What are the worst misconceptions you know of?
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1) Any blanket statement about "human nature" (almost always cynical, always naive).
2) Any statement about how logic is "cold" and ultimately impractical in human affairs because of it.
3) Everything is relative.
4) "That's life."
These are among the most destructive popular misconceptions humanity has ever devised.
2) Any statement about how logic is "cold" and ultimately impractical in human affairs because of it.
3) Everything is relative.
4) "That's life."
These are among the most destructive popular misconceptions humanity has ever devised.
MMA is actually safer then boxing in the long term as your less prone to brain damage (due to the knockout rules)Sovvolf said:
No I am not evil, I am not a satanist, I don't wear black all the time, I am not always depressed
Anyone in college who doesn't go out to bars/clubs has no life.
Anyone who plays games is an expert at Call of Duty.
Anyone who plays games is an expert at Call of Duty.
I assume your a goth, so could you please tell me what it means to be a goth? If it doesn't have anything to do with being depressed or dressing a certain way. What is a goth to you?AmayaOnnaOtaku said:No I am not evil, I am not a satanist, I don't wear black all the time, I am not always depressed
Edit: That came off a bit passive aggressive didnt it? Apologies
Not so much a general misconception, but what gets me wound up is when people say 'I can't draw.' It's true that there are some people who's brains literally cannot process three dimensional information in two dimensions, but for most people it is an excuse for lack of practice.
A bit petty possibly, but as an artist, it's my personal little annoyance.
A bit petty possibly, but as an artist, it's my personal little annoyance.
Indeed we are not, Islam teaches us to be accepting of everyones beliefs. And besides, what everyone fails to realize is that these "terrorists" are not after America, they are after peaceful Muslims like myself and what better way to accomplish this than making the powerful western countries see us as a threat?Chaos Incarnate said:
OT: That all marriages in Middle Eastern and Indian/Pakistani culture are arranged. That hardly ever happens anymore.
Please pardon my large post. I mean no offense by it. Just random stories and a life-learned warning on stupid drivers.N3vans said:Driving a motorbike is a suicidal. Just no. Obviously, they're more dangerous a car by their very nature, however, a lot of it is to do with how you drive. If you drive like a twat then you're far more likely to have an accident, whereas if you stay on the ball and drive defensively then it's relatively safe. Clearly you can still have an accident if you're unlucky enough to have a car exit a junction into you but being a safe driver can minimize the risks.
I've been driving for about 2 years, (currently got a Harley Sportster 883L) and the only time I've come off has been through lack of foresight and driving on a country road around winter time when there were wet leaves on the road (about as good as ice when it comes to traction).
I was once driving down road X, and went into the left turn lane to go onto road Y. A light stopped me. There was an SUV in front of me. And there was someone riding a motorbike on the opposite side of road X (driving towards me). The light turned green. The person on the motorbike, seeing nothing wrong, kept going straight - which is perfectly fine since he had the right-of-way. The SUV driver, feeling powerful and with the Godly rights of an SUV, shot out to make the left turn the second the light turned green without looking to see if anyone was there.
The motorbike driver attempted to swerve to avoid the sudden SUV, and hit the side of it full impact. The motorbike exploded into a million fragments and the driver was flung through the air, slid across the intersection, and tapped my car bumper. The entire intersection went dead silent, and someone had to pull their car out in front of the SUV to stop them from riding off.
The only thing that saved that motorbike rider was a helmet. He also was wearing a full body riding suit, but that didn't save him from one awful road rash. No one would immediately help him - or maybe everything was in slow motion... I was in shock during the incident... I mean, it looked like a television show, right up until I felt the guy tapped into my car. Someone finally yelled at everyone else for a cellphone to call the ambulance, and someone else helped unfasten the helmet. The guy talked, but couldn't move. The police arrived, questioned me, and told me to leave once they put the guy into an ambulance.
And this is just one small motorbike accident I have seen in the area. People around here cannot drive well or at all. And no matter how careful you are, some loser is eventually going to rear-end or pull out in front of you. There was another, very similar accident one road away from the last story with a motorbike going slightly faster and hitting someone who left-turned in front of them, except they weren't wearing a helmet. They flew through the air, hit the concrete head first, and skidded quite a ways. The person, of course, died. The scene was so gory that police had to section off that entire stretch of road, light to light, until the blood and mess was cleared - which of course interrupted traffic for hours. The news and radio stations wouldn't stop talking about it, of course.
There are three reasons people say that riding a motorbike is suicidal: One, the rider is not wearing a seat belt; Two, the vehicle is designed to freaking disintegrate on impact and, unlike cars, do not have an airbag; and Three, many motorbike riders out there are stupid enough not to wear a helmet. Not all are, that's true. But I have seen a good majority that don't, and do stupid things like rear back on one wheel behind my car and burn rubber right when a light changes.
So yeah, to clarify: you can be the safest, most paranoid driver in the world. It wont save you from when that idiot in the truck runs a red out of nowhere or that crazy cell-phone chatting car-rider feels like they own the road. I was (and still am) the safest driver in the universe, right up until someone rear ended me going 80 because I didn't immediately turn while the light was red, sending me to the hospital.
Oh god, I hate this one. Bible Black is NOT FOR FUCKIN CHILDREN YOU'D SCAR THEM FOR LIFEChibz said:
Let's see:
Ashley from Mass Effect is 'racist' (this one drives me up the wall)
Being a Halo fan automatically makes me an immature drunk fratboy or screaming eight year old.
That 'behavioral science' tests are actually concrete proof.
That having asperger's symdrome is the same as autism (as a person with asperger's this one really hits home)
That all men think about is sex, while all women think about is purity and marriage
... That's all I can think of for the time being, if I think of anymore I will put them up.
Ashley from Mass Effect is 'racist' (this one drives me up the wall)
Being a Halo fan automatically makes me an immature drunk fratboy or screaming eight year old.
That 'behavioral science' tests are actually concrete proof.
That having asperger's symdrome is the same as autism (as a person with asperger's this one really hits home)
That all men think about is sex, while all women think about is purity and marriage
... That's all I can think of for the time being, if I think of anymore I will put them up.
microwaves emit radiation in the form of ionising radiation (i.e. alpha, beta, gamma radiation etc). tards.