Every day, it seems like there's a new and embarrassingly basic thing that we've been doing wrong all along.
And while these little revelations can sometimes make us feel dumb, they're also a surprising indicator of how many things in our lives are just figured out through trial and error. And since whatever method we landed on seemed to serve our purposes, it's not like we had much reason to wonder whether there's a better way.
But of course, when everyone does something differently for the first time, we're eventually going to find somebody who lucks into a much easier way of doing things.
And as we're about to see, even the people who pass this knowledge onto us are often a little miffed that they didn't think of it sooner. At least we aren't alone.