Human memory is actually incredibly selective, and we often have no control over what we remember and how. Probably, each of you have had several cases when some completely unnecessary and petty nonsense crashed into your memory, but something really important left your mind almost immediately.
And this happens more than once or twice in life - even half a century later, we remember who made that silly fumble in a meaningless regular season football game, but at the same time, we can forget the date of our own wedding anniversary (God forbid doing this, in fact, it’s better to write down it somewhere, just believe me!) It's just how our memory works, and there's nothing to be done about it.
Moreover, such selectivity is typical not only for individuals' memory, but also for entire groups of people or even all of humanity. It is enough, for example, to recall the famous "Mandela effect," when after the death of the former President of South Africa and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela in 2013, it turned out that many thousands of people around the whole world were for some reason completely convinced that he had passed away back in the mid-eighties, while in prison.
In fact, such phenomena of collective memory are not isolated, there are a huge number of facts and various things in life that are often not given attention, and people live as if they do not know this - although it is actually obvious to almost everyone. And so, a few years ago, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, the topic starter of which asked people this question: "What fact is ignored generously?"
As of today, the original thread has over 66.5K upvotes and around 26.7K diverse comments, so there is a real danger of getting lost in this sea of information. Lucky for you, there is Bored Panda, who specially compiled this selection of the most interesting, unexpected and just extremely popular comments of the thread, so please feel free to scroll to the very end and we're almost sure that some submissions will surprise you at least for some reason. And of course, your own comments are highly appreciated as usual.
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#1
Just because it's legally allowed doesn't mean you're not a douchebag for doing it.
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293points
#2
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
- George Carlin
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#3
Giving birth to a kid doesn't make you an expert on raising them. Nor do they owe you for being born.
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284points
#4
Admitting to a mistake is not a sign of weakness. Bending over backwards to cover it up and pretending like it never happened is.
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281points
#5
Just because i don't agree with you doesn't mean i hate you
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273points
#6
You have blinkers for your car so that you can tell other drivers that you're changing lanes.
Fun fact: it's the law
269points
#8
Being a celebrity does not automatically make someone a medical, economic, or political expert.
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255points
#9
Orcas and dolphins aren’t happy in those aquatic parks
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242points
#10
Human memory is extremely unreliable.
We forget important details. We fabricate memories and convince ourselves that they're true. What we do remember is distorted to conform to our biases.
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240points
#12
Being at a job for a long time does not mean someone is good at their job.
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229points
#13
That just because someone tells you something is a fact doesn’t mean that it is. (Make sure to do your research!)
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229points
#14
The number of people who die after a war to consequences of war (hunger, disease, etc) are not counted in the statistics.
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214points
#15
Older doesn't always mean wiser. Wisdom is obtained from what you do with your time, it's not about how much time you've had.
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210points
#16
Being rich doesn't mean you're great with money or someone who should be trusted with business decisions.
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#19
That colds and flu are caused by viruses, not by being cold or wet.
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