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Every day, companies bombard us with information. From new product launches and appealing adverts to very big statements and generous promises backed up by questionable research at best, they still manage to earn our trust up to a point we don’t question them.

But this illuminating thread from Ask Reddit challenges the things we take for granted and debunks the myths created by big corporations. "What do most people believe that is actually a myth created by corporate companies?" someone asked and the eye-opening responses started pouring in.

From big pharma to the sugar industry, it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that we may be believing in stuff that benefits no one except the ones who are earning big money.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True The McDonald's Hot Coffee woman wasn't some kind of trashy scammer, she was an elderly woman who had incredibly bad burns and could have possibly died as a result of health complications. McDonald's launched a covert campaign to make it seem like she was just trying to make some quick cash as part of a trend of frivolous lawsuits.

Edit: For anyone who says "It was just a little burn that she is responsible for" The coffee gave her 3rd degree burns and literally melted her flesh, fusing part of her genitals to her leg which required massive reconstructive surgery and hospitalization.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And she didn't even demand a big payout - just enough to cover her medical bills, which McDonald's refused to pay. She wasn't the only one to have been burned, either. At the time they were notorious for keeping their coffee at dangerously high temperatures.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That the public is responsible for all the plastic pollution.

Anybody remember that ad campaign with the crying Indian guy? Before then soda companies were selling their soda in nice easily wash-n-reuse glass bottles. When they made the switch to plastic because it was cheaper, and the garbage started to collect, they decided to shift the blame onto YOU the consumer.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Something like 80-90% of pollution is industrially generated. Consumer generated pollution is relatively small. Even if every consumer / person on the planet were being as responsible as possible with regard to garbage disposal / pollution, the problem would still be enormous.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True "detoxing", and **any** product that promotes it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you have a functioning liver and at least one kidney, you don't need any detox c**p.

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There have been an abundance of corporate-related scandals where big companies made big promises, only for them to turn out as a bunch of lies. Today, however, customers are no longer fooled that easily and they’re more informed and opinionated than ever before.

When corporations are called out and their claims are revealed to be smoke and mirrors, it gives them two options: to either arm themselves with more lies and further live in oblivion, or to take it as a chance to learn from mistakes.
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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That it's in YOUR best interest to keep your rate of pay a secret, when in fact it's exactly the opposite. If it's taboo to talk about how two employees doing exactly the same job can be paid wildly different wages.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Worked in a union job. Everyone knew what everyone else made.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True “Buy our split end repairing shampoo and conditioner! It’ll get all of those pesky split ends!!!”

Once the end is split it’s split. How is a shampoo supposed bring the ends back together? The only way to get rid of split ends is to cut your hair.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hair is dead matter. It can't heal itself and you don't need to nourish it.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That diamonds are actually rare making them expensive and that an engagement ring should be 3 months salary. Screw you Debeers.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Getting so hyped over diamond engagement rings has never been a big thing where I live. I only see it in Hollywood movies

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Greenwashing is one such example. To find out more about it and other deceptive practices corporations use, Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Audrey Tang, a chartered psychologist and author of multiple books, including "Be A Great Manager Now", "The Leader's Guide to Mindfulness," and "The Leader's Guide to Resilience.”

“It happens often that companies, rather than make sincere efforts to promote a healthier environment, spend more on 'appearing green' – Nestle, Charmin and car companies such as Mercedes-Benz were called out in Truth in Advertising for exaggerated environmentally friendly claims,” Tang explained.
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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That you should devote 5 days a week to the company you work for and only 2 days a week for yourself. You should be spending the majority of your life with family and friends, doing what you enjoy. Not slaving away for someone else.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I agree with this, can you tell me how logically? Some magical dreamy land?

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That Vitamin Water is actually healthy for you. 120 Calories, most of that sugar.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I read an article where a cocacola marketer (who make these drinks) said something like, "well, we never said the words healthy when selling them."

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That the HR department is here to help the employees.

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However, Tang argues that since the ensuing regulation was passed to ensure tougher scrutiny of green advertising and compliance to green practice, many companies are making a genuine shift to sustainability.

Other companies take it as a chance to learn from their mistakes and genuinely make a public stand. “Mercedes-Benz is this year fielding a black car in Formula1 with the hashtag #weraceasone, to fight racism,” Tang said.

