Contrary to Popular Belief

[Legion]

"Then" is not a comparison word.

OT : Contrary to popular belief, the word 'loose' is not a verb which means 'to get defeated', but an adjective which means something else entirely.

I don't think those are "common belief" as much as "failing at English".

Well I assume that these people believe that they are correct, and it is an increasingly common behaviour.

It's also not limited to "normal" people making comments, it's included in reviews, games, articles and so on. Mass Effect 2 has Joker say "I could care less" whereas in the context he meant the opposite.

 

[TheIronRuler]

Herr Fuhrer had both of his testicles intact and he was abusive to his spouses, with only one of them not attempting to or succeeding in killing herself.

 

[DoPo]

"Then" is not a comparison word.

OT : Contrary to popular belief, the word 'loose' is not a verb which means 'to get defeated', but an adjective which means something else entirely.

I don't think those are "common belief" as much as "failing at English".

Well I assume that these people believe that they are correct, and it is an increasingly common behaviour.

It's also not limited to "normal" people making comments, it's included in reviews, games, articles and so on. Mass Effect 2 has Joker say "I could care less" whereas in the context he meant the opposite.

If that is the case, then every linguistic mistake can be called "belief". But I do think it's just people being bad at using the language and mimicking others who are also bad at it.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

There never was a Church ban on human dissection. In fact, the only instances of human dissection prior to late Middle Ages were in Alexandria, and then only for a very brief time. The law of pre-Christian Roman Empire DID forbid human dissection, but in most other cultures it was more of a taboo than law thing. Incidentally, when dissection became established as a scientific practice, it was at Church-run institutions (medieval universities, Padua being the first).

Also, since I'm on the Middle Ages boat already, medieval people didn't think the world was flat. There are outright references to the world being a globe from various writings throughout the period, and in fact we don't have any evidence of a strong belief in a flat Earth at any point since Ancient Greece.

OK, that's the last Middle Ages-related one: contrary to popular belief, the "humour imbalance" theory of disease was not exclusive to the Middle Ages. It was already dominant in the ancient world (both Hippocrates and Galen were proponents), it spread to Europe and the Middle East and remained the dominant theory of disease all the way until germ theory was developed in the late 19th century.

 

[C. Cain]

OT: Hitler wasn't German, he was Austrian.

The distinction between Austrian and German was somewhat artificial back then. Most Austrians considered themselves German. This is due to the fact that German nationalism was based on language and culture rather than geography. Which is quite understandable seeing how German nationalism arose during the Napoleonic Wars. Roughly sixty to seventy years before the foundation of the German Empire as a proper nation state.

Austria's distinct national character was only solidified after the end of WWII; as part of a coping mechanism in my opinion.

In a legal context Hitler was born as an Austrian citizen, became officially stateless in 1925, and became a German citizen in 1932.

Thus he was, to all intents and purposes, German.

 

[Ldude893]

Salvador Dali was NOT a surrealist. Just because you paint trippy images does NOT make you a surrealist. In fact, the main community of actual surrealist painters alienated Dali.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

Citation Needed

Said person would have to have been WELL trained in the use of said concealed firearm for this to have happened, and even then placement of your 'hero' and a multitude of other factors mean that you can not conclusively say that the shooting would have been stopped.

How can I provide a citation for a hypothetical situation? In order to obtain a concealed carry permit, one must have had more than sufficient training with the firearm they will be carrying, they must prove that they are psychologically fit to carry, that they can hit a target very accurately with it at stand-off ranges(from my understanding up to 20 feet), and that they will know when to fight and when to stay hidden. They aren't just given willy-nilly.

Yeah, having a shoot-out amidst a crowd of people would most definitely have helped that situation.

As I stated, if you have a CCW, then you have been properly trained on when to draw and shoot and when to not draw and stay completely hidden AND be trained in manipulation and usage of the firearm in question. It would not have led to a shootout, but rather the person with the CCW attempting to get close and shoot him in the back. The only time shootouts happen is when there's a bunch of criminals shooting at cops, and that's because the cops attempt to fire back after being initially fired upon. The point of a concealed carry is so that YOU get the first shot and you hit your target rather than attempting to fire back at someone, which has been proved reduces your chances of hitting your target by up to 50%.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Contrary to popular belief, apparently, opinions on gun control are facts. It's certainly news to me.

Contrary to popular belief (of fools!) the direction someone's eyes go in when they talk has nothing to do with if they're lying. That's just silly.

 

[IndomitableSam]

Librarians actually do have to work hard and learn how to become librarians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_technician

Also: We will hate you and make your lives as miserable as we can if you think all we do it sit and read books.

