I didn't have to explain it, but I found myself in a situation where I was informing a grown woman that fish are indeed animals.
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Oh, that reminds me of when I had to explain to my mother that my then girlfriend was vegetarian and that, no, chicken do count as meat.
That sounds like a vestige from the Catholic habit of not eating meat at times, so the definition of "what's meat" got really specific and excluded things like fish and chicken.
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I had to explain to an adult woman that prunes are to plums as raisins are to grapes.
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Just before the US election, I had to explain to a coworker that JD Vance was not going to be Kamala Harris’ VP and vice versa. I knew this person for 9 years, never thought they were a genius or anything but damn, I was dumbfounded when she asked if I could believe it, I think she has always thought whichever side wins has to take the other sides VP. I immediately lost a lot of hope for us that day.
That is almost how it used to work. For several decades in the US the winner of the general election became the president, and the loser became the VP. The theory was that would cause the parties to work together. I don't remember why or when we changed that.
I think it was "runner up became VP." Because there were supposed to be multiple candidates, not just two and only two parties.
Might have worked with a ranked choice system.
I don't remember why or when we changed that.
When: almost immediately (there were basically only two elections that worked that way, in 1796 and 1800).
Why: because political parties became a thing.
It's too bad, IMO. They should've outlawed political parties instead.
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How to make a call using a land line phone. That made me feel very old.
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Women have three holes down there, not two. To be fair to him, the only women in his life he lived with for any length of time was his mother who was extremely private about all bathroom stuff and hid all her monthly items.
I had the same experience once, but I was explaining it to a woman. I'm a guy.
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That wood glue used to be made from horse bones and that, yes, the horse dies. Another I had to explain the correlation between 1 cube meter, 1000 liters and 1 ton.
And one calorie is the energy needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius. God I hate the Imperial system.
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I once had to explain the concept of having multiple Internet browser tabs to an elderly woman. She was certain nobody else could ever manage accessing a webpage AND their email at the same time, and was angry at our 2fa system for requiring that.
Another time I had to explain to my romantic partner at the time that winter actually lasts from the 21st of December through the 20th of March. He was convinced that winter coincided with the Christmas season, and that spring started on January 1st.
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Convincing my doctor that I had an inguinal hernia and not varicoceles when I had a half-apple sized lump in my left groin. I'm with a new doctor now.
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I told me biss that i have agave syrup for margaritas and as a hiney substitute for when i have vegan friends over. He asked why vegans have a problem with hiney since insects aren't animals. I wasn't sure how to respond to that other than saying they absolutely are, so he googled it and had his kind absolutely blown
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That clouds don't come from cloud machines and that the earth is round.
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I didn't know it at the time but I went to college with a guy who's a flat-Earther. I exchanged a handful of messages with him online about it and gave up trying to convince him. Not sure why I even thought I had a chance. I feel bad for his kids.
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