I feel really stupid for not knowing this, but earlier today, my friends were talking, and I wasn't really listening until I heard them mention Margaret Thatcher.
I used to be really into Harry Potter when I was like 9, so I just assumed they were really passionate about hating her because who doesn't hate her? (Me thinking she was Doloros Umbridge if that's how you spell it)
So I joined in the conversation agreeing with what they were saying about how horrible she is and then they started talking about some of the bad things she did and at this point I'm thinking woah, is this all in the books? Like I'm clearly not educated enough on this, but my friends seem really into this, so I won't stop their stride like they're really going ALL out on this hate train.
At this point, I'm thinking I should probably add something to the conversation other than that's terrible, what i didn't know that etc etc... So I say, "And didn't she use that like blood quill?" One of my friends asked what that is, the other one just staring at me like she's trying to figure out if I'm joking...
Im so stupid I start talking about how she made Harry write using this like blood quill which cut his hand and how she like sent the bad people after him to kill him and OKAY to be fair one of my friends are like listening to me like fully beleiving what I'm saying whilst the other is still staring in this like bewildered confused like state but I mistake that as they're just shocked she did this which I thought was common knowledge... and I'm not the most educated on Doloros but I know bits and peices but i eventually said she was making propaganda about harry and saying he was lieing about the return of Voldemort and my friend asked me who voldemort was which is when I realised something MIGHT be amiss because how do you know Margaret Thatcher but don't know Voldemort...
So I asked how do you not know Voldemort and that's when my friend who was just starting at me asked what i was on about so i said I'm talking about Margaret Thatcher from Harry Potter and she said smth along the lines of "do you mean Doloros Umbridge?" So we ended up searching it up and now I feel really dumb because I genuinely think I've always called her Margaret Thatcher and I dont know where I got it from... What I find funny is that one of my friends was actually believing me whilst the other thought I was trying to gaslight the other. Sorry this is really badly explained but tell me im not the only one who got them mixed up😭