 

[Baldry]

Death doesn't always wear blue, and he, in fact, can fall. (Cookie for reference)

The Megas disagree.

Money CAN buy you love.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_wife

Money CAN buy you happiness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty

Oh I thought you were going to say these http://www.buysomehappiness.com/

 

[Moth_Monk]

*Moth Monk goes on thread about common misconceptions*

*Sees that users are actually just arguing about personal OPINIONS*

*'Seems legit'*

Contrary to popular belief, this is not a thread about things contrary to popular belief...it would seem

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

The original Horsemen of the Apocalypse were CONQUEST, War, Famine and Death. Or, if you want to take the original Book of Revelations by face value, Some dude on a white horse, some dude on a red horse, some dude on a black horse, and Death (on a pale horse).

Also, eye for an eye is a call for fairness in judgement, not for always getting revenge. It was a suggestion made to replace the general policy at that time, which was a life for an eye.

(I realize these are both biblical, and I don't really know why, but hey, whatever.)

Contrary to popular belief, the "eye for an eye" mentality came from the Code of Hammurabi, which was the BASIS for Biblical law (Mosaic law). Which segues me right into my O.T. post.

*Warning, bit of the ol' Bible fires burnin' below this point*

The Code of Hammurabi is the reason why the the Old Testament is not as "harsh" as people believe it is today. They only say it's harsh now because they don't realize what life and society was like under the Code, BEFORE Mosaic law came into effect (prior to that, people would have KILLED for an "anarchistic" legal system like what Moses brought, if only for some breathing room).

Which ALSO segues me into another factoid - Christians are not supposed to judge or condemn homosexuals (or anyone for that matter). I'M LOOKIN' AT YOU, WESTBORO! The only reason it says in the Old Testament that men laying with other men were to be killed was from, again, the Code of Hammurabi, which was, again, what Mosaic law was based off of. In their society, it was wrong to be gay, just like it was wrong to have a disease, or to leave your chewed gum on the underside of a counter [citation needed]. The New Testament does NOT say anything about homosexuals, save for a few loose Greek translations that scholars are still unsure of the meaning. Nevertheless, when Jesus came, he essentially rendered the Old Testament laws void, to make way for the new age of societies that were rising up (such as our own, two thousand years later). Jesus SAID not to judge LEST YE BE JUDGED, and to basically love and tolerate the SHIT out of everyone. That's four points of Biblical history against Westboro's beliefs right there...

*End of Bible-Homosexuality correction*

And just to make sure this wasn't a COMPLETELY God-filled post, I'll add a gaming point...
"The Sith Lords" was better than the original K.o.t.O.R.

Excellent post, and true. I knew Jesus nulled the Old Testament, but now I also know where Mosaic Law came from.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

*Moth Monk goes on thread about common misconceptions*

*Sees that users are actually just arguing about personal OPINIONS*

*'Seems legit'*

Contrary to popular belief, this is not a thread about things contrary to popular belief...it would seem

I noticed that many people were posting personal opinions as opposed to actual facts. ¬__¬

 

[C. Cain]

*Moth Monk goes on thread about common misconceptions*

*Sees that users are actually just arguing about personal OPINIONS*

*'Seems legit'*

Contrary to popular belief, this is not a thread about things contrary to popular belief...it would seem

I noticed that many people were posting personal opinions as opposed to actual facts. ¬__¬

Eerily reminiscent of the latest 'Historical Facts' thread, n'est-ce pas?

OT: Abraham Lincoln was most definitely not a vampire hunter.

 

[Malty Milk Whistle]

OT: Abraham Lincoln was most definitely not a vampire hunter.

Fact: This man is lying.
OT: Ghengis Khan was not dull savage, but, backed by a bloke called Subutai one of the greatest tacticians ever.

 

[Jaeke]

Mormons aren't polygamists.

Yes, yes... I know you saw that episode of Family Guy too, but trust me. We aren't.

Those crazy fundamentalists though, *whew*... feel free to go to town on them.

 

[mgirl]

The correct plural of octopus is octopodes.

Octopi is incorrect, octopuses is acceptable.

It's all to do with the root language of the words.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

This is true for both men and women. People don't like to admit it but it's the truth!

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Oh, and size matters.

Perfect.

That's a brilliant example of a misconception, you even got the whole 'alpha' thing going too.

I love it.

 

[The Funslinger]

This is true for both men and women. People don't like to admit it but it's the truth!

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Oh, and size matters.

I think you missed the point of that movie.

By a long shot. It's a satire of 80's Yuppy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuppy] culture. Those guys are meant to be overblown stereotypes of misogynistic excessively consumerist wankers.