What are the worst misconceptions you know of?

[beniki]

White people ruined the world through colonization. I'm of Swiss origin and this really gets at me because what the hell did the Swiss do to Africa? What did the Swiss do to the Native-Americans? Blame the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, and Germans if you really feel like blaming someone. It's like saying brown people caused 9/11 (another stupid misconception).

Yeah but you guys look after the gold we nicked for us.

But my worse misconception: The slightly tubby, smiling and friendly gentleman is easily fooled. But to be fair I benefit from this a lot.

 

[NeuroticDogDad]

Only women fake orgasms.

Popular culture seems to revolve around premature ejaculation and inability to obtain/maintain an erection and men not knowing where the g-spot is etc.
Women are more than capable of being crap in bed, men just don't tend to be bitchy enough to tell anyone about it.

Sorry, I went for it a bit too much there and I'm not implying all women are bitchy and crap in bed but some are and they seem to carry an attitude that it's a man's job to have a condom and men automatically go on top. Bullshit. Everyone turns up with their respective genitals and from then on it's all team effort people.

While I'm at it, someone putting out a message that contains an alternative meaning is implying something and someone receiving a message and finding an alternative meaning in it is inferring something. These are not interchangeable.

I'm going to stop because I could go on for years.

 

[00slash00]

muslims are all terrorists

anarchists are dangerous

feminists are all lesbians who hate men

 

[Skuffyshootster]

That all Pedophiles are Child Molesters.

Protip: A typical heterosexual male is more likely to molest than a Pedo.

[sub]No, seriously.[/sub]

You're talking about two different things there. "Heterosexual" refers to which sex you like, and pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder. It's like saying teenagers play more videogames than black people.

Misconceptions...misconceptions...oh, way too many to name. I hate all misconceptions.

 

[Nouw]

That all South Koreans play Starcraft and are going to die from playing it.

One word. WRONG!

 

[Leg End]

That all Pedophiles are Child Molesters.

Protip: A typical heterosexual male is more likely to molest than a Pedo.

[sub]No, seriously.[/sub]

You're talking about two different things there. "Heterosexual" refers to which sex you like, and pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder. It's like saying teenagers play more videogames than black people.

Misconceptions...misconceptions...oh, way too many to name. I hate all misconceptions.

Not quite...
But, we really shouldn't get into an argument about it here.

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

That all Pedophiles are Child Molesters.

Protip: A typical heterosexual male is more likely to molest than a Pedo.

[sub]No, seriously.[/sub]

So pedophiles...people who are sexually attracted to children...do what? Get willing children? Still sounds creepy as fuck to me.

On topic, I would say that all people who play video games are/were/will become this man:

 

[Leg End]

That all Pedophiles are Child Molesters.

Protip: A typical heterosexual male is more likely to molest than a Pedo.

[sub]No, seriously.[/sub]

So pedophiles...people who are sexually attracted to children...do what? Get willing children? Still sounds creepy as fuck to me.

On topic, I would say that all people who play video games are/were/will become this man:

They either do what you mentioned(illegal to the maximum degree) or they just live their life a virgin.

[sub]No more questions.[/sub]

And, OH GOD THAT PICTURE. You had to remind me of that picture...

 

[Recron]

That X group of people all do/like/are y this pisses me off to no end no matter who X is or what y is it really annoys me, unless y is something positive but even then it can be annoying.

 

[hotacidbath]

Theories have no real proof.

Well, this is true in one sense of the word. However, I hate it when it's used as an argument against SCIENTIFIC theories. If you do so, you clearly know nothing about science.

