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Forest Gump thought "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" because he was illiterate and couldn't read the little card. (lemmy.ca)
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(I have no idea if accurate.)

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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

He is literate, it just took him longer to fully learn to be than most folks.

I think his mama was talking about how Boxes of chocolates were often sent to folks as a surprise, meaning they wouldn't know what's inside from being the ones to buy them originally.