“But therein lies the difference – a public stand can help a brand; weighing in where there is no personal nor genuine connection can be seen as profiteering,” she explained.
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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True Apparently big Sugar companies pushed the agenda that Fat is the cause for all your health and weight problems.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen candy with "fat free" on it ffs. Carbs. Carbs and salt is whats killing us

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The alpha and beta wolves thing showing a hierarchy of people. No, they were actually just wolf parents parenting their pups. The researcher even went back in a book and explained he was wrong. So next time you're called "alpha" or "beta" it doesn't actually exist.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Any guy who calls themselves an alpha gets ghosted. There's a big difference between confidence and arrogance.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True If you truly loved them, than it is absolutely *essential* to spend an outrageous sum of money on a box to bury in the ground. The average price in the U.S. for a coffin in $2,100.

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We have also seen big names such as Coca Cola boycotting Facebook and other social media advertising to take a stand on tighter regulation of posts. Tang argues that learning is the best possible outcome.

There are many things we can all do to promote change as needed. Tang argues that one such practice is campaigning and protesting. “I absolutely do and have made a stand with #blacklivesmatter and #pride to name but a couple of communities I support outside of my own (i.e. #mentalhealth),” Tang explained.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That expiration dates on food products are this black and white rule as to whether something is good or bad. The FDA doesn’t require expiration dates and are completely up to the discretion of the manufacturer.

It’s a tactic to get you to buy/consume more.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it smells and looks okay, it's getting eaten / drank.

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Scented feminine hygiene products are needed because you smell bad.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These producs will mess up your vaginal ecosystem. They will weaken your natural protection against infections. And once you get an infection, then you really will smell bad.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That the ink cartridge is actually empty.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you have run out of any of the coloured inks then it won't print in black, which makes zero sense.

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“My own work is advocacy-based – I write, I teach, I podcast, I train – and maybe I might change one person’s mind and get them to look after themselves a little better,” Tang said and added that “it’s why I try and ensure everything I do has a practical element – a call to action, something we can DO to make a difference. Cancel culture is of greatest use if it is transformational – if it brings with it an option of change,” she explained.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That you look like s**t without makeup.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I look like s**t with or without make up, but take it or leave it

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that “organic” label doesn’t mean it’s actually “healthy”

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read a French study a couple of years ago. Among the two groups , the one eating organic end up in better shape. Yet, what the study shows in fact is that the groupe eating organic for the test seems to have been more carefull with their health. Apparently, the fact they eat something they thought " healthy" got them to make effort for their health. More people of this group stopped smoking and start exercising. The conclusion of this study was that eating organic got a good influence on health but because it can raise awarness of people about the choices they make. Again, it's only one study, so, not an absolut thruth, but the conclusion is interesting.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True Natural, healthy human teeth are more yellow than white. This is because teeth appeared whiter on Black and White film, and stars began to dye/bleach them whiter to match how they appeared on film.

In 1918, it was discovered that a heated lamp in conjunction with hydrogen peroxide would lighten teeth. A dentist in the late 1960’s discovered that after prescribing an overnight soak in carbamide peroxide, the teeth were significantly whiter.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teeth aren't naturally white, they're the colour of ivory. Because...they're ivory.

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While it’s always appealing to cancel brands, corporations and people who made mistakes, it’s important to realize that cancel culture, just like judgement, is often rooted in anger. “One side shouting and another covering their ears and shouting back – like Brexit and instead of listening and processing, the opposing side simply nods and raises their voice,” Tang explained.

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“Sometimes these two groups are fighting the same side, and through recognizing their allegiance may be made all the stronger. Don’t cut the nose to spite the face,” she added.
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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True Valentines day

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Valentines day is great....because a few days after it there's so much discounted chocolate to buy!

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True When someone dies their family has no legal reason to pay their debts. It is a myth that the banking industry isn't about to correct.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s a little misleading. Debt is paid from the deceased persons estate. If there are insufficient funds to pay the debt, only then is it written off.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True The food pyramid.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The whole food thing is so strange to me. I've read so many articles about certain foods being really bad for you. Then, like a year later, another one telling me how good the same food for my health is. I've stopped reading those articles and use common sense to choose what I eat.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True People forget that college is a business. To make money.

It has its place, of course, but the intense pressure for EVERYone to attend is completely insane to me, especially considering the need for tradespeople.

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Gluten free is better than with gluten for everyone. Physiologically it only helps coeliacs or those with mild sensitivity to gluten. According to the research so far doesn't make a difference in anybody else. And yet the gluten free market went up like crazy

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If your body can process it correctly then there's no harm in eating a moderate amount. If we weren't meant to consume gluten at all we'd all be gluten intolerant after all. Eat what you wanna eat.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True Here in Sweden there is an extremely persistent myth that you *should* eat 6-8 slices of bread every day.

