Myths you're surprised people still believe at this age (No religion shit, please)

[Boss Doggie]

Oh right, apparently there still are people who think females are one rib bone shorter lol

 

[GringoJB]

Looking at a pooping dog will give you a stye.

Well then I am completely screwed because if, if I notice a pooping dog, I can't look away for some weird reason...

But yeah, fan death... what the crap. Didn't know about that until right now!

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Haha this.

"Oh it's gonna be cold this next week, everyone is going to be sick! Make sure you double up on your vitamin C!"

I heard that shit from a nurse in hospital. She was absolutely against opening windows and venting because of this "argument". She didn't believe that the (cold) air from outside was cleaner than the 24h-old air inside the patients room..

 

[VanMardigan]

If people actually confronted religion with logic and reason they would realise its falsness, so I disagree.

This is so stupid.

 

[Arment]

This is so stupid.

Ah ah ah, you didn't provide evidence.

 

[opticalmace]

That Mother Teresa was a kind woman.

This is a good one. Well, my only source is that episode of Bullshit! by Penn & Teller, but it was a good one.

 

[moris]

Also, microwave apparently kills flavor. If anything, it doesn't because of the way it cooks.

Standing in front of a microwave oven, no matter which model. (I like to look at my food cooking.)

Also, sleeping with your stomach uncovered gives you a cold the next day.

 

[iapetus]

That:

Okay, religion is now officially out of this thread. Thought hitting a new page might let it drift into the background, but since every new page is likely to bring someone new thinking they'll make the same crack without checking to see whether it's been discussed already, let this mark the end of it.

actually means:

Hey, go on, let's discuss religion some more in this thread.

On a related note, that ban durations for ignoring this won't increase over time.

Edit: Mother Teresa is fair game. Just trying to clear out the 'lol! religion!' 'lol! atheists!' 'lol! hitler!' 'no, you lol hitler!' level of discussion that we've already got a zillion threads for...

 

[Mully]

Going to the gym everyday is the only way to get big.

Doing just situps will make you get a sixpack.

You can score a goal on me.

 

[Tragicomedy]

This is a good one. Well, my only source is that episode of Bullshit! by Penn & Teller, but it was a good one.

Christopher Hitchens (RIP) did a pretty big take down piece of Mother Teresa years ago.
The piece in question.

ublic disclosure edit: This piece has NOTHING to do with religion or religious beliefs! Just a character assassination on a woman who was allegedly not nearly as saintly as she is portrayed. Hitchens was famous for them, and it's hard to read his stuff and not leave convinced.

 

[jmdajr]

Wasn't aware of the Mother Teresa one.

scary

 

[Conscience Falls]

House hippos.
Bloody government of Canada and their love for confusing children. I still ocassionally hear people questioning where to buy one.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

This thread made me read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

Prepare to have quite a few things corrected.

 

[The Technomancer]

House hippos.
Bloody government of Canada and their love for confusing children. I still ocassionally hear people questioning where to buy one.

Wait, what the hell is this?

 

[Stet]

Wait, what the hell is this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi8OEz0rA

Staple of Canadian childhood

 

[Conscience Falls]

Wait, what the hell is this?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Hippo
The response to this was far too ironic.

 

[LQX]

That a G_d does not exist.

 

[Dead Man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi8OEz0rA

Staple of Canadian childhood

That is gold, where do I get one?

 

[Thequietone]

Not sure if someone mentioned this one already but getting a cold/flu because you didn't wear long sleeve shirts/because of the cold of winter. My boss said that's why I got a cold last month.

 

[Stet]

That is gold, where do I get one?

Ha ha, you joke, but the other posters are right, people actually totally ignored the end and believed this.

 

[Conscience Falls]

That is gold, where do I get one?

Canada. Although, Harper likes to hoard them in his pleasure dungeon.

 

[The Technomancer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi8OEz0rA

Staple of Canadian childhood

This is incredible.

 

[Always-honest]

Well, if belief in god is off the table how about myths about atheists?

The myth that there is no meaning to life without god.
The myth that atheists are necessarily nihilists.
The myth that there can be no morality without god.
Etc.

That kind of thinking usually blows my mind.

Yep, these ar the worst imo. Cause not only are these people borderline retarded, they are dangerous.

 

[Dead Man]

Ha ha, you joke, but the other posters are right, people actually totally ignored the end and believed this.

That is so disappointing to know.

Canada. Although, Harper likes to hoard them in his pleasure dungeon.

I knew he was no good!

 

[Horns]

This is why I can't have facebook. It drives me nuts to hear some ridiculous things repeated over and over.

 

[VitalNerve]

America is the greatest country in the world. (NSFW, cursing)

Wow, that is exactly what I tell people all the time.

How good is this show?

