"Obvious" Things You Should Have Known But Didn't

[Lee]

I once thought Cincinnati was in Ohio. Then I moved there and found out it’s in Kentucky.

The reason they built a bridge over the Ohio River is so Kentuckians could swim in the shade.

 

[inliner311]

That is normally true.

However, I have lived in 14 states, and I have found that the worst drivers live in South Florida in the Miami Metro.

That place is uniquely awful in terms of driving.

LA and Atlanta are bad too.

The drivers in Southern California become real bad when there is any precipitation. I think some think they will hydroplane if the highway is slightly damp.

 

[foucault87]

I once saw a driver spinout their pickup in <1 inch of snow while going around 20 mph in NC. The worst part about places that never get snow are people who think they can drive in snow like they normally drive but have no idea what they are doing.

 

[CleveRocks]

Why isn't any of this shit in the driving test? I took one pretty recently like 3 years ago when I renewed my license in a different state.

It's actually really helpful. I didn't realize until I lived in a bigger city how addresses increased as you got away from the center of the city.

In NYC the numbered avenues run North south and streets east west, so it is really hard to get lost too bad for more than a couple of blocks.

There should be more navigation in school. How do you read a train schedule? How do you transfer? Didn't know you needed to ask the driver in some instances

So this reminds me, that I had no idea natives know the trains so well that they can optimize transfers in thier head on the fly.. I Spent a day making business calls in the city with a guy who grew up in queens.. we would walk off a train and literally onto the next one, maybe four times and arrive at our destination in a few minutes.. changed my life!

 

[David.]

The drivers in Southern California become real bad when there is any precipitation. I think some think they will hydroplane if the highway is slightly damp.

La Jolla is the worst. Old old rich people who don't actually have to get where they're going. God forbid you get to an intersection with anyone there, they ignore all rules and insist everyone goes before them creating a minute long silent argument.

Stop at crosswalks even if no one is crossing.
Etc etc etc

 

[Phills14]

Pens and pencils are generally right handed. Left handed pens / pencils are a specialty item.

 

[Cavatt]

Jeopardy always has 2 clues in the answer, so a lot of times you can use the other contextual clue to make a guess.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Hold a pen or pencil in your right hand and read whatever is printed on it.

Then switch to the left hand. The writing is upside down.

A left handed pen or pencil has the writing correct side up when held in the left hand.

Not surprising that right supremacists don't get this.

 

[inliner311]

La Jolla is the worst. Old old rich people who don't actually have to get where they're going. God forbid you get to an intersection with anyone there, they ignore all rules and insist everyone goes before them creating a minute long silent argument.

Stop at crosswalks even if no one is crossing.
Etc etc etc

I would get annoyed with housewives that didn't know how to park in the La Jolla area. The parking spots in shopping centers were narrow as is and if they didn't park perfectly in their Range Rovers, too many parking spots became unusable.

In the Midwest, parking spaces are at least made for big trucks and SUVs so it's less of an issue how poorly someone parks.

 

[Cavatt]

Oh I had to repair my dryer recently. When I opened it up, there was a repair guide with wiring diagram.

One of the things it said was, "You need to have a tech come and clean lint out of the dryer every 18 months." I have never heard of this and I don't think anyone has ever done it.

 

[DJTJ]

Oh I had to repair my dryer recently. When I opened it up, there was a repair guide with wiring diagram.

One of the things it said was, "You need to have a tech come and clean lint out of the dryer every 18 months." I have never heard of this and I don't think anyone has ever done it.

I learned this recently with my washer.

Had absolutely no clue there was a washer filter.

 

[KevinLoveFan]

That reminds me -- changing the basic lint filters for dryers is a routine task that many Millennials and Gen Z weren't taught about (my parents didn't teach me much in the way of practical adult skills because they thought the "rapture" would occur before I was 25). I didn't learn about it until 2013 when I was almost 29. At that time, I was working in the homes of people with disabilities, and one of the clients with a disability actually told me about it. Lol, I was humbled that day for sure. But I continued doing jobs like that for almost another decade, and based on the signs posted in many of the client homes by the dryer reminding workers to clean the lint filter, it's apparently a thing that a lot of caretakers aren't aware of these days.

 

[bob2the2nd]

Oh I had to repair my dryer recently. When I opened it up, there was a repair guide with wiring diagram.

One of the things it said was, "You need to have a tech come and clean lint out of the dryer every 18 months." I have never heard of this and I don't think anyone has ever done it.

That reminds me -- changing the basic lint filters for dryers is a routine task that many Millennials and Gen Z weren't taught about (my parents didn't teach me much in the way of practical adult skills because they thought the "rapture" would occur before I was 25). I didn't learn about it until 2013 when I was almost 29. At that time, I was working in the homes of people with disabilities, and one of the clients with a disability actually told me about it. Lol, I was humbled that day for sure. But I continued doing jobs like that for almost another decade, and based on the signs posted in many of the client homes by the dryer reminding workers to clean the lint filter, it's apparently a thing that a lot of caretakers aren't aware of these days.

so i assume the two of you have figured it out, but washers are rated for specific laundry detergents. the HE detergent is not somethign you can mix with a non-HE washers, and vice versa. It will take a little while but it will eventually destroy the washer.

 

[DJTJ]

That reminds me -- changing the basic lint filters for dryers is a routine task that many Millennials and Gen Z weren't taught about (my parents didn't teach me much in the way of practical adult skills because they thought the "rapture" would occur before I was 25). I didn't learn about it until 2013 when I was almost 29. At that time, I was working in the homes of people with disabilities, and one of the clients with a disability actually told me about it. Lol, I was humbled that day for sure. But I continued doing jobs like that for almost another decade, and based on the signs posted in many of the client homes by the dryer reminding workers to clean the lint filter, it's apparently a thing that a lot of caretakers aren't aware of these days.

I’ll just second this- I’m 28, turning 29 in April.

I was never really taught anything about maintaining a home, and the only reason I know a decent amount of finance is that I majored in it in college, and had absolutely no clue how to change it for a multitude of reasons that weren’t diagnosed until I was an adult.

 

[inliner311]

Oh I had to repair my dryer recently. When I opened it up, there was a repair guide with wiring diagram.

One of the things it said was, "You need to have a tech come and clean lint out of the dryer every 18 months." I have never heard of this and I don't think anyone has ever done it.

There is also a filter on your dish washer that you should clean every couple months. It's real disgusting what builds up on it. You might think your dish washer is broken if it gets too clog.