That was a commercial campaign by a bread manufacturer. Some way they managed to get the Public Health Institute to pass that myth on. It was like 50 years ago, and that myth still lives!

I'm so sick and tired of that myth.

I also think the "6-8 slices of bread a day" campaign has been one of the most successful examples in world history of myths created by corporate companies.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scott pilgrim was right, bread imakes you fat. Especially that nasty white stuff.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True We actually don’t need a lot of toothpaste on the brush, but companies advertise using a whole bunch in commercials to make you run out faster.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But they say on the tube "pea sized". Yes they want to make more money, they are not a charity and it is not their fault you don't read the instructions.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True Telling people your salary will make people think less of you. In reality sharing your salary especially with coworkers with the same/similar positions will allow you to negotiate for a higher wage or even form a union with ease

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And if you negotiated a terrible salary if will make them feel bad for you

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Eating carrots does not improve one's vision.

The British government put this out as an explanation as to why their (supposedly carrot-eating) RAF pilots were able to shoot down enemy Luftwaffe fighters before being detected by the enemy.

The truth has nothing to do with carrots. The British had invented a primitive form of radar and didn't want the Nazis knowing about it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Carrots contain beta-carotene. The body uses this to create Vitamin A. This is essential for eye health. Whilst it won't cure sight problems, it can help prevent others.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True You lose your warranty if you break the tamper seal (ie. “Warranty void of seal is broken” stickers).

“... warranty conditions that forbid consumers from opening or repairing their devices are illegal under a provision of the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act”

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gv5ddm/warranty-void-if-removed-stickers-are-illegal

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/04/ftc-staff-warns-companies-it-illegal-condition-warranty-coverage

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/700.10

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That eating fat (as in the macronutrient in general) makes you fat. This is why we have so many low-fat or reduced-fat versions of foods where the fat is just replaced with cheap sugar, and sugar actually makes you fat.

It all boils down to the marketing. The issue lies within foods being sold as low-fat substitutes of the original and being marketed as healthier options, when really, the fat is substituted for sugar, which can be even worse for you.

To all the people saying what do you mean? fat is 9 calories per gram and sugar is 4. Correct. But do you think it's better to eat 9 cals of fat, or sub it with 9 cals of sugar. Eating fat is actual required for your body to burn fat, and is vital for all types of bodily functions. Sugar, on the other hand, skyrockets your blood glucose, resulting in the secretion of insulin, and when insulin is high, it's much harder to burn fat.

If you cut all the fat from your diet, you can have hormonal issues, potential joint pain, s**t digestion, no libido. Cut all the sugar (not carbs in general, just processed sugar) and you'll probably lose some weight and feel awesome!

We can go on for days here. The point is, if you're going to opt for a low-fat version of a food, take a peek at the ingredients and see what you're consuming instead!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eating fat can make you fat. Eating too much of ANYTHING will do it, even if you're only consuming whey protein shakes in almond milk.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whey protein shakes are not good for you. They're only marketed as such. Eating fat actually doesn't make you fat. That's a myth that research hasn't been able to prove.

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This is partly true, but if you eat to much fat, it will be stored in the body and cause you to gain weight. Allso it fails to make a distinction between several types of fat. Many are more or less allright, but the famously bad one (LDL-cholesterol) helps to clog up your arteries faster. You still should not avoid all LDL, as your body needs a bit of it, but high LDL-levels will increase your chance of arterial disease.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Read the book "the case against sugar" and your above opinion may be changed. The book lays out the case that even high LDL are because of sugar, not fat. And it is correct. And also it lays out the case that the sugar lobby has spent BILLIONS convincing you to blame fat instead of sugar- and look, it's working!!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eating fats as part of a meal helps make you feel full and satisfied, where an equal number of calories with less fat leaves you hungry so you continue eating more.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obesity didn't become SUCH a problem until fat became the bad guy. Great going, sugar market.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tried cutting all sugar from my eating. Holy moly the headaches! And the passing out. Cutting all of anything from a diet should really be done under medical supervision so you get what you do need.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can I ask- did some of your sugar come from soda or chocolate? I'm wondering if the headaches were from caffeine withdrawal? Also naturally occurring sugar such as that found in fruit and some vegetables is good for you in its whole form.

