For me, I was disappointed to discover that so many cool songs were ripping off beats/chords from older stuff (especially the 1970s). I've learned to make peace with it - especially if they're not ripping off the song entirely.
shareAs an adult I was disappointed to learn that, unlike during one's school years, there is no summer break. Slog on.
shareunless you are a teacher.
shareTeachers get a break from students, but many (not all) of them work all summer: teaching summer school, training to keep their certificate up-to-date, teacher seminars, etc. Mrs Neighbor is a school nurse and she works all summer, although she won't this summer since they're moving up north. She expects to get a job with a school district up there since she's not ready to retire from working.
shareThat Santa wasn't real.
Broke my heart!
That Fruit Loops have all the same flavor, not individual lemon, cherry, orange.
I can't eat them now without thinking of it.
Like eating a bunch of clones.
That hard work doesn't always pay off.
shareWe are not going to Mars.
We = The Human Race
trying to not make this political - but discovering how ruthless my country (the US) had been at shaping the destinies of relatively powerless people esp. in foreign countries.
basically, that the hat we wear around the world is, at best, dingy gray.
also, that the hated russians actually beat the germans, not the allies, in WWII. and paid the price.
Everything you said is a LIE/Russian propaganda and is the reason why, more than ever, the United States needs to start forcing everyone to pass a citizenship test, even American-born citizens.
shareI beg to differ. But I'm not going to argue, because that would be a political direction.
These are simply things I was disappointed to discover. You may not have or may never discover them.
The safest way to avoid such discoveries is to avoid history like the plague.
[German Dead] By Front (per R. Overmans)[30]
Front Total Dead
Eastern Front until 12/31/44 2,742,909
Western Front until 12/31/44 339,957
Final Battles in Germany (East & West fronts Jan.-May, 1945) 1,230,045
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_casualties_in_World_War_II
I beg to differ. But I'm not going to argue, because that would be a political direction.
also, that the hated russians actually beat the germans, not the allies, in WWII. and paid the price.
you seem very wound up about this - let's review :
[German Dead] By Front (per R. Overmans)[30]
Front Total Dead
Eastern Front until 12/31/44 2,742,909
Western Front until 12/31/44 339,957
Final Battles in Germany (East & West fronts Jan.-May, 1945) 1,230,045
make of it what you will
To this day I remember how disappointed I was in the way the board game Green Ghost worked. (I had seen the TV ads.) The board had spaces that were apparently open to below, and if you landed on one, your piece dropped in, and MAGICALLY reappeared, rising like a phoenix up through another open space. HOW?? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HOW! Turned out the game board was raised on legs, you hold your hand underneath to catch the piece, then push the piece up through another space.
On the plus side it made me something of a skeptic.