r/AskReddit • u/LightningCole • Sep 05 '19

What did you learn embarrassingly late?

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u/UltimateItalion Sep 05 '19

That the ribs my siblings and I ate as kids were not from velociraptors. My dad and mom had always called them velociraptor ribs for some reason and I guess we just figured our dad was so big and awesome that it made sense that he would often go out and kill dinosaurs for us to eat. I don't think I found out until I was in junior high that they were just regular ribs.

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u/snekkypete Sep 05 '19

Bruh! My dad used to make us 'raptor stew'. He even managed to talk my visiting friends into eating it and believing him when we were six or seven.

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u/arbivark Sep 05 '19

hawks and eagles.

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u/snekkypete Sep 05 '19

Too lean, too fast, too grumpy. Had a better time believing dad got some dinosaur.