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To ask when you were last totally and utterly wrong?

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CreateAUsername2024 · 13/04/2024 20:54

Lighthearted:) there was recently a thread about Vinted where I declared I hated it. I was so wrong. I am converted. I read some responses and decided to give it another go after one bad selling experience followed by another bad buying experience. Currently staring at a pair of Karen Millen Stillettos barely worn that have arrived and I will be wearing to a wedding next week... they cost me £4.50 and let me tell you they MAKE the outfit. I love it. When were you last so wrong and how did your life change after?

Not really an aibu I shamelessly want traffic :)

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TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot · 14/04/2024 00:24

I remember hearing Coldplay's first single on the radio and thought "third rate Radiohead copyists, they'll sink without a trace."

Somehow I managed to stay oblivious to everything they did after that until I read that the singer was marrying Gwyneth Paltrow, and I thought how on earth is a Hollywood star marrying someone from some crappy little English indie band that no one's ever heard of? How would they even meet?

Then I googled Coldplay and discovered they'd somehow become one of the biggest bands on the planet without me noticing.

Moonshine5 · 14/04/2024 00:24

A wrong day turned out so right.

R41nb0wR0se · 14/04/2024 00:24

I accused one of the cats of leaving a trail of something disgusting across the coffee table earlier...turns out I'd actually picked up a partially used sachet of soy sauce thinking it was full and left a trail of drips.

Moonshine5 · 14/04/2024 00:23

Today:
Lost receipt to present
Ordered cake with vanilla sponge instead of chocolate
Arrived at a fancy West End restaurant. A week early (TBF they did offer us bar seats if we wanted) I did not.
Despite all this was a brilliant day
I learned doing things differently whilst challenging can turn out better than you expect.
Also learned that I intensely dislike people using AIBU incorrectly and then putting a joke on it to make it sound okay. No OP, it's not on.

TapToSkip · 14/04/2024 00:20

I have two daughters. I’m wrong about everything, apparently 🙄

imforeverblowingbuttons · 14/04/2024 00:17

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 13/04/2024 21:26

I ordered the wrong pizza this evening. So many regrets.

I ordered a pizza in Italy. It was a cheese less one!! Many regrets.

imforeverblowingbuttons · 14/04/2024 00:15

I ate a large bag of walkers sensations to myself today and didn't share with dh. That was wrong. (No regrets)

MagnusCanis · 13/04/2024 22:44

"Wannabe" had one-hit-wonder written all over it.

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 13/04/2024 22:38

I thought David Bowie was singing about being able to buy lemons again.

Doje · 13/04/2024 22:38

I remember telling my friend that mobile phones would never catch on. I said "I am already always contactable. Either at work or at home. Otherwise I'm busy". 😳

More recently I said a couple who got together at work would never go the distance. He was a player. She was too nice for him. They got married last year. (I'm still secretly convinced she'll see the light at some point! 🤣)

PracticallyPerfectedIt · 13/04/2024 22:36

mrsfollowill · 13/04/2024 22:22

I thought 'the internet' wouldn't catch on from what I'd seen of it - well it was a bit 'lame'- this was in about 1994ish!

Oh god yes I remember my boyfriend at the time explaining his laptop was WiFi enabled and me being incredulous that anyone would want that and it would never catch on 🤦🏻‍♀️

moonlight1705 · 13/04/2024 22:35

TartanCulshie · 13/04/2024 22:25

Salted carmel.

I thought it was savoury taste people ruining something good by making it their own. For years I shunned it and ranted against them for 'corrupting' a favourite sweet treat. But salted carmel is the fuckin bomb!!! I love it, and can believe I'm so late to the party. Think of all the salted carmel opportunities I've missed out on . Heartbreaking.

And on a related note, I used to think bacon and maple syrup sounded disgusting and vehemently refused to try it....until I went to the US and had it there on pancakes. I utterly adore it and would have it for breakfast everyday if possible!

Agree salted caramel is the best though.

madnessitellyou · 13/04/2024 22:35

That nobody in their right mind would ever need to send "electronic mail". Secondary school IT lesson, 1990...

My dad told a friend of his who eventually became rather famous to give it a rest and join his dad's business.

SallyWD · 13/04/2024 22:30

I was certain I vaguely knew a very famous author. I often told people I did, including my bookclub. Everyone was very impressed. Years later I found out it was just some random person with the same name! I'm too embarrassed to admit my mistake.

Mushroo · 13/04/2024 22:27

I thought iPads / tablets were stupid. Why would i want something that’s just a screen?! (I was wrong)

Also thought thunder was the sound of clouds banging together. One of those things I’d been told as a child and just never thought about it logically!

TartanCulshie · 13/04/2024 22:25

Salted carmel.

I thought it was savoury taste people ruining something good by making it their own. For years I shunned it and ranted against them for 'corrupting' a favourite sweet treat. But salted carmel is the fuckin bomb!!! I love it, and can believe I'm so late to the party. Think of all the salted carmel opportunities I've missed out on . Heartbreaking.

mrsfollowill · 13/04/2024 22:22

I thought 'the internet' wouldn't catch on from what I'd seen of it - well it was a bit 'lame'- this was in about 1994ish!

Summerhillsquare · 13/04/2024 22:18

I said Uggs and skinny jeans would never catch on.

Mapletreelane · 13/04/2024 22:18

I was absolutely certain Penfold was a mole.

Apparently he is a hamster.

Still not convinced.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 13/04/2024 22:14

SapphosRock · 13/04/2024 21:56

There is something suspicious about air fryers and I refuse to believe they are any good.

I know deep down I'm probably wrong.

As Mandy says in the new series, ‘What’s the point of an air fryer? Who wants fried air?’

Sillybillypoopoomummy · 13/04/2024 21:57

PracticallyPerfectedIt · 13/04/2024 21:56

Crunchie Rocks are Life.

I say this as someone who doesn't like honeycomb, and refuses to eat anything else Cadburys...

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omg

SapphosRock · 13/04/2024 21:56

There is something suspicious about air fryers and I refuse to believe they are any good.

I know deep down I'm probably wrong.

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CreateAUsername2024 · 13/04/2024 21:56

PracticallyPerfectedIt · 13/04/2024 21:45

So many to choose from...

I thought COVID wasn't a big deal and everyone was over reacting Blush

I thought Crunchie Rocks were a brand new invention when they were in fact released in 2010 and I'd just never noticed them before.

Those are probably my two biggest clangers from the last few years.

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Shamefully, same here about covid! We weren't to know though. Crunchie rocks sound lush!

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PracticallyPerfectedIt · 13/04/2024 21:56

Sillybillypoopoomummy · 13/04/2024 21:54

wait, are Crunchie Rocks as good as they sound, before I get all excited about something that is not confectionary??

Crunchie Rocks are Life.

I say this as someone who doesn't like honeycomb, and refuses to eat anything else Cadburys...

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CreateAUsername2024 · 13/04/2024 21:55

Sillybillypoopoomummy · 13/04/2024 21:53

mainly badly for the outcome of my experiments and for new grant applications (and therefore my job). In my defence, they are always hypotheses that are well grounded in the literature, but it just goes to show how little we know about the brain!

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This is so so cool please start an ama thread about your job I'd love to know sooo much!

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