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40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread

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Comedian Ron White once famously called his show You Can't Fix Stupid. The statement is debatable, because in theory, education is supposed to do that, but it's a completely different story when it boils down to practice. And so there is always work to be done when pushing away the tide of ignorance.

But until then, Redditors embrace the reality by asking questions and sharing experiences. Specifically, this time around, someone on Reddit asked people to share the dumbest myths people today still believe, and the r/AskReddit community was quick to deliver.

Scroll down, enjoy the list, and why not upvote and comment some of your stories in the comment section below!

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#1

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Vaccines cause autism…..

loxisi5751 , Gustavo Fring Report

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660points

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#2

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Trickle down economics.

A-Chntrd , Series: Reagan White House Photographs Report

Final score:

404points

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#3

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That there are dozens of hot singles in my area just dying to meet me.

ComesInAnOldBox , Grigory_bruev Report

Final score:

393points

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#4

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread When I had cancer a few years back and was doing chemotherapy I had people who constantly questioned that I actually "had cancer" due to the fact that my hair didn't fall out until I was actually in remission (Had been off chemo for about 2-3 weeks when my hair started gradually thinning and falling out).

It's a complete myth that every single person's hair will have the same reaction to chemo. Some people lose hair right away, some don't. Everybody is different.

DorothyGMilne , Rido81 Report

Final score:

360points

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#5

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread I still believe that if any of my limbs hang off the bed while sleeping that a monster will grab them. I also believe that the moment I remember this and pull them back on the bed is just in the nick of time before a monster grabs them.

You can't prove there isn't a monster under my bed.

bitew41489 , kryzhov Report

Final score:

359points

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#6

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Fish only have a 5 second memory. My fish are fed automatically on a timer and they know dinner time better than my goddamn cat

merofo8329 , wiriyathitiporn Report

Final score:

351points

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#7

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Religion imo

Sockerkatt , John-Mark Smith Report

Final score:

309points

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#8

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Tear here to open.

TheDarkSide2187 , u/captain_ohagen Report

Final score:

298points

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#9

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread The whole “Alpha/Beta male” thing

Oppie8645 , Julian Jagtenberg Report

Final score:

287points

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#10

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
“Lightning never strikes the same place twice.”

Yes it does, that’s the entire reason for lightning rods on buildings.

poxayif250 , ivankmit Report

Final score:

274points

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#11

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That humans only use 10% of their brain. This is false, regardless of how those who proclaim this myth seemingly demonstrate that it is in fact true.

MatthewWakeman , seventyfourimages Report

Final score:

267points

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#12

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That you eat spiders in your sleep.

Spider will not knowingly walk into a preditors mouth.

They can sense both the heartbeat, heat and noise from humans. All things that would alert them not to go into our mouth.

messeboy , zakipurnomo21 Report

Final score:

260points

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#13

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
Life is fair, and bad things only happen to people who deserve it.

bitew41489 , biletskiy Report

Final score:

258points

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#14

“Do what you love and never work a day in your life.”

No one is paying me to play video games and eat pizza.

cinefilestu Report

Final score:

255points

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#15

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That there are magic pills that make you lose weight and gain muscle without ever going to a gym. Or that there are snake oils that will take years off of your face and make you look young. There's a sucker born every minute.

Linux4ever_Leo , gpointstudio Report

Final score:

249points

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#16

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread There are dumber ones out there, but the one I, as an estate lawyer, deal with constantly is the idea that there needs to be a "reading" of the will, where the family all gather and the lawyer reads it aloud to them for the first time. We don't do that, we just mail everyone their own copy if they want it.

It's a really stubbornly persistent one because people continue to see scenes of it in movies and TV shows, where it's used for some big dramatic reveal. I've even had irate beneficiaries insist that the administration of the estate can't be "official" until there's a reading.

Way, *way* back, like 150 years ago or so, I believe we used to do something like that at times because you couldn't exactly presume literacy on the part of the beneficiaries, but now we feel it's a pretty safe bet that you can either read it or find someone who can.

PigHaggerty , Rawpixel Report

Final score:

211points

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#17

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Corporations care or even exist for any reason other than to make money.

Jacket-Okay , PhotoMIX Company Report

Final score:

211points

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#18

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread "Lie detectors" as a literal thing.

There's a reason they aren't admissible as evidence in court in most places.

bitew41489 , Tony Biondo Report

Final score:

205points

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#19

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Still blows my mind that people think the Earth is flat.