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That GMO is bad, courtesy of the organic farming industry.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without GMO, we wouldn't have a lot of good things

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‘Drink 3 litres of water per day’ is a complete myth with no scientific backing, created by water bottle companies. Yes, it’s important to drink water, but once you get past a certain point all you’re doing is spending money for something that goes in, does nothing, and then gets excreted.

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Three litres a day is a great way to make a very small person go to the toilet very often.

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That if you work hard, keep your head down and do the right thing - corporations will reward you as being a valued member of the company.
about 15 years after you've joined the grad programme you realise that is the ultimate way to get exploited by a company and not how (m)any bosses got their positions :-)
Smart people should work for themselves or creative industries ...

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Entrepreneurialism is a myth created by MLMs and pyramid schemes. Know your worth, don’t fall for the employer tricks to underpay you, but definitely don’t be deceived by the network marketing companies either. No matter what spiel they give you, if you can’t afford their products and programs comfortably on your current salary, you will lose money - or even go broke. And their health and wellness certifications are c**p. - you can literally kill someone if you don’t have extensive knowledge of medicine if you sell them vitamins or supplements. Vitamins and supplements are 1) unregulated, and 2) based on a theory that was never properly peer reviewed; and evidence is showing that if you don’t medically need them, they can be harmful or even deadly.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True There’s this weird idea among some women that pads are inferior to tampons, or that only young girls or virgins use pads. This was actually perpetuated by tampon companies in the 60s or 70s I believe, when the link between Toxic Shock Syndrome and tampons was made. Pad companies latched onto this and started marketing their product as cleaner, so tampon companies countered by marketing their product as for mature, professional women. This was particularly effective at the height of Second Wave feminism when women were struggling to be taken more seriously in the workplace. So effective that this perception still exists today even though there’s no logical basis and no one even really knows WHY they think this way. You can sort of still see it in commercials today, where pad commercials are usually just someone pouring blue liquid on a pad while in tampon commercials there’s usually a woman dancing around or playing a sport or something equally not fun to do while you’re on your period.

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.... now that I think about it, I've never seen a TV- or youtube ad for a menstrual cup. I've only ever heard about one through word of mouth, even though in a lot of cases, most people I know (myself included) have objectively better experiences with it, and are not likely to go back to disposable products. That's more than likely the reason companies aren't very eager to promote it, lol

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True "When you care enough to send the very best," you'd better make it a Hallmark card.

Hallmark wants you to believe that sending their expensive greeting cards somehow proves your feelings for someone else.

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A handmade card of any quality shows a lot more thought than an expensive bought one.

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Change your oil every 3,000 miles or 3 months. Was created by car repair shops to gain more business. Motor oil companies say you can go 5000-7500 miles or 6 months. Owners manuals even say it.

As a mechanic here is my 2 cents. Change that oil and filter twice a year, first week of spring and first week of fall. Do a motor flush once every 2 years. Splurge on tires when it’s time to replace and try to get ethanol free gas if you can, if you can’t, use a fuel additive once a month. Don’t forget about your spark plugs, they are the most underrated component on your engine.

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That you can shrink your pores.

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When my mother was in school, the boys had shop class while the girls had "home ec." One of the things the girls learned was how to wash their faces. Hot water supposedly "opened the pores" and so you were supposed to start with hot water. Then when the pores were nice and open, you were supposed to use cleanser, then use cold water to "close the pores." Meanwhile, the boys were learning how to build stuff. Good times.

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Christmas was largely designed by Charles Dickens. Trees and cards also date to the Victorian era.

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“We’ll stand by our warranty” —Circuit City one week before they closed.

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Or the ones that were pushing gift cards up until the day they closed.

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This has already been stated, but milk is not good for bones nor does it have amazing health benefits. I love milk but it was all created by the big milk companies to push out more milk. They even did a study back in like the 50s or 60s where they had women lose weight with healthy diet that included milk and tried to say it was the milk that helped the weight loss... Pretty sure it was the low calorie, veggie based meals they had with that milk.

Along that line of thought, most "diet" foods or processed foods designed to be "healthy" usually aren't healthier at all. They just wanted to Target both health concious and non health concious people at once. If it comes in a box, it probably still kinda bad for you. The best option is always gonna be whole foods with the least processing. But that doesn't make people money.

Which leads to another big corporate lie: the fad diets that sell things like detox teas and diet pills. A lot of people may claim that "diets never work" and "you can't lose weight by just eating less and exercising" but that's just cause that kind of weight loss doesn't lead to profits for them. So they try to make you think you can't do it yourself, you have to pay money for pills and plans and drinks that will do the work for you.

