

i speak spanish and i literally just realized that...

There's huge amounts of landmarks/features named what they are named because the white guy making the map didn't speak the language. The Grand Tetons got their name from a guy returning from the Lewis and Clark expedition who asked a drunk French Canadian trapper what they were called. Chicago got its name from the Algonquian phrase for "Stinky Onion" because they misunderstood what the french trappers were pointing at. They thought he was pointing at the wild onions growing at the mouth of the Chicago River. Similarly Manhattan means 'thicket where wood can be found to make bows' in Lenape. Essentially, Henry Hudson asked "what is that" and was told "haven't you ever seen Hickory trees?"

Not really that dumb, how many people visit Seoul in South Korea without knowing that Seoul translates to "the capital" or look at the UK broadcasting of Takeshi's Castle where they keep saying Mount Midoriyama without realising that Midori-Yama means Green Mountain so they're calling it Mount Green Mountain😂