# What do you wish you never discovered? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317 "2003-11-26T03:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/1 "2003-11-26T03:35:20Z")
For me… Spirits (alcoholic). That I was good with computers. Downloadable Porn. ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/2 "2003-11-26T03:39:03Z")
sweets and junk food driving too fast Right now, Stephen Kings “Dreamcatcher”…keeping me up too late I’m sure they are many more, but I’m too tired to think of them tonight ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/3 "2003-11-26T04:05:33Z")
The one definitive answer to the endless debates about homosexuality, the (non)existance of God, and which is better: Star Trek or Star Wars. The pressure of knowing these things but not being able to tell is extreme, let me tell you. No, I can’t tell you, damn… Actually, the joys and pains of love. Whoever said " 'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all" should be strung up like a piñata and swung at repeatedly. And speed. That damaged me quite a bit. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/4 "2003-11-26T07:20:56Z")
The truth about Puff the Magic Dragon. Okay, I had to be told that one, but my pain is still real! ---
**Author:** ![superstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@superstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superstar)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/5 "2003-11-26T07:33:52Z")
I wish I’d never discovered the hole in my tooth. I don’t want to go to the dentist, but I know I can’t let it go. I hate thinking about it… I must leave this thread… ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/6 "2003-11-26T11:18:43Z")
I wish I had never discovered what it’s like to live with only one eye. I wish I had never discovered that I’ll probably not live to see 50. ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/7 "2003-11-26T11:30:30Z")
I Wish i never discovered drugs. I Wish those coppers never discovered my drugs either. Cigarettes to ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/8 "2003-11-26T12:11:34Z")
select somethingawful forum threads. Even now, the horror still lurks within. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/9 "2003-11-26T12:12:56Z")
Chocolate ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/10 "2003-11-26T12:21:01Z")
Responsibility. (of any kind) ---
**Author:** ![dejahma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dejahma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dejahma)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/11 "2003-11-26T15:33:26Z")
That web site that shows pictures of people that have done weird things to their bodies. Like forking their tongues and other body parts (think significant male anatomy item here :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/12 "2003-11-26T15:35:34Z")
Del Taco. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/13 "2003-11-26T15:44:23Z")
Masturbation…that’s at least 1/3 of my life gone, right there. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/14 "2003-11-26T15:47:11Z")
That fecal vomiting actually happens. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/15 "2003-11-26T16:52:50Z")
Human nature ( of the bad kind ) ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/16 "2003-11-26T16:59:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*That fecal vomiting actually happens. \*\* Woah, really? Someone get Lieu, he’d be able to do a _great_ party trick after reading this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Matt70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Matt70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt70)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/17 "2003-11-26T17:46:46Z")
The stuff they put in hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/18 "2003-11-26T18:28:38Z")
The double helix. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/19 "2003-11-26T19:03:47Z")
My parents having sex. The truth about my ex-wife. ---
**Author:** ![Kwaheeijy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Kwaheeijy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwaheeijy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/20 "2003-11-26T20:17:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\*My parents having sex. > > The truth about my ex-wife. \*\* Uhm… those two discoveries at the same time? For me it was Message Boards like this one. Waaaay to much time spend on these. Oh well… could be worse I guess. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317.md?page=2)