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Everyone has a secret–a shameful history, an embarrassing tendency, or a life hack they want to keep to themselves.

Whatever it is, secrets can either completely destroy one's reputation because of a regretful past or make them venerated for an admirable act done anonymously to avoid praise.

These mysterious qualities keep you from fully understanding who your friends really are.

Do you truly really know your boss, the person you've looked up to all your life, your child, or even your spouse?

What would happen if you discovered something about them that wasn't intended for you to find out?

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People Explain Which Teen Movies Made Them Think 'The Older I Get, The More I Agree With The Adult'
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There's a fairly common formula in movies geared toward a teenage audience.

A group of teenagers face one central conflict, to varying degrees of importance and severity, but manage to solve it in a surprisingly short manner of time.

The heroes of these films are usually a hodgepodge of traditional high school archetypes (star athlete, math nerd, girl whose beauty is disguised by a pair of glasses), all of whom the intended audience can completely relate to and root for.

And then we have the adult characters, who are often buffoonish stereotypes, or the outright villain, whose sole mission is to ensure the protagonist will not achieve their ultimate goal.

As teenagers, we often find ourselves ready to boo these grown-ups from the minute they appear on the screen.

But when we revisit these movies as adults, we find ourselves noticing that their behavior isn't quite as bad as we remembered.

Or, more shockingly, we actually find ourselves rooting for them!

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People Explain Which Things Are Far More Dangerous Than People Seem To Think

Some people are daredevils, and laugh in the face of danger.

As a result, they'll willingly partake in dangerous activities like bungee jumping and skydiving, or will go scuba diving with sharks without a second thought.

Others though, proceed through life with extreme caution, and wouldn't be caught dead partaking in any of the above.

However, these same people might not realize that they might have once put themselves in extreme danger without even realizing it.

As some things which appear to be completely harmless and risk free, might actually be far more dangerous than they might seem.

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People Break Down Which Things Are Moral Yet Illegal
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Despite people's good intentions, there are things that are perceived as being completely innocent but are actually against the law.

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There are things we accept as inherently bad – like predatory animals or unhealthy foods – because we are socialized to believe they are.

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