EerieArizona , 1.0 Generic/Trekky0623 Report

Final score:

191points

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#20

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
That Einstein failed his grade school math class. It was the subject of a Ripley’s Believe It or Not column in 1935 and Einstein himself refuted the article. In primary school he had been at the top of class and by 15 he had mastered differential and integral calculus.

rolis20544 , United Press photographer Arthur Sasse Report

Final score:

190points

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#21

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread You have to wait 48 hours to report someone missing

loxisi5751 , RODOLFO BARRETO Report

Final score:

184points

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#22

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Detox drinks

Ok-Relief-723 , elmedoks Report

Final score:

179points

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#23

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Anything about MSG. I battle with my health conscious wife about this often.

EDIT: Too much of anything is bad for you. I still don’t understand the demonization of MSG.

Mister_Pibbs , FASTILY Report

Final score:

174points

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#24

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread At some point, a viral video allegedly proved that the “beg buttons” at crosswalks are just placebos.

Some of them are, but most of them really do add a cycle for pedestrians to get a walk signal. You should use them regardless

holesix705 , Erica Fischer Report

Final score:

164points

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#25

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That magnetic jewelry / healing will cure just about anything. A dude named Mesmer the 1780 came up with the idea, and it have been debunked many times - yet it’s still a billion dollar industry. Fun fact - the word “mesmerized” is related to him.

rolis20544 , dbgg1979 Report

Final score:

151points

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#26

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Halloween candy is commonly laced with [illegal substances] or razor blades.

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#27

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Had a cab driver insisting that the reactor meltdown at Fukushima was a failed Chinese attack on the US. The plan was to superheat the rods so they'd burn into the ground, through the center of the Earth, and come out in America and irradiate it.

Amazing.

DavidSLadd , Digital Globe Report

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135points

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#28

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread It is believed in Indian culture that keeping your unibrow means “good luck” I kept my unibrow for 20 years thinking it is my “good luck” until I got stage 5th of kidney failure and I did my eyebrows after that because who gives a f**k about luck anymore. Now my eyebrows look cute af.

Full_Sector_1606 , Marcus Quigmire Report

Final score:

135points

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#29

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread I remember the myth that gum takes 7 YEARS to fully pass through your digestive system

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133points

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#30

That you can target fat loss in specific areas of the body by doing certain exercises (like doing sit-ups to lose belly fat)

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129points

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#31

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread "Oh, I dont want a raise/make more money, because then I'll lose more money to taxes and take home less!"

You only get taxed on the money thats made above your current bracket. Its literally impossible to make more money and take home less.

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118points

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#32

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That the underdogs are:

always good;

always right.

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117points

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#33

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread My dad had this guy helping him out (think Big Box store DIY curb ready helper) who told him "If you sleep with your hair wet, you will bleed out of your mouth"... and he was 110% sure that was fact.

We were both just confused and bewildered at this statement.

What the hell had this guy witnessed?!

bitew41489 , Unai82 Report

Final score:

106points

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#34

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Had to explain to a grown a*s adult that blood isn’t blue inside the body and red once it hits oxygen because… blood already carries oxygen.

ETA: I didn’t expect this to take off, I first commented when the post was brand new and only had 30 comments. I understand that I came off as a snarky a*****e about it, but the dude and I were cool after 10 minutes of convincing him that what he was taught was a myth. No hurt feelings, buds.

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Final score:

103points

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#35

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
So many people think Narwhals are mythical.

A more serious one, that people who have been hurt or oppressed are morally better. My Mom thought that because she had been hurt by her Dad, whatever she did to the family was somehow justified. The Hutus were legitimately oppressed by the Tutsis (but to be fair, that comes back to Leopold, the patron satan of Africa). All people are fundamentally similar.

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Final score:

98points

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#36

Astrology. It's just a fun nerdy thing but now it's almost religious beliefs

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96points

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#37

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That you can write a comment 36 minutes after the post has been made and believe that it will gain any sort of traction

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96points

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#38

Being cold is what makes you sick

Active_Variation7183 Report

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95points

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#39

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread There are still people who believe that having [making love] in certain positions or eating certain foods can influence the sex of your unborn child or impact whether you have twins/multiples.

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Final score:

94points

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#40

People think bats are blind. They aren’t

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Final score:

91points

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#41

That shaving makes your hair grow back thicker. My 37 year old partner still believes this and it does my nut in!

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Final score:

34points

Robert T 1 year ago

When first cut, it can make it look that way, as the hairs normally taper to the tip, but once they are cut, they are the same thickness along the whole length. I had this when my hair grew back after chemo, and to some degree still have it with my eyebrows, as these fell out and regrew and haven't all been trimmed.

4points

Ephemeral Mochi 1 year ago

It does your what in? (never heard that phrase before)

4points

Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

Nut is a colloquialism for head.

