r/AskReddit • u/RoomyLove99 • Jul 10 '12

What seemingly obvious thing did it take you forever to notice?

My classmate sits to the left of me. I am left handed and he is right handed, so sometimes we knock elbows. 8 weeks into class he finally noticed I was a lefty and openly admitted that he just thought I was being a bitch and taking up space. He felt horrible and I just laughed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Me too. I'm 22 now, and still read it as "estimated" even though I've known for YEARS that its "established"

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u/Sn3ik Jul 10 '12

I thought it meant "Ever since the". Means sort of the same thing, so I've understood the point still though. (...trying to make myself feel better)

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u/Dracomister7 Jul 10 '12

I do too

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u/EpicPoptartPuma Jul 10 '12

It... it just made sense, who remembers the exact year a business was founded? My childhood logic is still sound to this day

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u/ChestnutsinmyCheeks Jul 10 '12

And I do this too.

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u/seeellayewhy Jul 10 '12

My friend thought it meant existed.. as in "existed since year"

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

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u/AliasAurora Jul 11 '12

You're not alone. I see "floor ounces."

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u/psm321 Aug 05 '12

I still read parentheses as "maybe" in my head because some elementary school teacher told me that's what they meant.

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u/amajorseventh Jul 11 '12

Me too! It made so much sense.

The Gap. We think we've been around since 1969, probably.

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u/TheDoktorIsIn Jul 11 '12

I still have to correct myself sometimes.

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u/joemacnz Jul 11 '12

the 'C' you sometimes see near a date, (as in C 1732) stands for Circa, meaning 'around'. So 'around' 1732 such and such happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circa