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This is flat out incorrect. Milk is an excellent source of calcium (yes I know there are others) which is needed to maintain bone density, helps blood clotting and other heart related things. The vitamin D that is also present in milk helps the body absorb this calcium too. This is why milk is promoted because it’s a “one-stop shop” for these vital nutrients.

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That fats are generally bad for you.

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Unsaturated fats like salmon, guacamole, and almonds are good for you whereas saturated and trans fats are bad for you since their chemical structure leads to more artery blockage.

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That mattresses need to be replaced every 8 years.

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True The idea of Type A and Type B personalities were essentially created by tobacco companies that promoted the initial study. The study found that Type A personalities had an increased risk of coronary artery disease and, conveniently enough, would also smoke more because those hard workers need the stress relief.

This would let tobacco companies deflect the blame on any studies showing the association between heart disease and tobacco by saying that their personality type was the confounding factor.

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They had doctors recommending certain brands. EXAMPLE (Kent with the micronite filters are good for you)

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A lot of the on sale yellow clearance tags at Lowes that say something like WAS $44.99 NOW $24.99 is fake because when I look it up in the system it still shows MSRP as $24.99 and under that is the ADVT or advertised price and that is usually blank. Not on sale just a ploy to get you to buy it. If it sounds too good to be true ask someone to look it up under 5.1 in Genesis. Everyone has access to it. Also it's easier if you can give us the item number from the tag. Its also often on the item itself. A 6 digit number.

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I remember radio shack used to do the same thing. They would raise the price six weeks to a month before the sale and then drop it back to normal price for the sale

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Expiration dates on some canned and dry goods.

EDIT: I said some. Not all. Some.

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It depends on the items. You could get away with milk a day after it's expiration (always sniff first) but don't take any chances with stuff like fish or poultry!

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That putting a lime in a Corona is a time-honored Mexican custom, when the combination was actually invented in the United States in the early ‘80’s.

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That cows need to be milked.

It's not quite a *myth*, but it's lacking some pretty important [context](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/dairy-scary-public-farming-calves-pens-alternatives) - specifically, that they have to give birth to induce lactation, just like humans. However, their milk production dries up after a while, when their calves would've been moving onto eating grass, so they need to be re-impregnated again. The calves are sort of surplus to this process, so they're taken away shortly after they're born.

Edit: Cows also "need to be milked," because we've bred them to produce as much milk as freaking possible, even when it [negatively impacts their health](http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/farm/hsus-the-welfare-of-cows-in-the-dairy-industry.pdf).

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this is how all mammals work. back in the day there would be women who would just continue to breast feed children. either the mom died or for some reason could not breast feed. these women would continue to produce milk long after their children were grown because they continued to use their mammary glands. you might have heard the term before: wet nurse

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The idea of "teen culture"--that adolescents need to have their own everything that is different from their parents. Invented by advertisers to sell new lines of product.

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Also teenagers are complex and individualistic so they don't always follow the same trends or like the same things.

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That drinking milk from a cow is important for your health. Many other foods have plenty of calcium and are more nutritious.

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I can't drink milk, perhaps I'm slightly lactose intolerant, it makes me a little queazy afterwards, a little milk in a cup of tea if fine, but to down a whole glass ... hmmm nope.

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Pork isn’t the other white meat, because it’s a red meat! Big pork was trying to get people to buy more of it, so they came up with the slogan so people would think it’s as healthy as chicken. It’s not, it just so happens to be white when cooked.

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That formula is healthier for infants than breast milk

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Breastmilk isn't always an option, and it's fantastic that we have a safe alternative.

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The old advertising agency saying is that Johnson & Johnson's most lucrative invention wasn't Listerine; it was "halitosis."

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Halitosis is a real thing, though. It's caused by abnormal proliferation of bacteria in the mouth or other conditions, such as the so-called "tonsil stones."

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Certain colors being associated with genders. Pink and blue becoming girls' and boys' colors wasn't a thing until the mid-1900s as a way to sell more clothes.

Edit: I did some more research to check myself and the line is more blurry than I initially learned. For instance, it's debated whether corporations put out these color associations on their own accord, or whether it was a response to a growing cultural inclination. There are a few theories about why culture might have inclined itself to specify genders in the mid-later-1900s:

-The post-WW2 return of men to the workforce and ideas of a working class, nuclear family might have emphasized a need to reinforce gender roles (stay at home mother and working father) through a set color differentiation.

