Obvious things you've only just realised (2017 THREAD)

[Paul Calf]

Deliberate and intentional aren't exactly the same. Intentional just means you chose to do something. You can do something on the spur of the moment and still have it be intentional. Whereas deliberate implies some thought has gone into it, i.e., that you deliberated about it before doing it.

Also, 'purposely' is not a fucking word.

Cock-a-doodle-doo
The Dame has lost her shoe
The Master's lost his fiddling stick
And he doesn't know what to do

A fiddling stick is the bow of a violin.

[hedgehog90]

Deliberate and intentional aren't exactly the same. Intentional just means you chose to do something. You can do something on the spur of the moment and still have it be intentional. Whereas deliberate implies some thought has gone into it, i.e., that you deliberated about it before doing it.

Oh right.

We pronounce them differently 'cos one's a verb and one's an adjective.

Good point.

Also you don't intentional over a dilemma.

Yeah.

Sorry, language confuses me.

[Icehaven]

A fiddling stick is the bow of a violin.

Oh yeah! See also; ''Oh fiddle sticks.''

[Gulftastic]

The first name of ITV Newscaster Rageh Omaar sounds like when Scooby Doo tries to say 'Shaggy'.

[gib]

Also, 'purposely' is not a fucking word.

Purposely came into English in the late 1400s or early 1500s, right in the middle of an -ly-adverb boom in English. Its earliest and current meaning is "on purpose, intentionally":

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/purposely-purposefully-usage

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Also you don't intentional over a dilemma.

You don't deliberate (adjective) over a dilemma either.

[Gulftastic]

The word 'appointment' is not the opposite of 'disappointment'.

[Sebastian Cobb]

I got in pissed last night and watched a BBC4 docu on the Beegees they're not American and they didn't just do camp disco (not that there owt wrong with that), they did some alright psych and stuff.

[Olarrio]

I'm not sure if it qualifies as being obvious, but there's a ruddy bear hiding in the mountain range in the Toblerone emblem!! Almost needs a bit of magic-eye work to see it at first. Clever Toblerone!

[New Jack]

Vicious cycle is a proper dictionary-backed-up term and not necessary just a stupid mangling of "vicious circle"

[Sebastian Cobb]

I'm not sure if it qualifies as being obvious, but there's a ruddy bear hiding in the mountain range in the Toblerone emblem!! Almost needs a bit of magic-eye work to see it at first. Clever Toblerone!

Once you see the FedEx arrow you can't not see the FedEx arrow

[Norton Canes]

When you use a pepper mill, you don't have to keep turning it in the same direction.

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When you use a pepper mill, you don't have to keep turning it in the same direction.

I blame growing up with pencil sharpeners.

[Icehaven]

When you use a pepper mill, you don't have to keep turning it in the same direction.

I only recently realised I've been using these things


wrong for 20odd years. You're supposed to attach it to the rim of the lid so you're twisting horizontally rather than vertically. Or is it the other way around...

[Dr Rock]

I've just realised that I don't eat anything that comes in tins anymore. Sweetcorn was the last to go.

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I only recently realised I've been using these things


wrong for 20odd years. You're supposed to attach it to the rim of the lid so you're twisting horizontally rather than vertically. Or is it the other way around...

Maybe you can use them both ways, but it makes a lot more sense to me to cut vertically.  Cutting horizontally removes the top part of the can, leaving sharp metal all around the top.  Cutting vertically merely makes a sharp disc, and if you don't cut all the way around it becomes a hinge you can easily lift up but not detach, and you can safely press back into the can once emptied.

In short, we are right and they are wrong.

[Danger Man]

Once you see the FedEx arrow you can't not see the FedEx arrow

If you focus on the FedEx spoon the arrow goes away.

[Icehaven]

Maybe you can use them both ways, but it makes a lot more sense to me to cut vertically.  Cutting horizontally removes the top part of the can, leaving sharp metal all around the top.  Cutting vertically makes a sharp disc, and if you don't cut all the way around it becomes a hinge you can easily lift up.

No it is the other way around then, I've been doing it horizontally (ha) which also makes a horrible grinding noise and makes the tin opener fall to pieces in your hand. I just thought they were badly made.

[touchingcloth]

I only recently realised I've been using these things


wrong for 20odd years. You're supposed to attach it to the rim of the lid so you're twisting horizontally rather than vertically. Or is it the other way around...

I've had ones that work both ways - some attach under the rim of the can on the side, so when you're done you're left with a disc that includes the can's rim, and some attach inside the rim at the top, so when you're done you're left with a completely flat disc.

[touchingcloth]

I came in here to make this post:

Teasmaid. When you wake up, your tea's made.

Then I googled, and found that the product's actual name is Teasmade, so I'm not just an idiot, but a sexist one as well.

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I came in here to make this post:

Then I googled, and found that the product's actual name is Teasmade, so I'm not just an idiot, but a sexist one as well.

I had the same issue with what I thought was called Lyptoniece.

[MuteBanana]

If you leave a glass of milk out for a couple of hours it becomes undrinkable. If you make a coffee with milk and leave that out, no matter how long its left, it still tastes alright.

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If you leave a glass of milk out for a couple of hours it becomes undrinkable. If you make a coffee with milk and leave that out, no matter how long its left, it still tastes alright.

Why do you put your drinks outside?  They are not pets.

[Sebastian Cobb]

If you leave a glass of milk out for a couple of hours it becomes undrinkable. If you make a coffee with milk and leave that out, no matter how long its left, it still tastes alright.

If you let porridge and almond milk dry on your work shirt it looks like bird shit.

[Spoon of Ploff]

I've just realized that there's some kind of spacial anomaly around Euston and KingsCross/St Pancras underground stations:



If I want to go Kings Cross from Euston on the Northern line I have to go south.
If I want to go to Kings Cross from Euston on the Victoria line I have to go north.


Its aliens isn't it?

[Twed]

Your first clue should have been the notion that you can draw a straight line through all of these stations.

[Spoon of Ploff]

Your first clue should have been the notion that you can draw a straight line through all of these stations.

Ah yes. That's much better. Thanks Twed.

[thecuriousorange]

Porky pies must mean lies because of Cockney rhyming slang.

[canadagoose]

Ah yes. That's much better. Thanks Twed.

I had a proper laugh at that. Have +1 virtual karma.

[Twed]

Heh, you sure showed me.