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Obvious Things That You Didn't Put Together Until Much Later
- Thread starter Z-Beat
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OT: but I always found it odd that when we say "pickles" we mean pickled cucumber even though we pickle many things.
Also, people not noticing beatles must have not watched that thing you do when you were younger!
Lol, not knowing much about MCU I thought it was about a new retro-themed superhero named "wandavision."
Well, it is that too. It's a double meaning.
In the game FF VIII, the military schools are presented as these elegant facilities called Gardens, the cadets are called seeD. As a teenager I never realised the word play of seeds, which is dumb as fuck
Another bad example, The Truman Show, The True Man show.
Another bad example, The Truman Show, The True Man show.
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It's called WandaVision because:
Wanda and Vision are in it
It's structured as a television show
[descriptor]-vision was a common thing back when tv and movies were a more rapidly evolving and everyone had a gimmick (like smell-o-vision), the gimmick here being we're seeing this through Wanda's twisted view of reality
Right, I still think it's paying homage to Wonkavision though, as that is the first thing me and a ton of people thought of when we first saw it.
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Wonkavision also comes from the last two reasons I gave. The gimmick was teleporting chocolate
This one. But also one which is much harder to unshaken is misled. I always read that as mice-eld instead of miss-led.
Index finger is what you meant when you said trigger finger?
Very similar to this, I knew someone in college who had heard of a narwhal and knew what they were supposed to look like, but assumed it was a fantasy creature like a unicorn or griffin, based on only having seen the one in Elf.
That too.
It's also because, basically, the premise is about "Wanda's vision (of a perfect life)"
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There was this old matress store chain called Sleepy's. In the commercials, they had a jingle where they sang, "Trust Sleepy's for the rest of your life."
I don't know why but I always thought they meant, trust Sleepy's forever - and well - they do but they also mean the "rest" of your life. Like resting. Sleep. I didn't figure this out for years of hearing those commercials.
I legit never knew that this was a cover of Somewhere Over the Rainbow until about two months ago. I always heard it in commercials and grocery stores and shit, and I guess I never paid attention to the lyrics.
This is the most American thing ever.
That Thing You Do! covers this in the first few minutes when they're naming the band!
Yep!
For the longest time, I thought the traditional wedding vows said "loftily wedded wife" instead of lawfully
Yep. Knew it had another name, but couldn't think of it at the time. Thanks.
This was me but with Colonel and that "kernel" rank I kept hearing people talk about
A sweater in French can be called a pull or a pullover. I only recently realized it isn't a random French word, but an English one meaning a piece of clothing you pull over yourself. I mean, it's obvious when reading it in English, but when it's pronounced in a French sentence with French pronunciation, you don't necessarily catch it.
I'm terrible at noticing puns, I read several Harry Potter Books before getting Diagon Alley.
Czechoslovakia broke into two countries, Czech Republic and Slovakia. At some point in school it dawned on me the word Slovakia was the second part of the original name. Never felt such a dumbass, it's right there! Not even hidden like a pun.
Czechoslovakia broke into two countries, Czech Republic and Slovakia. At some point in school it dawned on me the word Slovakia was the second part of the original name. Never felt such a dumbass, it's right there! Not even hidden like a pun.
Growing up I had real hard time with the Disney logo.
I must have been 10 or 11 before I stopped seeing Disnep.
I must have been 10 or 11 before I stopped seeing Disnep.
The part in The Neverending Story where Moonchild is explaining there was people sharing adventures with Bastion when he stole the book.
I was almost 40 when I realized she was talking about ME!
I was almost 40 when I realized she was talking about ME!
I feel pretty good because I know most of this stuff.
Then again, it took me a minute to realize Saul Goodman = It's all good, man.
Then again, it took me a minute to realize Saul Goodman = It's all good, man.
I still see it as "Gisney".Growing up I had real hard time with the Disney logo.
I must have been 10 or 11 before I stopped seeing Disnep.
So apparently blue raspberry isn't actually a flavour based on a real fruit but a Frankenstein of flavours coloured blue.
Also I also misheard every single word you all are mentioning.
You are the first Disnep I've come across, everyone I know thought it was Gisney.
Also I also misheard every single word you all are mentioning.
Growing up I had real hard time with the Disney logo.
I must have been 10 or 11 before I stopped seeing Disnep.
You are the first Disnep I've come across, everyone I know thought it was Gisney.
I think it was Nocturne Alley that hammered that one in for me.
I actually had this exact same thing, though luckily I learned about it slightly earlier in life :P
Same for the word lingerie - thought the correct pronunciation and "lin-gur-ee" were two different words
