LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
Finding out that all of the checks and balances that are supposed to prevent one political party or one person from attaining absolute power were nothing but paper tigers.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
Finding out that colors don’t actually exist. It’s just a perception done between our brains, wavelengths of light, and photoreceptors within our eyes. It broke my brain…and yes, it’s something I didn’t truly realize until I was an adult. Just like the moon not emitting its own light 🤦🏻♀. My public school edumacation failed me.
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart Oh that's sad. You could answer at any time. Yet you give up so quickly.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer I just choose to use my time in a different way. I’m not a debate person. I listen. Take in the information. And then move on weighing everything I know, but only if it’s extremely pertinent to me. This is not.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
4meAndyou · F
I believe it was when I married for the second time. I was 21 at the time of my second marriage, and I honestly believed in that whole 1950's Disneyland Great American dream. I was going to stay home and cook and take care of my babies. Reality was NOTHING like that.
ThePatientAnarchist · 61-69
Hearing some details of the life of Thomas Merton, someone I had long admired as truly enlightened, that have made me think of him as just another confused person. That was just the latest in a string of such disillusionments about admired people and heroes. I am still gradually getting used to the idea that everybody's only human.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@bijouxbroussard I guess that proves that just because your people are oppressed, that doesn't automatically make you a good person. Some people are just аѕѕhоӏеѕ regardless of their background.
ThePatientAnarchist · 61-69
@LordShadowfire @bijouxbroussard but then maybe it also shows that a person's impact goes beyond their individual flaws and blind spots. Nelson Mandela was inspired by Gandhi and emulated his tactics.
bijouxbroussard · F
@ThePatientAnarchist I suppose so. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by him, too, and modeled his non-violent form of protest during the Civil Right era here.
HijabaDabbaDoo · F
Not quite the same but the same sentiment. The idea that not everyone had basic empathy, like that used to genuinely confuse and unsettle me lol
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
1 Christmas Eve I looked out my window and saw my neighbor walking a 10 speed bike to my house . It was under the tree Christmas morning . I was about 12.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
War isn't just something I heard stories of or learned about in history classes. It can happen anywhere to anyone.
Ducky · 31-35, F
Learning my mom is bi too.
AbbeyRhode · F
That not everyone who says "I love you" means it.
Magenta · F
I never believed he was real to begin with. We weren't taught that.
Magenta · F
@JimboSaturn Nice. ✨
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@Magenta It's amazing how much that bothers some people. A lady at my work couldn't believe we didn't make my daughter believe in Santa. She thought that we were mean!
Magenta · F
@JimboSaturn Oh my gosh, seriously?! Lol. You mean you didn't make up some big fantasy and support it with lies? Indeed.
sirweighsalot · 22-25, M
Finding out that there was no apocalypse and I was just having my first manic episode
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@sirweighsalot Wow. That's a lot to process.
YoMomma ·
My husband wanting me to wash dishes
Prettybratbi1tch · 26-30, F
I never grew up believing that
ShepherdBard · 36-40, M
Wait…. what???
SomeIrishPerson · 31-35, M
@ShepherdBard
Don't listen. It's just a very mean lie
Don't listen. It's just a very mean lie
ShepherdBard · 36-40, M
@SomeIrishPerson I just don’t understand what anyone would gain from saying such things
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Discovering the real holidays, don't always look like the photographs you've seen in the brochures.
With the exception of Switzerland. 😂
With the exception of Switzerland. 😂
HootyTheNightOwl · 41-45
Lies!!! Santa is real!!! And, I still put my teeth under my pillow for the tooth fairy, too...
DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
Realizing that hard work doesn't guarantee success.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@DearAmbellina2113 It's so true. Yet the lie persists.
Alyosha · 36-40, M
Finding out God is.
Journaling4MeAgain · 100+, F
That growing old would be as easy as I had envisaged when I was young. 🤔
BrandNewMan · M
Realizing how many people never really grow up to be responsible adults.
GnomeyGee · 41-45, M
Wait!!! Santa isn't real???!!!!
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Starting with Brexit, when a succession of entitled public schoolboys and city chancers gambled with our nation's future, made a total horlicks of things, and undermined trust in public institutions.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@SunshineGirl I know, right? It's so weird. When you're a kid, you can sleep at night knowing the grown-ups are in charge, but then you become a grown-up and you realize they aren't all that grown up.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@LordShadowfire It keeps me awake at night 😞
Hmmm???
"if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor"
"if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor"
MommaBear · 26-30, F
Santa’s not real? 😥
shinyplasticlove · 51-55, M
That love doesn't exist.
BlobbyMcBlobface · 100+, M
What? Santa isn't real? Nah, I'm not having that!
SomeIrishPerson · 31-35, M
Finding out the moon is made of cheese
BillyMack · 46-50, M
That size does matter. 😔
ElRengo · 70-79, M
Whos says that Santa isn’t real?
MrSmooTh · 31-35, M
Finding out that college was a scam.
BrandNewMan · M
@MrSmooTh Fake news .. if you take a legit major, college is still worthwhile
meJess · F
The government isn’t actually concerned about the best interests of the country
FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
Reading the Bible and realizing it’s all malarkey.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Organized Religion controls.
2ndtimeguy · 61-69, M
Finding out that wives dont want sex every night!
JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
The universe is not deterministic.
PaisleyHeart · F
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Seeing how many Americans believe in fascism, hate, and bigotry. :(
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You mean aside from realizing people on SW are fake?
BrandNewMan · M
@BlueGreenGrey .. some people ..
shinyplasticlove · 51-55, M
@BlueGreenGrey I'm as real as real can get. I just pinched myself just to make sure.
PinkMoon · 26-30, F
Realizing "God" is the real villian of the bible.
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