Social Question 38

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Hindsight is 20/20. It always is unfortunately! It's pretty much a fact of life that we make mistakes and do stupid things. Like just this past weekend, I somehow forgot sunscreen existed and spent a day at a festival handing out free magazines for the arts council. I was burnt near crispy. I'm still a lobster, and it wasn't until I was cooked that I remembered about sunscreen. Oh yeah, that helpful stuff. Derp!

*****Social Question 38*****
What has hindsight made you realize in a specific event or circumstance?

*****Herpaderp!*****

It always makes you feel stupid to forget or do dumb things. If anything can take you down a peg, it's personal humiliation! Thankfully I haven't made any big mistakes. Just lots of little things that've given me a few laughs afterwards. I've said things I've regretted a little too late (like saying the word "midget" in an arts council board meeting, referencing naughty 8th graders to a teacher friend...forgetting that one of the board members works with a group for the national organization Advancement for Children...). I've forgotten to wear a bra in public. At a large art reception at the local library. I hope nobody noticed. <_< In grade school, I spoke badly of one of my sister's teachers who was well known for slyly trying abuse his students. Like not turning on the heat when it was freezing, or keeping it searing hot in mid summer. Even making a kid stand in a corner with his forehead against the wall for a whole class. As I dissed the teacher to a peer, she told me, "Yeah, that's my dad." O_O Oh crap. Thankfully she laughed about it and no harm was done. ^_^' I let two years of my artwork when I first started go unsaved except for on my desktop, then my whole computer crashed and I lost it all. Yeah, flash drives are lifesavers.

And then this silly joke, that I still laugh about:

I was using a smudge stick as I drew in an art club. A guy friend stared for a bit, watched me draw, then picked up the smudge stick. He looked at it, then said, "I know how you can make a smoothie out of this!"

I give him a funny look. "How? You can't make a smoothie out of a blender."

*face palm*

~Cara

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"What has hindsight made you realize in a specific event or circumstance?"  That I am only Human, and nothing more.:)
I have one instance for you, not that it is the only one......by no means!:P
Long time ago when I was still working as an auto Tech, I was questioned by a young man (13?) about my opinion of another company.
(Turns out I used to work for that company and my opinion was not very high of them. They did a lot of "shady" things and liked to sell customers many things and services they did not need. This goes against the very fabric of my personal being, and so I left after about three months employment there.)
He and his Father were both standing outside the shop when the question came about and I simply replied without giving a second thought " I would not let those Clowns work on MY car!" To which the Father proudly shouted back at me " I am one of those Clowns!" 
Well, you know me.....I simply looked him in the eye realizing my mistake in giving my personal opinion and simply stated " I am so very sorry to hear that."
Shortly afterwards I was called to the service writers desk and asked why I had referred to a customer as a Clown? So I told the the service writer " He should not have asked what I thought of him." :)
Yea,hindsight truly is 20/20.....but I just love having fun living in the moment!
As for regrets?.......I can honestly say the only regret I have is not having discovered the Amazing joy of Art much earlier in life!:)