What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

XplaygirlX · 13-10-2015 12:42AM

I recently only found out with shm means....:O

Michael D Not Higgins · 13-10-2015 03:35AM

kitten_k wrote: »

That rap stands for Rhythm And Poetry!

According to...

Michael D Not Higgins · 13-10-2015 03:36AM

eminemlover wrote: »

I recently only found out with shm means....:O

Simple harmonic motion?

el diablo · 13-10-2015 05:45AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

That hyperbole is not pronounced "hyper-bowl".

No idea how it is pronounced yet. Will Google it when my hangover leaves me be.

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Your kidding right??:eek:

You're not really in a position to mock when you can't tell the difference between "you're" and "your".

rubadub · 13-10-2015 09:40AM

Reading some of these "facts" I have just realised that many still have no idea how to do a simple search on the internet.

magic_murph · 13-10-2015 09:45AM

cyclist rolling up one leg of their trousers. Always thought it was a gangsta related thing but only recently realised it was because the chain of bike is on that side.

Capt'n Midnight · 13-10-2015 09:46AM

rubadub wrote: »

Reading some of these "facts" I have just realised that many still have no idea how to do a simple search on the internet.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+do+a+simple+search+on+the+internet

Jen44 · 13-10-2015 09:47AM

dixiedan wrote: »

I only realised recently that the 8 digit number I have for my online banking for about 13 years contains my birth date... ddmmyyxx.

Okay, maybe not obvious to everyone, but should have been obvious to me :rolleyes:

OMG never realised that!

OldNotWIse · 13-10-2015 10:45AM

mattP wrote: »

I didn't know Valerie could also be a boys name...

...so I thought Amy Winehouse was a lesbian for years

Me too.......

OldNotWIse · 13-10-2015 10:46AM

el diablo wrote: »

You're not really in a position to mock when you can't tell the difference between "you're" and "your".

I thought the "you're kidding right?" was because the poster also did not know how to say hyperbole lol

whatismyname · 13-10-2015 11:32PM

Not sure how 'obvious' it is... but was just listening to a radio talk show regarding a race issue.

Someone text in to say 'please tell the guy speaking not to use the term 'coloured'. It's offensive. Please just use black or brown'.

Honestly never realised this, and thought it was an ok term. Googled it and found a few articles explaining why it's apparently a 'highly offensive racial slur'.

Don't think it's a term I've been using, but glad to know this now all the same.

Father Hernandez · 14-10-2015 08:53PM

NEWS being an acronym for North, East, West & South.

Information from all points of the compass, not sure how much truth is behind it but I'd like to believe it..

The King of Moo · 14-10-2015 08:59PM

hogey143 wrote: »

NEWS being an acronym for North, East, West & South.

Information from all points of the compass, not sure how much truth is behind it but I'd like to believe it..

That's a myth I'm afraid. It's basically the plural form of "new," as in "new information," but of course the word "new" is not a noun in modern English.

It's clear when you compare it French: the French for "new" is "nouveau" (masc.) or "nouvelle" (fem.) and the French for "news" is "nouvelles."

Father Hernandez · 14-10-2015 09:02PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

That's a myth I'm afraid. It's basically the plural form of "new," as in "new information," but of course the word "new" is not a noun in modern English.

It's clear when you compare it French: the French for "new" is "nouveau" (masc.) or "nouvelle" (fem.) and the French for "news" is "nouvelles."

But it seemed so fitting..

Gloomtastic! · 14-10-2015 10:01PM

The word Factory is derived from Manufactory, a place where you manufactured things!

Dial Hard · 14-10-2015 10:28PM

That vast swathes of the population don't realise the past participle of "text" as a verb is "texted".

whatismyname · 14-10-2015 10:30PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

That vast swathes of the population don't realise the past participle of "text" as a verb is "texted".

I'd say some are like me, know that the past particle is 'texted', but not really care, as 'text' is in more common everyday use, and I just find it easier.

New Home · 14-10-2015 10:38PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

That vast swathes of the population don't realise the past participle of "text" as a verb is "texted".

Just like the past participle of ''input'' should be ''input'', not ''inputted''.

Input = in-put = put in, ffs.

FunLover18 · 16-10-2015 12:24AM

Tom off of Tom & Jerry is a tomcat, his name is literally Tom Cat.

Boom_Bap · 16-10-2015 09:30AM

FunLover18 wrote: »

Tom off of Tom & Jerry is a tomcat, his name is literally Tom Cat.

I've just copped that recently as well.

I always thought growing up that Jerry was the cat and Tom was the mouse.

NachoBusiness · 19-10-2015 04:22PM

That DDoS attacks exist..

Had never heard of them until I read the thread in Feedback mentioning them, as I've mainly been using the Internet for watching YouTube videos and hardcore pornography thus far. However, today I have educated myself on these attacks a little and was just reading that two chaps in the UK were jailed back in 2013 for a Distributed Denial of Service (oh yes, I have even discovered what the acronym means) on PayPal and Visa costing them millions. Another chap was jailed for DDoS on the Cambridge and Oxford university websites and he had previously been jailed for disguising malware as a game hack.

What motivates these people. Seems like a kind of mindless online vandalism, mostly.

Boom_Bap · 19-10-2015 04:34PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

That DDoS attacks exist..

Had never heard of them until I read the thread in Feedback mentioning them, as I've mainly been using the Internet for watching YouTube videos and hardcore pornography thus far. However, today I have educated myself on these attacks a little and was just reading that two chaps in the UK were jailed back in 2013 for a Distributed Denial of Service (oh yes, I have even discovered what the acronym means) on PayPal and Visa costing them millions. Another chap was jailed for DDoS on the Cambridge and Oxford university websites and he had previously been jailed for disguising malware as a game hack.

What motivates these people. Seems like a kind of mindless online vandalism, mostly.

If you want to watch DDoS live, you can check it out here
http://map.norsecorp.com/

whatismyname · 19-10-2015 04:44PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

That DDoS attacks exist..

I wouldn't call it really obvious though :P I'd no clue until I read it on the feedback forum either, and I'd imagine most wouldn't unless they were techy.

Winty · 19-10-2015 04:46PM

When people say the computer needs to boot up its from the saying "pull yourself up by the boot straps". Its means you do something by yourself i.e the computer is starting up by itself.

Balmed Out · 19-10-2015 05:38PM

FunLover18 wrote: »

Tom off of Tom & Jerry is a tomcat, his name is literally Tom Cat.

Yeah having not seen it in decades it was on with the toddler and wife watching it over the weekend. I told my my wife I could never remember which was which. Felt particularly thick when she explained it.

fiachr_a · 19-10-2015 05:43PM

Ireland is crap at sport. If there was a gaelic football world cup we'd get knocked out in the quarter finals.

Capt'n Midnight · 19-10-2015 07:32PM

fiachr_a wrote: »

Ireland is crap at sport. If there was a gaelic football world cup we'd get knocked out in the quarter finals.

There's International Rules

Ol' Donie · 19-10-2015 08:03PM

fiachr_a wrote: »

Ireland is crap at sport.

Not so. We're good at boxing thanks to Billy Wal...ah, f*ck.

Allyall · 20-10-2015 02:08AM

Not sure how obvious this is..

I have been aware for a fairly long time (probably since 'Early Edition') that Fisher Stevens played Ben Jabituya in Short Circuit.

But what is after really surprising me, is how young he looks when he played him.. :eek: I didn't recognise him at all..
Youtube Video

I always remember him being 'old'...

New Home · 20-10-2015 07:53AM

o_O

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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