The lies you were told as a child.

[Death Magnetic]

They once showed it actually happening in a cartoon once, if anyone can remember. It made me scared!

Good old rugrats.

I was told wag was the worst possible swear imaginable.

 

[Sarciss]

that mummy loves me.........

I guess we know who the accident child was <3

I can't remember any that havn't already been said, my parents were terribly brutal with the truth tbh

 

[Funfrog211]

That high school is fun
(Freshman this year)
IT IS A LIE!

 

[Souplex]

The tooth lawyer. My mom told me that when I lost a tooth I would put it under my pillow and the dental unions lawyer would sneak into my room and bribe me and steal the evidence so I would not sue for losing teeth.

I have strange parents.

 

[The_Heretic]

My dad once told me that tow trucks have big magnets on their bumpers and if you drive too close to one your car will get stuck.

 

[ThaBenMan]

This didn't happen to me, but there's a band in the local area called Bad Island. The frontman grew up on the coast, and his dad used to tell him "If you're bad, a boat's going to come and take you to the Bad Island". Hence the name of the band.

If I ever have kids, and I tell them about Santa, I'll also tell them about the Krampus, this demon that travels with him and beats the bad kids.

 

[Rocksa]

That dad would live through the cancer. Then later that I'd be able to walk again someday and that sis would be alright after the accident.

 

[the monopoly guy]

Christianity. 'Nuff said.

God loves you.

I was told that bridges' weight capacities were measured by successively heavier trucks until it broke, then rebuilt.

Calvin and Hobbes.

That I could be anythign I wanted to be when I grew up.

 

[ZacOfTheZombies]

This hurts me alot more then it hurts you. Bullsh*t!

 

[HomeAliveIn45]

That when you swallow gum, it takes 7 years to digest.

 

[meatloaf231]

My brother told me things as fact that he simply thought were true.

For example: They call the atom bomb an "atom" bomb because atoms are really small and the bomb is the size of the head of a pin.

I was so amazed.

 

[chimmers]

That my cats went on holiday
I spent 3 years thinking they liked it better there and didn't want to come back. That upset me more than them being put down

 

[nmmoore13]

God, Jesus, Christianity
Santa
Easter Bunny
Tooth Fairy
The classics...
I was thinking, when I become a parent, I would rather not lie to my child. Could this cause more harm than good? Is my kid going to become "damaged" cause everyone else believes in Santa and the rest?

 

[meatloaf231]

Come to think of it, my parents were never big liars. We knew who gave us the presents pretty much all our lives. They never did distort us with lies about easter bunnies or fairies of any sort.

 

[varulfic]

You guys who are mentioning religion - I'm all for religion bashing, but seriously, ask yourself - is it really a lying if you truly believe it? Dictionary.com says no [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lie], so unless an atheist spoke to you about God, it's technically not a lie.

No one said Santa Claus? Seems like Coca Cola ain't doin their jobs.

The thing that pisses me off most about Santa is that the lie is so accepted that it has become taboo not to lie. When I was a kid, I figured out pretty soon the big guy was a fraud, and I got so frustrated because people wouldn't admit that they'd lie, they'd just say "Oh silly, of course he exists", completely patronizing me, treating me like a moron. It's nothing but a fabrication, but somehow people have become indoctrinated with the idea that every childhood should be plagued by this lie, that it's needed, and that it's somehow wrong not to fool your kid and give him false hopes. Fuck people.

 

[Shivari]

I always thought Santa and the like were sick jokes to trick kids and then crush them later on.

Actually that sounds awesome.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Oh forgot, I discovered the tooth fairy was a lie with a mouse trap. (Guess the rest).

 

[vede]

Well, my parents were very honest. My dad always made sure I was trying to get all the facts before coming to conclusions, and that just blindly believing what I'm told is bad. There was no Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy crap, unless I was with my grandparents, who would just pump bullshit into my brain all the time, and still do. Stuff like the watermelon seed growing in your stomach, that there is an invisible wish-granting super-being in space, you know, the classics.

Telling them I was an atheist was a bit of a shock. I don't think they even believed me.

EDIT:

I always thought Santa and the like were sick jokes to trick kids and then crush them later on.

Actually that sounds awesome!

You seem to really like the idea of destroying children's mental health. Why is that?