This drives me nuts. Whenever I've encountered it, it always seems to be in reference to evolution and everytime it is volunteered out of context of whatever the coversation may have been. It typically goes like this, "you know, when you really think about it, evolution is just a theory" followed by a spiel about how it must then be untrue. I then have to keep my mouth shut because it's typically one of my very Catholic family members and I don't want to be the one to ruin Thanksgiving with an arguement. I don't have a problem with people who don't believe in evolution as you're free to believe whatever you want. I also don't want to make it seem like everyone who disbelieves in evolution is like this, it's just been with a few people. And for my final ass-covering, I don't want it to seem like every Catholic/Christian/whatever is like this as I still consider myself somewhat Catholic (long story). It just always catches me off guard whenever it happens. Just once I would like for someone to open up with "you know, when you think about it, general relativity is just a theory."

 

[emeraldrafael]

All Native Americans know how to rain dance. STOP ASKING ME WHEN WE'RE IN A DAMN DROUGHT!!!

ahem. other then that, probably all Brits have bad teeth and that all Americans are fat lazy wasteful dicks who think they're better then everyone.

 

[Shycte]

That Socialism isn't inherently flawed, and that Communism works in theory.

I'd like to point out that Socialism isn't more flawed then any other political veiw. Then there are Marxism, Stalinism and all those who have absolutly no respect for human rights. I don't know if you were trying to say that Marxism = Socialism, which well it is but socialism is so much more at this day and age.

OT: I don't know, something about all religous people being sheeps or something probably.

 

[baddude1337]

That Gingers have souls.

But no, really, that blonde people are stupid. It's idiotic to think that, your not dumber just because of your hair stile.


(P.S: Gingers do have souls!)

 

[moretimethansense]

Japan is the only country with 4 seasons.

You have got to be shitting me.
Really?
No really?
I'm sorry but, really?
That someone could possib... Really!?

OT: That men can't be raped by women, that's a pretty big one, or that women almost never abuse men.
That positve discrimination is NOT discrimination.

Here's an odd one though, a number of fundimentalists (note not all religios people) seem to think that evolution is a religion, or that you have to believe in atheism.

 

[Wise_Smiling_Panda]

Inb4 "religion, nyuk nyuk nyuk"

...

That everyone who does not agree with (insert subject's beliefs here) is lacking in mental capacity, brainwashed, or ignorant.

Hmm...I sense a #chan browser here ;D

 

[moretimethansense]

That Gingers have souls.

But no, really, that blonde people are stupid. It's idiotic to think that, your not dumber just because of your hair stile.


(P.S: Gingers do have souls!)

Weirdly, I used to be ginger and I was a happy go lucky young lad with lot's of empathy and boundless optimism, what you might call a beautiful soul.

Now my hair is more of a light(slightly) reddish brown, and I have no empathy, boundless cynicism and I am sexually aroused by causing people pain and dominating them, you might say that I'm soulless.
Causation, or merely correlation, you be the judge!

 

[Neverhoodian]

On topic, I would say that all people who play video games are/were/will become this man:

Either that, or they're destined to be psychopaths who go on shooting rampages.

 

[Nifty]

That one god is more likely to exist than another.

That all Pedophiles are Child Molesters.

Protip: A typical heterosexual male is more likely to molest than a Pedo.

[sub]No, seriously.[/sub]

A typical heterosexual rapist is probably more likely to go out and molest someone than a dormant paedophile but I resent that all heterosexual males are ticking time bombs.

 

[Keepitclean]

Well, I'm a Canadian living in Japan so I have kind of a long list of misconceptions people have about "foreigners". I'm not Japan bashing here, but these a pretty much held as truth by anyone over 30 or who has never left the country.

1. Foreigners can't eat natto, umeboshi, or raw fish. (note: that's "can't eat" not "don't like")

As in you don't have the right to or can't eat because you will die if you do?

 

[Mikeyfell]

Simple question, what misconceptions do you know of that are just blatantly wrong?

Mine would be that all Muslims are terrorists. If that was the case then there would be, literally, a billion terrorists in the world. I seriously doubt that.

Your turn.

oh man I got one so bad that makes everything in this thread seem reasonable by comparison [sub][sub]I hope everyone realizes that this statement is an exaggeration[/sub][/sub]

"Black Swan is a raunchy porn film"

I've heard people say that and it makes me lose my shit