Things you believed all your life that turned out to be wrong.
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You should read "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish". It has a character that I think you will really identify with.Xpwn3ntial said:
That the government genuinely doesn't want people to do drugs.
That America is the freest country in the world.
That every vote counts.
That socialism can never work.
That America is the freest country in the world.
That every vote counts.
That socialism can never work.
If you truly didn't want to offend, you could have accepted that you've been ninja'd twice already, and you could have chosen something else. Honestly, considering that there was probably about thirty replies when you clicked on this thread, you should have known someone already stated the "edgy" statement.Aerodynamic said:
...Yes, you touched a nerve.
I forget his name, but he's like "David Bowie with two David Bowies for arms and two more David Bowies for legs", and he's put the planet in a mental asylum.Xpwn3ntial said:
Yeah, you read that right.
On Nickelodeon's "Nick Days" thing, some commercials that would give you some factoid or other, I learned about a Jewish tradition of leaving your shoes out on the first night of CCCHHHHanukkah and getting chocolates by morning. This was back in elementary school, middle school at latest. It wasn't until high school, I believe, that I learned it was my mom putting stuff in there (she was surprised that I hadn't realized it). In thinking about it, there's an irony in that the chocolates she got us were, I think, German.
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Relatedly, learning that you can subtract a "bigger" number from a "smaller" number (aka negative numbers). Math teachers lie to your young, dumb ass!
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Yeah, learning about the Electoral College was weird.blindthrall said:
Relatedly, learning that you can subtract a "bigger" number from a "smaller" number (aka negative numbers). Math teachers lie to your young, dumb ass!
I used to think that you had to be either an atheist or a theist. And then I realized that there was a "nobody actually knows and neither do I" option.
Also, I used to think that Europe and Africa are countries. The Europe one is pretty common for us North Americans. The Africa one appears to be a surprisingly common misconception all over the place.
Also, I used to think that Europe and Africa are countries. The Europe one is pretty common for us North Americans. The Africa one appears to be a surprisingly common misconception all over the place.
That you can jump higher underwater. :<
Also Santa, but it seemed pretty fishy around the time I saw my dad wrapping a bunch of presents. Also that O.J. was innocent, boy was my face red.
Also Santa, but it seemed pretty fishy around the time I saw my dad wrapping a bunch of presents. Also that O.J. was innocent, boy was my face red.
Yeah, the Game OverThinker got pie on his face on that'n (realized and corrected in the following video). Though I don't think I thought it wasn't, I didn't really realize or associate Egypt with Africa. I think of Africa in Lion King terms, as just the sub-Saharan part. The desert nations being African just doesn't 'fit'.Citrus Insanity said:
YOU SON OF A *****lacktheknack said:
(((( SUPER ANGRY FACE ! Well that just ruined my day. NO ! seriously i truly believed that he was a science guy
Nothing until that post
I really have to ask for a source on this one. God, until the concept is further defined, is a proposition that can nether be proven nor disproven. Even if It physically came down from the heavens, some people would still consider It mass hallucination or an alien. And you can't prove a negative, because there's always the possibility that It's out there and we just can't see It. Humanity has neither the perception nor the information to determine whether there was intent behind the creation of this universe. I used to be an atheist, but I think you cannot rule out such a nebulous concept as God entirely. It's presumptuous.Pyromaniac1337 said:
How could I forget this one?Halaxis said:
It seems like I can't bring up a good discussion with my parents without them contradicting an obvious truth,
which makes the whole discussion turn into a political debate
Uh, yes he is. He has a degree in mechanical engineering, was taught by Carl Sagan at one point, and designed parts for modern planes that are still used today. He became very involved in aeronautics before becoming Bill Nye the Science Guy.lacktheknack said:
Don't take every Facebook group you see as fact without question.
That my education system is fair, and doesn't want to ruin your life.
"Sorry, what was that? You're bad at maths? Well, ok, lets make it impossible to get even a remotely respectable UAI unless you do extension 2 mathematics. Oh, you're good at English? Ok, I'll make that count for almost nothing then."
"Sorry, what was that? You're bad at maths? Well, ok, lets make it impossible to get even a remotely respectable UAI unless you do extension 2 mathematics. Oh, you're good at English? Ok, I'll make that count for almost nothing then."