People Share Things That They Had To Explain To Other Adults That They Just Shouldn't Have Had To Explain

Some adults manage to make the simplest questions sound completely baffling, and that is exactly what makes this roundup so funny. From basic life knowledge to everyday common sense, these are the moments when one person had to stop and explain something that really should not have needed explaining at all.

Reddit users shared the most surprising examples of adults asking questions, making assumptions, or missing facts that most people learn much earlier in life. The results are equal parts hilarious and frustrating, because a few of these stories are so strange they almost feel unreal.

Here are 45 things people had to explain to another adult that they really should not have had to explain.

1.

"I was tipped a twenty-dollar bill to be split between myself and a coworker. I handed her $10 that I had in my pocket and took the $20.

She said it wasn’t fair that I had $20 and she only had $10. I tried to explain to her that I already had the $10, so another $10 equaled $20.

She couldn’t wrap her head around it, insisting I was trying to rip her off. She gave me back the ten bucks, took the twenty to a register, and made change for two $10 bills.

As she handed me mine, I showed her that now I still have $20 and she has $10, but somehow she was satisfied that she’d thwarted my attempts to shortchange her. Needless to say, I didn’t stay friends with her after that.

This is made all the more ridiculous by the fact that she once told me she was forced to repeat grade 12 math class because she got 100%, and the teacher accused her of cheating. The following year, she got 98%.

I’m thinking something fishy is going on there."

Dwayne Bent

2.

"Had to explain to someone that islands don't tip over if you put too much weight on the edge."Scott

3.

"My wife and I had to explain to the neighbor that our dog is part of our family, and no, they can't just have him.

Their kids wanted our dog, which was cute, until the mother also decided that she wanted our dog and that it was only fair that they got to have him on the weekends because we get to have him all week long."PracticalBrad

4.

"I had to explain to my mother that muscles are meat. A piece of meat was tough, and so I must have said something about what part of the cow the muscle came from.

No, we weren't eating muscles; we were eating 'meat.' She was sickened by the concept that anyone would eat muscles.

Somehow, this got to the point of her claiming that humans didn't have any 'meat' on them because they aren't food. I did not 'win' that argument.

Humans have no meat; meat is not muscles. Period.

Oh, it turns out people are not part of the animal kingdom either. It was a dismal childhood."

jtclimb

5.

"Scenario 1:
Them: “So where are you from?”
Me: “South Africa.”
Them: “Wait, what?...Aren’t you supposed to be black?”
Me: “Uh, yeah, no.”
Scenario 2:
Them: “So which country are you from?”
Me: “South Africa.”
Them: “Yeah, but which country?”
Me: “Yeah, I just said South Africa.”
Them: “Come on, dude, just tell me the country—I know where South of Africa is.”
Me: “No, actually, South Africa is a whole country...”

custardandcrumble

6.

"I had to explain to a teacher, in front of her class, that a penguin was a bird.

I didn’t want to be like that, but she was adamant that if it didn’t fly, it wasn’t a bird."chickenlaang

7.

"I had to explain to my friend that the Earth wasn't 2019 years old."Antares25

8.

"As a server, there are so many times I have to explain to guests that chicken can’t be cooked “medium rare.”"Anon29485382

9.

"Why a room below sea level on a cruise ship would not have a balcony."JustSomeGirl1718

10.

"My mom asked me why you couldn't see the borders of states when you were in an airplane."AClubOfLosers

11.

"That I couldn’t just go to the bathroom and pee my period out to be done with it. He was about 19/20 at the time and obviously didn’t have sex education... been married 25 years.

He will never live that down."

csiddiqui

12.

"Don’t bring your dog to work and let her pee/poop on the carpet. Tiny poop and little puddles are not okay just because they’re tiny.

She weighs 4 pounds. He said she’s so little it doesn’t matter.

He said he never even notices at home, and if I had a dog, I’d feel differently. (I have a dog. Still don’t want urine and feces in my carpet—at home or at work.)"

mystyry

13.

maritagator

14.

freemasonry

15.

isyssot_7399

16.

"That no matter how much you might want to put a camo pattern on your walls, you (not the paint) have to determine what that pattern looks like, and you will also have to purchase multiple cans of paint tinted differently because 'camo' doesn't come out of a can that way."MeddlingDragon

18.

"When a 'smart' bomb strikes a building and blows it up, it doesn't just kill the bad guys; it kills everyone in the building. Smart only means it's going to hit the building instead of a random location."Patches67

18.

Electro522

19.

"Told my roommate that if he cooked food on less than the highest level of heat, he wouldn't burn as much food and would generally have more success.

A week later, I explained to him that when he was just boiling water, high heat was okay."CrazyRainbowStar

20.

batataasfritaas

21.

"That Earth has one moon. The new moon on the calendar every month confused her."Frugal_Midwestern

22.

Lowe314

23.

Gnarbuttah

24.

"In regards to the North and South Poles, neither is 'the one that is always hot.'"mizboring

25.

Cannonfury

26.

theawkwardmermaid

27.

Mantuko

28.

Spellflinger2019

29.

"Canada is part of North America."Jonouy

30.

PerilousAll

31.

uninc4life2010

32.

hamlin6

33.

Tsitsiripitsitsiri

This is the same argument as the AITA debate where someone wanted a struggling friend to pay their dinner share.

34.

afinelittlefrenzy

35.

"Yes, sir, when you sign up for insurance, you're agreeing to pay for it."Emperor_Cartagia

36.

theressomanydogs

37.

CommonCreator

38.

"You can still get diarrhea even if you believe in Jesus..."CrossYourStars

39.

IamFuzzyWuzzy

40.

The_UniCorgi

41.

barackandrollband

42.

howverysmooth

43.

_Poopacabra

44.

happykittysmores

45.

stephmaybe

46.

OV3NBVK3D

47.

QuickNPainful

48.

just_visiting_earth

49.

llcucf80

50.

nora1981

51.

marlynn

52.

MorwensCats

53.

ynm666

54.

WeirdJuul

55.

TheRealNERFninja

56.

Brownale78

57.

dattsok

58.

THEREALKEVINSANE

59.

lubodogg

60.

conmarap

61.

frig-off-mr-lahey

62.

caprijew

63.

MommySaysBadWords

64.

ForgeIsDown

65.

lacroixisbad

66.

Mynameisnotmckenna

67.

-eDgAR-

68.

empb85

69.

SyntaxGiraffe

70.

221

71.

mranster

72.

fronchtoast

73.

hakoMike

74.

Pudacat

75.

grumpygusmcgooney

76.

alexzanderrrrrrrr

77.

drsameagle

78.

JonathanWantsToDie

79.

Back2Bach

80.

TheNightRumbler

81.

RedVlvtPanda

82.

metal_falsetto

83.

minimaximoo

Some of these things that people had to explain to adults were quite surprising. It's amazing how some of these people lived their lives for so long not knowing things or thinking things that just weren't accurate.

We've all had days where the obvious slipped our minds, but really, some of these explanations are just downright crazy. What do you think about this article?

There are plenty of times when many of us have to explain things we shouldn't. Share with a friend to see what they think.

Wait until you see why a friend who forgot their wallet at dinner got judged for asking her to cover it.