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Lsai Aeon 1 year ago

My mom wholeheartedly believed this. I had super thin baby fine hair as a child, it would not hold a barrette or even the little velcro baby bows (1980s). Braids, forget about it, I was stuck with super tight pigtails for the majority of my childhood. She had an aunt who was a hairdresser (who also believed this myth) come every summer to cut my hair super short to "Thicken it up" Guess what. I'm 43 and my hair is still just as super thin and baby fine as it was when I was born, still will not hold a barrette or any other hairstyle for more than about 30 minutes.

0points

Gatorman 1 year ago

My mother said this when I shaved my legs. Oh, that and "boys don't shave there legs"

0points

Mitchell 1 year ago

It doesn’t, but it can feel like it because the end is blunt.

0points

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#42

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Headlights off at night is a gang-banger initiation rite. So, don't flash your lights at them.

Tempe-Jeff , KonstantinKolosov Report

Final score:

25points

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#43

That Titanic’s third class were locked below, and not allowed into the boats. Just about any myth on the Titanic topic (especially conspiracy theories) are extremely dumb.

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Final score:

22points

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Robertas Lisickis

Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

Monika Pašukonytė

I am a visual editor here. In my free time I enjoy the vibrant worlds of art galleries, exhibitions, and soulful concerts. Yet, amidst life's hustle and bustle, I find solace in nature's embrace, cherishing tranquil moments with beloved friends. Deep within, I hold a dream close - to embark on a global journey in an RV, accompanied by my faithful canine companion. Together, we'll wander through diverse cultures, weaving precious memories under the starry night sky, fulfilling the wanderlust that stirs my soul.

I am a visual editor here. In my free time I enjoy the vibrant worlds of art galleries, exhibitions, and soulful concerts. Yet, amidst life's hustle and bustle, I find solace in nature's embrace, cherishing tranquil moments with beloved friends. Deep within, I hold a dream close - to embark on a global journey in an RV, accompanied by my faithful canine companion. Together, we'll wander through diverse cultures, weaving precious memories under the starry night sky, fulfilling the wanderlust that stirs my soul.

What do you think ?

LH25 1 year ago

Mine is "One size fits all". I have seen "one size fits most" recently.

22points

tatumn 1 year ago

that gas prices have to do with the president. no, the president has no control over gas prices.

13points

Linnoff 1 year ago

That's not entirely true. In the US we have massive government owned oil reserves specifically to help lessen spikes in gas prices. Obviously it can only do so much, but if it weren't for that we probably would have seen $10 gas last year. Also, control of the reserves are done by the executive branch if not the president specifically.

1point

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Mike Crow 1 year ago

Women’s bare breasts are bad. I checked and no one died from women’s bare breasts last year but many died from guns.

6points

Mike Crow 1 year ago

Apparently people do think women's breasts are bad.

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similarly 1 year ago

To be fair, a great many things I learned as a child in history class or science class have since be found to be incomplete, inaccurate, misunderstood, etc. Math has been pretty stable though ...

3points

ShellsBells 1 year ago

Mine is "The customer is always right." No Karen, you cannot butcher a saying to allow you to talk to the manager. It's "The customer is always right in matters of taste."

2points

Ken Schroeder 1 year ago

That the political party of "family values" actually has ANY values.

2points

Phoenix Hocking 1 year ago

That the idiot tRump isn't a crook.

1point

Mark Kelly 9 months ago

Don't forget to not pee on a jellyfish sting.

0points

Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago

Mine is "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". Many thousands of survivors of concentration camps and gulags are proof that this ain't necessarily so.

0points

Connie Martin 1 year ago

A girl I worked with years ago insisted that a birth control pill has 700 calories. Where she got this idea (way before the internet), I don't know. Probably small-town Iowa, where she grew up. Anyway, I was about 35yo at the time and had been on bcp since I was 20. I said, a pound of fat = 3500 calories more consumed than burned by the body. What do you think I'd look like now if I'd consumed an extra 3500 calories EVERY 5 DAYS for the last 15 years???? (I weighed about 130 at the time.) She still wasn't convinced her street knowledge wasn't true.

0points

David Paterson 1 year ago

I know heaps and heaps of myths, commonly believed and not true. For example "infinity=infinity+1" is a myth. Etc. Etc.

0points

LissyPoo 1 year ago

My daughter has naturally super thick and long hair. Her friend's mom told us that when you let your hair grow long, your body is starved of nutrients needed for other growth. As though cutting her hair would somehow cause it to grow less and use fewer nutrients?

