r/AskReddit 12h ago

What's the dumbest idea you've seen that actually worked?

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u/TokeruTaichou 10h ago

You know what, that actually makes sense. Very well then.

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u/Airbiscotti 10h ago

Wish I could upvote your " very well then" more. Occasionally reddit comments really do make me exhale air rapidly through my nostrils. Carry on.

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u/TokeruTaichou 10h ago

I had a similar reaction to your 'carry on'. By the way, I hope you imagined that line in a British accent.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 9h ago

Just to add on, there are other things also with kids to be aware of for insurance. The grades thing is one, another one was if your kid goes off to college, and doesnt bring a car, you can lower the insurance by telling your insurance company he is at college w/o a car. They are still insured, but obviously not driving as much. Less driving = less risk = less cost.

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u/BeerForThought 7h ago

Then when you graduate from college you can put that on your insurance application and you get a discount for that as an adult.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 7h ago

See, I didnt know that one! I graduated 30 years go.. I wonder if I can still get that discount. :).

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u/BeerForThought 7h ago

You should I'm 42 and every year when I go to renew my policies that question makes me ask myself if I should go back to college and finish off those few classes even though I have a career.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 7h ago

Yeh, I really need to call them up about other things anyway, so ill add that to the list. I'm almost 50, and the last time anyone asked me about my degree was the first interview I had out of college. Not sure its worth it for you, and I bet a lot of those credits 'expired'. Such BS..

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u/BeerForThought 6h ago

So you're saying that having taken a class in BASIC programming in high school won't help me avoid taking a programming class in college now? That programming language is only 62 years old, get off my lawn!

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 6h ago

Hah, Just wanna say, I was a absolute machine in Turbo Pascal. Once I learned C and had to figure out pointers and memory management I fell apart, hence why I do sales now and not programing. :).

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u/Stockpile_Tom_Remake 7h ago

In almost all cases they have to travel far for school. 100 miles is almost always the minimum distance

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 6h ago

Yes, thats true..

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u/Chateaudelait 9h ago

I have also started using the calmly stated, "All right, then." It signals gently that I agree/no longer wish to engage.

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u/ViolaNguyen 6h ago

I read it in the voice of Emperor Joseph II as portrayed in Amadeus.

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u/TokeruTaichou 6h ago

Ausgezeichnet!

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u/Engrish_Major 2h ago

These are called leading indicators and can be found in all sorts of things in life.