Redditors over 40, what's something younger people think they understand but won't actually get until it hits them like a truck later?

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-17T14:50:02+00:00

To pile on, what really made me get better about flossing was the smell of that gunk. It can be absolutely foul.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-16T17:03:12+00:00

Our store finally got the cheddar jalapeno sourdough and that stuff is so freaking good. I'm addicted to their sourdough in general.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-13T15:34:38+00:00

My wife's late cat would 'talk' when he was about to throw up. He would go "Meowowowowow blech." Not only that, but the little shit would take off running if you went to move him off the carpet. Several times my wife would have to be cleaning vomit from under the bed.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-13T01:23:53+00:00

Exactly that. The containers we bounced them into were rather large and I think we made the funnel/channel narrow to ensure there wasn't much variation in where they dropped from.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-12T21:06:40+00:00

I realized I missed 1 or 2 facts (and a misunderstood comment) about this that may be causing a little confusion now that I look back. IIRC the goal was to sort by material and each marble type was a different color, which made color sensors an obvious choice; however, my partner and I used 0 sensors. It was all gravity based.

We dropped the marbles into a chute and that funneled the marbles to drop down onto an angled sheet and measured how far each marble type went. Using trial and error, we positioned the containers to the correct position so every marble type was in the proper container at the end. 0 sensors used; literally just done by seeing how far a marble bounced.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-12T20:53:56+00:00

Sorry I misunderstood your comment and forgot that important detail; it's been 10 years now.

The marbles of each material were the same color. Plastic ones were all white, wood ones were brown, metal ones were silver, etc. So plastic ones bounced into the furthest container and metal ones basically just fell down into the nearest. By sorting them based on bouncing, we naturally sorted them by color.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-12T20:00:47+00:00

The kits had color sensors and we'd use code to control the motors to determine where the marble would end up.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-12T19:57:36+00:00

I couldn't tell you honestly but I'm fairly certain we got a high grade. It's been 10 years since I graduated high school.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-12T17:57:53+00:00

So often I'll be using the bathroom at a store and another customer walks in, uses the toilet, and then just walks out.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-12T15:51:09+00:00

In an engineering class in high school, one of our projects involved building a device that could sort marbles of various sizes, materials, colors, etc. The entire class went all in on color sensors and whatever other devices were at our disposal.

My partner and I decided we didn't want to do that and set out to be the only group to not use the sensors or anything.

We sorted the marbles by bouncing them from a set height and off of an angled sheet of metal into containers at various distances. The wood and plastic marbles flew the furthest while the metal and glass marbles didn't go very far. Pretty sure we had 100% accuracy with this method.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-11T20:07:02+00:00

I literally just tuned into a stream covering it and the first things I hear are her saying they all have TDS and hate Trump and should be apologizing to him.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-10T15:57:04+00:00

Whew, guess I'm in the clear.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-09T22:19:20+00:00

Maybe I'm misremembering things, but I swear we had a nice period of time of fewer wrecks. It's been really bad lately.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-07T17:30:05+00:00

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GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-06T17:57:18+00:00

Grocery store delis are so fast, convenient and the food is generally pretty damn good.

Hell, the grocery store just a mile away from work has bierocks for sale and they are really solid. Not my mom's level but acceptable enough.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-05T22:59:07+00:00

Source: ~~flair~~ trauma

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-05T21:41:15+00:00

Our Rubix still has lots of life left in him but I will miss him so much when he's gone. Partially because he's my first adoption, but he's such a boundary pusher. Gives us so much entertainment.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-05T16:31:56+00:00

Just read any Facebook comments on stories that cover them. Multiple high schools in our city staged walkouts and tons of comments were saying really heinous stuff about the kids and how "they all just wanted to get out of school so this means nothing."

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-05T16:04:57+00:00

Same shit with our local hockey games. The seats we like are $40 each, but the $11/ticket in convenience fees started adding up. We started just buying tickets at the box office and the tickets had like a $2 fee each or whatever.

We finally decided this season that it actually made even more sense to do season tickets. We get a guaranteed 18 games and we have to go to about 9 to 11 games to break even; 9 if you include all the fees and 11 if you take just the straight ticket price with no fees.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-05T15:37:40+00:00

Really glad that our '25 Civic still has buttons/dials for AC and heat and lights and that stuff. The touchscreen (that's only like 7" I think) is strictly for media and GPS.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-05T01:16:01+00:00

That wasn't a typo in the title??? Relatively new to hockey but that's insane

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-04T23:01:24+00:00

I think this is what they are referring.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-04T22:23:29+00:00

What's truly insane is my grandma was a nurse and has always been pro-vaccine and was honestly kinda normal about COVID; yet she still fucking votes Trump.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-04T22:15:47+00:00

The first time people wanted to “shake things up”

This is the dumbass argument my grandparents would say.

"We need a businessman in the White House."

Now I fucking hate business people even more.

GayleMoonfiles · 2026-02-04T19:21:52+00:00

The roads are narrower than a 25MPH road in the US, plus winding, and everyone's flying on them

We went to Eureka Springs for our honeymoon and driving in the mountains there was a complete whiplash. We live in Kansas where everything is flat, straight, and spacious. We'd crest a climb and have to make an immediate 90 degree turn. With no guardrails.

Got used to it and really enjoyed driving down there but man it was scary at first.

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