 

[scar tissue]

Oh right, apparently there still are people who think females are one rib bone shorter lol

Fact: The bone god used to create Eve was the one in the penis. That's why most mammals have a bone in their boner, and humans do not.
It being a rib was simply a mistranslation.

 

[Tideas]

the graveyard is slowly starting to build...

 

[Moral Panic]

- you are more likely to get a cold when its cold out
- cracking knuckles gives arthritis
- drinking on a full stomach will get you less high

I thought all three of these were true.....

 

[.GqueB.]

keep chasing that carrot

I would never say outright that money buys general happiness but when handled correctly, it certainly buys you a certain level of happiness and comfort that a lot people can never have.

I'm not rich by any means but there was a time in my life where I had about $8 in my account on a regular basis and I was very depressed as a result. Now I have a steady job, paycheck, benefits, I'm saving a ton, and I can actually do things on a regular basis that I simply couldn't before. I'm MUCH happier.

I just don't believe that money can't buy happiness. It can. I just think people interpret that statement in the most dramatic way possible and treat it as if it's saying that money just instantly gets rid of all your issues. Of course it doesn't. That's silly. But money can fundamentally improve you quality of life which as a result CAN make you happier.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Dogs can't look up

I skipped straight from the first page to here, to post this very answer. lol

 

[Dead Man]

That:



actually means:



On a related note, that ban durations for ignoring this won't increase over time.

Edit: Mother Teresa is fair game. Just trying to clear out the 'lol! religion!' 'lol! atheists!' 'lol! hitler!' 'no, you lol hitler!' level of discussion that we've already got a zillion threads for...

That's one of the best 'mod' posts I have seen in a while.

 

[otapnam]

How did they get this so wrong? 'Gorge yourself on pasta and bread - it's healthy! But keep that vege and fish intake in moderation!'

No way this crap wasn't designed by agriculture industries to sell cheap carbs.

I assume that back in the day meat was harder to come by. But yeah, the pyramid is so wrong

 

[Artemisia]

if i remember correctly, in Sex Ed in school we were told that condoms will not protect you from Aids cuz the Aids virus is super small and will slip through the molecules of the condom.

lmfao I remember that too!

 

[soepje]

I know it's off topic, but out of curiosity how this HIV came to be? Where did it come from?

http://www.avert.org/aids-timeline.htm

 

[Boss Doggie]

Hah, at least aids is thought in sex ed there. The closest diseases we got were syphilis and gonorrhea.

 

[Jimothy]

Being out in the cold with wet hair makes you sick.

 

[Ikael]

- People naturally inclined to love liberty
- "The noble savage"
- The whole concept of nation. In fact, every single nationalism is a myth to some degree

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I thought all three of these were true.....

The Knuckle cracking one certainly is not. In 2009 a Doctor won the lg Noble Prize for presenting solid evidence against it.


He cracked on a single hand for 60 years and never experienced any issue with either.

MEDICINE PRIZE: Donald L. Unger, of Thousand Oaks, California, USA, for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand — but never cracking the knuckles of his right hand — every day for more than sixty (60) years.

REFERENCE: "Does Knuckle Cracking Lead to Arthritis of the Fingers?", Donald L. Unger, Arthritis and Rheumatism, vol. 41, no. 5, 1998, pp. 949-50.

 

[dose]

You shouldn't drink alcohol when you're taking antibiotics.
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_health/Transcripts/s776185.htm

 

[Boss Doggie]

Huh, so Nero didn't start the fires after all. Nero better change their brand then.

 

[AgentP]

Fact: The bone god used to create Eve was the one in the penis. That's why most mammals have a bone in their boner, and humans do not.
It being a rib was simply a mistranslation.
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Name them, I can't think of one.

 

[ReadingRambo]

Columbus "discovered" America. Kids are still taught this in school.

 

[paradise_circus]

i had a conversation with my neighbour about these kind of myths and he didn't exactly know how the thunder is resulting "after" a lightning. in his childhood, he learned that people were guessing clouds are seperating and crashing again after a lightning.

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

"YOU'RE ALREADY GOING BLIND!"

Girls don't feel horny unless they already masturbated.

Everyone hates America/loves America.

 

[Ramma2]

That poinsettias are a lethally toxic plant. Every Christmas I have this argument with someone.

 

[Red]

This thread made me read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

Prepare to have quite a few things corrected.

Huh, my vet told me poinsettias would kill my cat. And i remember years ago arguing with someone that the spider was a daddy long legs but the crane fly was not... Guess we were both right.

 

[iapetus]

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered the ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 Billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300C.

The Russians used a pencil.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Oh right, this little nugget too

Though apparently it is getting better now.

 

[Red]

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered the ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 Billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300C.

The Russians used a pencil.

I own a space pen.