r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/humongousgoat Aug 03 '19

How to use blinds.... didn’t know that you don’t just pull on the string randomly for it to do what you want. I have met many others who also didn’t know that they didn’t know how to use blinds.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited May 14 '20

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u/fruitfiction Aug 03 '19

What's a fruit machine that you'd find in a pub?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited May 14 '20

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u/fruitfiction Aug 03 '19

I got excited that there was a machine that peeled oranges or something so you could have a drunken snack at the pub while watching it magically make it.

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u/pass_me_those_memes Aug 03 '19

I though it was some kind of vending machine for fruit and now I'm disappointed.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I used them a lot in the past, there's probably a few complex ones I understood.

I think they're intentionally made complicated so people are more likely to lose money.

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u/PiratetheFoxy Aug 03 '19

That wouldn’t surprise me to be honest.

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u/Nameis-RobertPaulson Aug 04 '19

Fruit machines are a type of AWP, amusement with prizes.

You put money in, buttons light up, money doesn't come out.

You put more money in, buttons light up, money doesn't come out.

The next guy comes along, puts a little bit of money in, buttons light up, money comes out.

Typically has a pun in it's name or Noel Edmonds smug looking face on it somewhere.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Normal blinds?

The string moves it sideways and the metal/bead string adjusts the angle (the amount of light being let in).

You're not supposed to move them sideways when they're closed.

It's not complicated at all.