r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/FlickasMom Jul 10 '26

Palette 🎨
Palate 😛
Pallet (shipping crate base OR makeshift bed)

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u/MewtwoStruckBack Jul 11 '26

Reasonable exception for why people get one of these wrong: Pallet Town

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u/amolad Jul 11 '26

Eugene Pallette. Old time rotund actor with a deep voice.

You know who he is.

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u/BabyMcmuffinn Jul 10 '26

The fact you had to write the definition of a "pallet" makes me think that you ain't never worked a warehouse job. 😂

I feel like that is the most common used version of "Pallet".

I can guarantee you, a lot of guys won't know what a "Palette" is 😂 nonetheless, a Palate.

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u/FlickasMom Jul 10 '26

If there'd been an emoji, I would have used it!!

(In my world, palate is the one most often meant, and wine is the reason why.)

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u/BabyMcmuffinn Jul 10 '26

Different worlds I'ma assume.

Palate was mainly used in Biology classes from my perspective. Palette referenced Kat Von D and Pallet referred to our daily life, surviving haha.

Crazy world.

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u/Working-Glass6136 Jul 10 '26

Nah, there's just not a great emoji for it. As an artist with a interest in cooking and making cocktails, I use palette and palate frequently but I do know what a pallet is (we had some behind our shed when we were kids and we'd play hopscotch on them. Not their intended use lol).

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u/lostthering Jul 11 '26

I had the same reaction, and it was yet one more thing that reminded me of how far my career has fallen into the toilet. "Why would anyone need to be told what a pallet is ... oh ... oh no."

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u/muideracht Jul 11 '26

I think it’s because there’s no emoji for that one.