32 Pieces of Basic Knowledge People Totally Forgot for A Moment

Despite the cry of peeved drivers desperately trying to merge on a crowded highway, yes, it actually is that hard to use your turn signal. Take it from Redditor Spasay, who frequently has a little mid-driving oopsie more times than they’d like to admit.

“I often confuse the windshield wiper toggle with the turn signal,” they say of their frequent driving-induced brain fart. “I’ll be preparing to make a turn and then *bam* windshield wipers start going nuts.” 

A not-so-needed car wash is far from the only time people have totally blanked on basic facts. Other Redditors have admitted to their chaotic brain farts, the wildest of which include their own names, their children and that hand sanitizer isn’t called “hand sauce.”