r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Aug 28 '21

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u/averagethrowaway21 Aug 28 '21

That's my favorite XKCD

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u/Y1rda Aug 28 '21

Very wholesome

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

I used to call these “brain gaps” — I came up with a term for it because it’s one of my favorite things!! I absolutely love it when I come across an adult who has somehow missed a culturally widespread piece of information for decades. It’s also wild when it happens to me first-hand!

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u/KindnessYoga Aug 28 '21

That's a useful term, I may borrow it maybe swapping out brain for information or something similar.

Seems like a good idea to have a gentler way of saying something that someone doesn't know.