Lessons You "Learned The Hard Way"

[Vault101]

Never tell your girlfriend a fictional character means more to you than she does, even jokingly ;_;

let me guess.....tali?

anyway for me it was "study hard in school" I took the opertunity I had for granted..then again it all turned out ok

Um... uh... erm... [small]Twilight Sparkle...[/small]

And I'm not doing any studying in school right now. Should I?

...seriously?

ha anyway YES, you should be...it might just pay off later

 

[Easton Dark]

Never tell your girlfriend a fictional character means more to you than she does, even jokingly ;_;

let me guess.....tali?

anyway for me it was "study hard in school" I took the opertunity I had for granted..then again it all turned out ok

Um... uh... erm... [small]Twilight Sparkle...[/small]

And I'm not doing any studying in school right now. Should I?

...seriously?

ha anyway YES, you should be...it might just pay off later

Don't judge me, ok? ;_;

 

[Thoric485]

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet.

And, err, if a dev studio you like went through an acquisition recently, don't preorder.

 

[SciMal]

1) Sometimes what sounds erotic and kinky is not. Ice, maple syrup, bengay... Don't.

2) Sometimes if you want to be around people you actually have to invite them over. I just learned this one. Might explain why my family hasn't visited me once in 4 years since I started college, despite being a 25min drive away. :-/

3) It's your duty as a human being to try hard, to be kind, to be strong, and to be understanding.

4) Learn to manage your time.

5) Take your health seriously. Eat right, learn to cook, and if you do ANY weight lifting at all - practice your form and strengthen your core. Especially men. Your back is not invincible, despite what your teens may tell you.

7) Maturity and responsibility make you feel better at the end of the day than pettiness and shifting blame. Shifting blame tends to build upon itself until you either blame everybody or get overburdened with guilt.

8) Real achievements are always EARNED through hard work and dedication. Nothing ever came easy to anybody worth knowing. Great things come with great effort.

 

[FernandoV]

Never trust a meth addict.
Learned this after giving my dad second chance after second chance and finally giving up on him at 14.
Oh and don't have a meth lab with kids in the house.
Dozens of cops busting in your house and taking away your dad when you're 3 years old will fuck you up.

I think the OP meant more non-obvious lessons, not "tell your sad story in the form of realizing something that was obvious to everyone but the person experiencing it". For example: I learned that the sooner you start carving out your own personality the more comfortable people will be with your quirks.

 

[Spenstar]

Don't blindly choose which next-gen console you want when the time comes. I could have had a chance to really broaden my gaming horizon, but I picked the wii.

If you play games, don't get a Mac. Unless you like Valve and ONLY Valve.

Don't spend years and years obsessively playing one game and squeezing everything out of it. I did that with Smash Bros Brawl and I won't be done playing Nintendo catch-up by the time the Wii U is released.

 

[manic_depressive13]

I learnt the hard way that my mother's old bicycle has no brakes.

Also, it is in fact possible to knee yourself in the face when attempting a backflip.

...Shut up.

 

[Total LOLige]

I should have paid more attention is school. Yes, it's a cliche but boy did that one come back to bite me in the ass.

I should have paid more attention in primary school, not knowing your times tables is a *****. Another early learning downfall I have is that I don't know the order of the months, well just the middle months April to August. The approach of the teachers seemed to be sit with the other retards and do some colouring, rather than help with what I struggled with. I had no problems with high school, I still have shit handwriting though.

 

[EHKOS]

Don't do business with friends. That one is invaluable.

 

[lionsprey]

Don't play with knives even if it's a knife you are extremely comfortable with using doesn't hurt that much but its bloody emberesing.

 

[Fumofu]

When a friend asks you for help with a school assignment don't show them your own work as an example.

And even though it's been said before: if you lend money to your friend, be prepared to lose that money or that friend.

 

[Valanthe]

Hmm, I've definitely learned quite a few lessons the hard way, but the two that come to mind right away?

