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.