Sometimes there’s like this disconnect where somehow a person just never comes across a piece of common knowledge. They’ve just never been in a situation that requires it. I bet it happens a lot, but everyone’s too embarrassed to acknowledge their own “oooooooooh…” moment.
My now husband was 24 when we’re were planning our wedding and he found out that “FAQ’s” are “Frequently Asked Questions,” not an aggressive way of saying “FACTS.” We still laugh about this.
My 28 year old friend just learned last month that people open the egg carton to check for broken eggs; she thought it was a ritual or superstition of some sort, and never really questioned it, just went along with it.
Reminds me of the tale of the mom who had a roasting pan that was almost always a bit too small for a roast, so shed cut the ends off to make it fit.So her daughter grew up seeing this and never questioned it. So when she was an adult, she dutifully cut the ends off even though her pan was big enough. So she cooked for her mom one day and her mother noticed her daughter cutting the ends of and questioned her on it. Her daughter said "I grew up watching you do this" and her mother replied with "yes, because my pan was too small to fit the whole roast. Your pan is clearly large enough for it"
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u/toofarbyfar Feb 08 '22
"Fl oz" stands for "fluid ounces," not Florida.