A guy and a girl fall in love and have babies, conveniently leaving out the sex part. So i just thought that telepathically this couple would just produce a child
Gee, where to start. It’s Easter so I will be nice and go with Columbus discovering America. School made him out to be this amazing guy. What a scumbag.
That he and my uncle’s girlfriend didn’t get married because of a fight. It turned out that the girl had been unfaithful and never returned my uncle’s ring or her wedding dress (they were about to get married).
Not necessarily told, although probably lol but definitely made to feel as though my sensitivity was a bad thing.
Took me many years and therapy to realize it’s pretty amazing and I feel joy, love, and empathy a lot more than non- highly sensitive people. I think it makes me a much better person! Helps in my healthcare job too
I was told as a young child by my parents that drinking beer makes a person grow a mustache. I believed that until I was a teenager. I was offered a beer at a party and I said no thanks, I don’t want to grow a mustache- everyone started laughing when they realized I was being serious. I felt like such a fool.
As a kid, all i was told was “God wants there to be a baby and then there is one.” but I saw things like Jerry Springer or shows where people had never met their dad, etc. So i thought God decided there would be a baby but he chose the parents at random. Like, you hoped the baby’s father would be your husband but it might be some random guy on the other side of the world you’d never met. I had no idea why my mom got mad when I asked if she knew who my dad was when she got pregnant.
There was a mountain named “sleeping ute” across the valley from me growing up (SW Colorado); parents/grandparents told me when I was being too loud I would wake him up.
Also if I swallowed a seed from a watermelon, they would grow inside me. I don’t like watermelon, but maybe I did when I was really young before they unlocked that fear.
That trucks are called “turkeys.” My sister was an asshole when I was learning to talk. It took my parents a while to convince me that those are, indeed, “trucks”, and not “turkeys.”
My grandfather died when I was 7 and my parents told me it was because he didn’t put his jacket on on a cold day and he got a cold but he didn’t go to the doctor to get it fixed so it got worse and worse and he died. I believed that probably til I was 14 or 15 or so when I found out it was the c word. I think there was that element of him not wanting to go to the doctor to resolve it and it just taking over though so it turned out to be a decent metaphor
That almost everyone who is doing kind gestures (including rlly close friends) is just doing it out of respect and not genuine kindness. I understand teaching kids to read unsaid queues but kind of an exaggeration by them. Some ppl r just genuinely good people!
My dad once told me that if a man and a woman are arguing, the man shook apologize even if he turns out to be right. Even back then that didn’t sound right to me. Probably the same BS as “happy wife, happy life”
My dad told me never to dig my feet into the sand in the ocean, because there’s a breed of sand sharks that burrow into the sand in the shallow parts and will attack your feet to pull you under. I never questioned it and only found out at much too big of an age while explaining to an ex why they shouldn’t bury their feet in the sand 🙃
Some bread commercial in the 1970s said that the crust was where all the vitamins were. I think they were trying to sell some soft-crust bread that kids would like. It was embarrassingly late in life when I realized that was BS.
In 8th grade, I lived in Texas and attended a private Baptist school. My social studies teacher told us that white people couldn’t handle the heat of the South, so they couldn’t work the fields. That’s why they enslaved black people, who could handle the heat better, to work for them.
I think I realized that was bs when I found out about misconceptions about black people in the medical industry (e.g., they don’t need as many painkillers or anesthesia, which is also total bs). Or maybe it was in my college US History class when I learned about the economic reasons behind slavery. Either way, no teacher should have been spewing that.
Sitting on concrete gives you “piles”. As young kids, my aunts told us this, very seriously, over and over. when asked, piles of what, we were never told, so we decided it meant ants. We always saw ants on the porch, so we decided to not sit where ants were. We should have not been sitting with the “aunts”.
I was told that drinking coffee would stunt your height, drinking Coca Cola would turn your mouth black and that walking barefoot would make your tonsils flare up.
I had my mother tell me that if I kept getting angry as a child, my hair would fall out. Problem is I had anaemia, that had not yet been diagnosed. So when it was diagnosed, she continued to gaslight me regardless and dismiss the Drs opinion. I was 10 at the time and my hair had been falling out since I was 9.
If you pick at a beauty mark and it bleeds you will bleed to death. If you step on a caterpillar and some of its liquid gets on your leg you will get elephantitis in your legs. If you cross your eyes and someone slaps you in the head your eyes will stay crossed. If you use water from Lourdes you’ll be cured of your ailment.
