I used to think politics was boring and kind of a waste of time, but now I understand politics to be very important for how societies operate in that politics is a close cousin to group dynamics. I used to think the same thing about economics, but that's changed as well. I also used to have this thing about friendship. For me to consider someone a friend, we'd have to get along really well and be supportive of each other, but also in the same general geographic region. Now, I don't think that last part is very important, but I do think that the willingness to maintain a friendship has to be there on both sides. Unfortunately, I now realize how many people think about friendship along the lines of how I used to think. Lastly, I used to say that I would not date a girl with more body hair than I have. This is no longer the case, though it's not like I'm a huge fan of body hair now or anything.