First, never trust a verbal agreement. I have been burned hard by someone saying "I never said that" when we both know they did, so now, I get -everything- in signed writing. This made me very unpopular with my last landlord, because he couldn't back down from a deal we had and it ended up costing -him- several hundred dollars, but damnit if he didn't try to wriggle free.

And secondly, don't use Google without the safe search on... There is not enough bleach in the world to scrubs the horrors from my mind...

Don't play with knives even if it's a knife you are extremely comfortable with using doesn't hurt that much but its bloody emberesing.

Also, I second this one, Every one of my knives has tasted my own blood at some point, some more than once, It's just kind of part of being a knife owner, eventually it'll bite you, and in my case... well, let's just say I know several ER nurses on a first name basis.

 

[scorptatious]

Don't throw Pop-Its at cars.

Why did I read this as "don't throw pop-tarts at cars"? :/

OT: Don't be too open about being a brony on certain sites. You will get many replies that involve the word "******".

Also, don't let two random kids you've only known for a few days borrow some of your stuff. You'll never get it back.

 

[StBishop]

Acting tough and "like a man" doesn't impress someone when they're threatening to hit you, it annoys them. They want you to cower and make them feel tough.

This applies doubly for drunk people who have spent the last 20 minutes bragging about how everything they're wearing was stolen and that they just got out of prison.

When I was 17 I moved from a town with 1740 people (according the the census the year before I moved away) to Brisbane (third most populous city in Australia at over 2,000,000) and I had always been a stupid "tough mother fucker" in my own mind. I was not.
Needless to say I got into a small but stupid argument with a drunk guy who had about 30kg (60lbs) on me - which escalated way too quickly. I was acting like I was Bruce Lee or some shit and when he threatened to kill me I laughed in his face and said I doubt it.

In the end he hit me in the face twice much harder than I'd ever been hit before and I decided to concede the fight, he wasn't keen on the idea. I managed to walk backwards and side step enough to avoid being hit any more but I honestly believed that he wanted to kill me and it's not an experience I ever wanted to replicate.

I learned why Pride is a sin that night.

And even though it's been said before: if you lend money to your friend, be prepared to lose that money or that friend.

Also, this.

never expect anything to be simple or to go well, a simple trip to the toilet can result in an agonising expedition half way across town to acquire the mythical treasure that has been named as, toilet paper.

Oh and always buy a lot of toilet paper.

Take your phone with you next time, call a friend and have them bring you toilet paper.
Also, make friends with your neighbours.

 

[lSHaDoW-FoXl]

Don't abuse sarcasm, just don't.

I love sarcasm, and at times I take it too far. Well, that and some times people are just a tad melodramatic and get down right offended by sarcasm. Then again what I just said will probably offend someone anyway so I just guess I'm fucked all around. No joke, on occasion I've been falsely declared a troll on the basis that some people simply miss my sarcasm or that I was a bit too vulgar. I've learned this the hard way specifically because I've probably made more enemies than I deserve.

It probably seems like a silly lesson and one that wouldn't be hard to learn, but you'd be surprised in how many people I've probably inadvertantly pushed away by saying something slightly caustic at the wrong time. So, even if you're not a misanthrope like Daria or completely bitter and cynical like Daria, if you abuse sarcasm you'll probably end up alone like daria.

 

[Comma-Kazie]

Never rent a room in an apartment containing a newly-married couple: if the boinking doesn't keep you awake at night, the fighting will drive you up the wall.

 

[smithy_2045]

If you're developing feelings for someone, don't wait for the perfect time to tell them. The quicker you tell them, the better, since you won't spend a solid 6-9 months thinking about them before getting an ambiguous response that neither allows you to pursue a relationship or move on.

Also, late night vodka when you're already shitfaced is a really, really bad idea.

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

Don't throw Pop-Its at cars.

...this sounds like a fun story.

Can we implement a new rule in this thread OP? If your statement is somewhat weird, you are required to tell your story?

I think your imagination does it more justice than my words ever could.