-A growing trend of parents doing pre-birth gender reveals led to a growing need for gender differentiation.

-The decision that pink should represent femininity might be traced to a series of icons in pop culture such as Jackie Kennedy on the day of the JFK assassination, Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, etc.

-An, albiet less common, theory posits that pink badges worn by homosexual men in Nazi concentration camps led to the idea that pink is a symbol for femininity.

There was actually solid evidence dating back to pre-WW1 of the idea of gender signification with blue and pink, but it was either conflicting or the opposite of what we know today. Most of the evidence was from corporations, so that may be evidence to support my post.

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Yes! Red was a masculine color and for men, while the lighter shade was for babies. Blue was feminine with its lighter shade for babies. Back in the 1800s and early 1900s!

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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True That cell phones can actually interfere with aircraft systems.

They can’t. All cell phone signals are either digital, like WiFi, which can’t interfere with any other device (take note that you can have multiple devices on the same WiFi network with no trouble); or the cell phone uses radio bands outside the communications bands used by aviation and therefore can’t interfere. And besides, all the wires and electronics in airplanes are shielded from these signals anyway.

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There is a non-zero chance a phone could interfere though. You might be in an old plane that has unshielded electronics, or the shielding on a device might be damaged and your phone happens to do something at the correct frequency. It's probably not going to happen, just like you are probably not going to die from eating food past it's expiration date, but it's better to just not take the risk at all.

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That "organic" necessarily means "better for you and/or the environment. I try and tell my mom: "This is all just lifestyle marketing: you are literally paying an extra dollar for nothing more than a label that has absolutely nothing to do with how healthy something is or how good for the environment it is, just how much they can get you to think that they are. They are blatantly and shamelessly ripping you off." and she just refuses to buy the normal stuff.

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There are environmental considerations either way. Non organic uses pesticides and chemical fertilizers which aren't brilliant for the planet, but organic gets a lower yield per acre and therefore needs more cleared land. That's a simplification.

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That prom is supposed to be the best night of your entire life.

In my opinion, prom isn't that big of a deal, but you see in movies and books and in advertisements by corporations that it's supposed to be a magical night, so you spend thousands of dollars on great dresses and hair and makeup and suits and flowers and prom-posals and post-prom parties and all that stuff so people think that's just expected.

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Assuming prom is at about 18 then it’s a pretty sad existence for the next 70 years.

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That 'natural' ingredients in skin and healthcare are better for you than 'unnatural' ones.

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Poison Ivy is alllll natural, so you should definitely rub it all over your skin! /s

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That their specfic investment managers can beat the market consistently. Latest research shows only 3% could consisentely outperform in excess of fees. News Flash all the firms don't have top 3% people.

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Pelosi is batting a thousand right now. Must be nice to be on the inside like that and know exactly what stocks to buy and when.

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That America is a super letigious nation, and that the courts are overfull with frivolous law suits.

Myth created by McDonalds and others hoping to get people to reconsider suing them for genuine reasons. This came about after the infamous spilt hot coffee lawsuit.

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I dunno...with the amount of frivolous law stories I've heard over the years and the amount of threats for legal action I've heard customer service reps talk about I'm inclined to believe the US is at least slightly more sue-happy than most other countries.

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The need to shave is at least, in part, a corporate cultural creation.

Gillette ran extensive advertisements in the early 20th century convincing men that a smooth shave would increase their sex appeal to women.

No company gets rich when you just let your hair grow.

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Oh, come on! Men have been shaving for 100s of years, long before Gillette came into being. Of course, the amount of facial hair has varied a lot over these 100s of years, but that's fashion.

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wash, rinse, repeat

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That all speakers have actual tweeters

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What's your point? You don't necessarily have to have a separate tweeter to get good sound. Nor do you have to have a separate midrange speaker. Audio signal response totally depends on the speaker itself and the enclosure it is in.

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Mavis Beacon doesn't actually teach typing— because *she doesn't exist*!

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I learned in 8th grade back in the '90s on an Apple II. No fancy software. Once you memorize the location of the keys on a QWERTY keyboard, typing really is a breeze.

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Isn't most of how we perceive Father Christmas essentially a creation of Coca-Cola?

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No, this is a myth. Father Christmas is unchanged since the poem A Visit From St Nicholas (1823) and has been wearing red since at least 1870, when Thomas Nash painted him. As cola was not invented until the 1880s, it's obvious that Coca-cola merely appropriated Santa due to the matching colour scheme, rather than creating his colours as is apocryphally suggested.

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