My mom told me most things in pop culture were satanic. The first thing that comes to mind is the singer Tiffany. My mom said Tiffany’s music was satanic
You have to eat meat or you’ll be malnourished and sickly.
Not me. I’m in better shape than ever and exercise strenuously daily. More muscle, less fat, better stamina.
That it’s illegal to drive barefoot (USA). Unwise to go somewhere without bringing shoes, but in no state is it illegal. I do, however, think it was something that my mother was told which she believed, not a lie that she told to me.
This is a minor one, but one day in elementary school a teacher or possibly librarian was teaching us about the Dewey Decimal System. I raised my hand to ask if Dewey did anything else and she told us he lost the election to Truman with the famous picture. (It was possibly the other way around and we were shown the picture first).
I didn’t know they were actually two different people until last year. I’m 49.
After 20 years of only treating that and wondering why it only worked to about 40% capacity every time, you could imagine my shock (I cannot emphasize how sarcastic I’m being) when I was retested and had a 99% possibility of having ADHD. Now being treated for it, it’s amazing how clear I can think. WHO WOULDA THUNK 🤪🙄
America’s healthcare is the best because they’re motivated by money. All those poor people who have socialized healthcare come here for real treatment. Canadians have to wait 6 months to see someone for a broken arm. This was back in ‘95 pre maga. Total bs
My grandma told me my parents met in prison when I was young. I never questioned it, and no one told me otherwise until my mid-20s. She just thought it was funny. Absolute legend.
My parents drove past a quarry about an hour from our house near Chicago, and told me it was the Grand Canyon.
At school on Monday, I told everyone how I saw the Grand Canyon over the weekend! My kindergarten teacher had a fun time explaining to me that there was no way I would have been able to drive to the Grand Canyon and back in 2 days…
That when I was born my mother had me and then completed her degree, and we should all be proud of her. Last year she told me that she dropped out and that for the first 6 months of my life she didn’t talk to me because she hated me for ruining her life. My brother, who was wanted, was always her little angel.
Bats won’t give you rabies just by landing on your head. It’s not illegal to turn on the interior light in a moving vehicle. Quick sand isn’t everywhere on earth.
My mom didn’t want us eating her bon-bons and chocolate truffles, so she’d tell us they had booze in them. It was one of those white lies that eventually died out and I didn’t think about it for ages until I was much older. Someone offered me a Godiva truffle and my first instict was “No thanks, I’m driving home soon.” That was when I realize I had been hoodwinked!
Not me, but my ex’s parents told him that tests had shown he was allergic to animal hair and therefore couldn’t have a dog or cat. He believed them until he met me, at 33. He had zero reactions to my clothes, my cat, or my bed, where the cat sleeps. But even then, it still didn’t occurred to him that what his parents told him at 11 was an excuse.
I know this is not a favorite topic, but a good portion of American history. I am still learning the real truths about bs things I was told growing in the 80’s (esp in rural TX). I’m 50 and have learned more about American and World history in the last 4 yrs than in the entirety of my scholastic education.
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being abused is normal and “everyone does it”
A guy and a girl fall in love and have babies, conveniently leaving out the sex part. So i just thought that telepathically this couple would just produce a child
The classic Santa Claus bs.
Be yourself. Hahaha
Gee, where to start. It’s Easter so I will be nice and go with Columbus discovering America. School made him out to be this amazing guy. What a scumbag.
You should always be nice to people.
“Everything will be ok”
Bullying is a normal part of growing up. De-normalize bullying.
Turning on the light in the car at night is illegal
Blood is thicker than water
Turning the light on in the back of the car is illegal
That he and my uncle’s girlfriend didn’t get married because of a fight. It turned out that the girl had been unfaithful and never returned my uncle’s ring or her wedding dress (they were about to get married).
Being of culture some older people have remedies in like soups and etc
Eat this pork bone soup and you will be stronger etc
Bullshit that can be done way better with some basic vitamins but I understand they did not have that growing up so now I can see it
Santa Claus drives a white van full of candy, in the off season.
That pure hard work will make for success. Sometimes, yes, but often not.
Not necessarily told, although probably lol but definitely made to feel as though my sensitivity was a bad thing.