0points

Iustin Vreme 1 year ago

since it misses the satanist marks, like "we owe nothing to you" or "it's all your fault", i would say this is a pretty honest article; except the "taxi driver" that tried to cover a lie with an opposite one, which is one of the most disgusting means of the new age propaganda.

0points

cugel. 1 year ago

A Bored Panda fav: "Medicine makes you fat"

0points

Ginger Grumpybunny 1 year ago

Like some of the examples in the list, it's not as straightforward as being "true" or "false". It is true that (aside from any fluid retention issues) we gain weight by consuming more energy/ calories than we use, and lose weight by using more calories than we consume. It is also true that some medications can affect metabolism and/or appetite, so in combination with other factors can lead to an increase in some patients' body fat.

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Rowan_the_raging_raven 1 year ago

That it's human nature to be s****y, yeah well maybe if we didn't justify it we wouldn't be as s****y

0points

Pablo Aikin 1 year ago

That vitamin C is an adequate treatment for common cold/flu.

0points

GiannaElizabeth 1 year ago

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MedusaWasBeautiful 1 year ago

You make your parents sad.

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LH25 1 year ago

Mine is "One size fits all". I have seen "one size fits most" recently.

22points

tatumn 1 year ago

that gas prices have to do with the president. no, the president has no control over gas prices.

13points

Linnoff 1 year ago

That's not entirely true. In the US we have massive government owned oil reserves specifically to help lessen spikes in gas prices. Obviously it can only do so much, but if it weren't for that we probably would have seen $10 gas last year. Also, control of the reserves are done by the executive branch if not the president specifically.

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Mike Crow 1 year ago

Women’s bare breasts are bad. I checked and no one died from women’s bare breasts last year but many died from guns.

6points

Mike Crow 1 year ago

Apparently people do think women's breasts are bad.

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similarly 1 year ago

To be fair, a great many things I learned as a child in history class or science class have since be found to be incomplete, inaccurate, misunderstood, etc. Math has been pretty stable though ...

3points

ShellsBells 1 year ago

Mine is "The customer is always right." No Karen, you cannot butcher a saying to allow you to talk to the manager. It's "The customer is always right in matters of taste."

2points

Ken Schroeder 1 year ago

That the political party of "family values" actually has ANY values.

2points

Phoenix Hocking 1 year ago

That the idiot tRump isn't a crook.

1point

Mark Kelly 9 months ago

Don't forget to not pee on a jellyfish sting.

0points

Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago

Mine is "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". Many thousands of survivors of concentration camps and gulags are proof that this ain't necessarily so.

0points

Connie Martin 1 year ago

A girl I worked with years ago insisted that a birth control pill has 700 calories. Where she got this idea (way before the internet), I don't know. Probably small-town Iowa, where she grew up. Anyway, I was about 35yo at the time and had been on bcp since I was 20. I said, a pound of fat = 3500 calories more consumed than burned by the body. What do you think I'd look like now if I'd consumed an extra 3500 calories EVERY 5 DAYS for the last 15 years???? (I weighed about 130 at the time.) She still wasn't convinced her street knowledge wasn't true.

0points

David Paterson 1 year ago

I know heaps and heaps of myths, commonly believed and not true. For example "infinity=infinity+1" is a myth. Etc. Etc.

0points

LissyPoo 1 year ago

My daughter has naturally super thick and long hair. Her friend's mom told us that when you let your hair grow long, your body is starved of nutrients needed for other growth. As though cutting her hair would somehow cause it to grow less and use fewer nutrients?

0points

Iustin Vreme 1 year ago

since it misses the satanist marks, like "we owe nothing to you" or "it's all your fault", i would say this is a pretty honest article; except the "taxi driver" that tried to cover a lie with an opposite one, which is one of the most disgusting means of the new age propaganda.

0points

cugel. 1 year ago

A Bored Panda fav: "Medicine makes you fat"

0points

Ginger Grumpybunny 1 year ago

Like some of the examples in the list, it's not as straightforward as being "true" or "false". It is true that (aside from any fluid retention issues) we gain weight by consuming more energy/ calories than we use, and lose weight by using more calories than we consume. It is also true that some medications can affect metabolism and/or appetite, so in combination with other factors can lead to an increase in some patients' body fat.

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Rowan_the_raging_raven 1 year ago

That it's human nature to be s****y, yeah well maybe if we didn't justify it we wouldn't be as s****y

0points

Pablo Aikin 1 year ago

That vitamin C is an adequate treatment for common cold/flu.

0points

GiannaElizabeth 1 year ago

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MedusaWasBeautiful 1 year ago

You make your parents sad.

13points

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