Took me many years and therapy to realize it’s pretty amazing and I feel joy, love, and empathy a lot more than non- highly sensitive people. I think it makes me a much better person! Helps in my healthcare job too
I was told as a young child by my parents that drinking beer makes a person grow a mustache. I believed that until I was a teenager. I was offered a beer at a party and I said no thanks, I don’t want to grow a mustache- everyone started laughing when they realized I was being serious. I felt like such a fool.
As a kid, all i was told was “God wants there to be a baby and then there is one.” but I saw things like Jerry Springer or shows where people had never met their dad, etc. So i thought God decided there would be a baby but he chose the parents at random. Like, you hoped the baby’s father would be your husband but it might be some random guy on the other side of the world you’d never met. I had no idea why my mom got mad when I asked if she knew who my dad was when she got pregnant.
“You can be anything you want to be.”
Be nice.
You can have fun when you grow up.
There was a mountain named “sleeping ute” across the valley from me growing up (SW Colorado); parents/grandparents told me when I was being too loud I would wake him up.
Also if I swallowed a seed from a watermelon, they would grow inside me. I don’t like watermelon, but maybe I did when I was really young before they unlocked that fear.
My mom told me that your tongue turns green when you lie.
that “its just nerves you dont have anxiety” guys i do, infact, have anxiety :0
Yelling in the household is normal… it’s not.
Everything
Tooth fairy
I was told if I drink coffee I will stop growing.
That trucks are called “turkeys.” My sister was an asshole when I was learning to talk. It took my parents a while to convince me that those are, indeed, “trucks”, and not “turkeys.”
Eating carrots is good for your eyes.
Also fuck my siblings for telling me the world would end on X date – I was petrified.
If you work hard, you’ll have a successful life.
When an ice cream truck plays music, it means it’s out of ice cream
😭
Shaving too often makes the hair grow back quicker and have to make you shave more often
That cracking my knuckles would give me arthritis, and swallowing orange seeds would make orange trees grow in my stomach
Hard work pays off.
My grandfather died when I was 7 and my parents told me it was because he didn’t put his jacket on on a cold day and he got a cold but he didn’t go to the doctor to get it fixed so it got worse and worse and he died. I believed that probably til I was 14 or 15 or so when I found out it was the c word. I think there was that element of him not wanting to go to the doctor to resolve it and it just taking over though so it turned out to be a decent metaphor
That almost everyone who is doing kind gestures (including rlly close friends) is just doing it out of respect and not genuine kindness. I understand teaching kids to read unsaid queues but kind of an exaggeration by them. Some ppl r just genuinely good people!
My dad once told me that if a man and a woman are arguing, the man shook apologize even if he turns out to be right. Even back then that didn’t sound right to me. Probably the same BS as “happy wife, happy life”
Pretty much everything about Christopher Columbus
Eat your food while its hot. (studies have shown it is healthier for your food to be room temp)
Come inside out of the cold or you will catch your death a cold. (cold/wet/windy weather does not give you the cold, a virus does)
Smoking cigarettes stunt your growth. (they don’t stunt your growth, you just die sooner)
Cops are the good guys. Um, no. They’re brainless thugs.
It gets better.
Real men don’t cry
When you finish eating a lollypop, it can grow back if you put the stick in the dirt.
Practice makes perfect, no it actually doesn’t.
You can dig from your backyard and end up in China
“Work hard, be grateful you have a job and you will be rewarded”. To be fair, they never said “with more work and no pay increase” part
My dad told me never to dig my feet into the sand in the ocean, because there’s a breed of sand sharks that burrow into the sand in the shallow parts and will attack your feet to pull you under. I never questioned it and only found out at much too big of an age while explaining to an ex why they shouldn’t bury their feet in the sand 🙃
Hard work and being a good person pays off.
I was a stupid and useless child who wouldn’t amount to anything. Weird, I still think I’m stupid and useless sometimes but I’m definitely not….
God.
Hedgehogs actually don’t carry apples on their backs.
That the playground in McDonald is a paid one
Some bread commercial in the 1970s said that the crust was where all the vitamins were. I think they were trying to sell some soft-crust bread that kids would like. It was embarrassingly late in life when I realized that was BS.
You will die if you shower after a meal 🥲
In 8th grade, I lived in Texas and attended a private Baptist school. My social studies teacher told us that white people couldn’t handle the heat of the South, so they couldn’t work the fields. That’s why they enslaved black people, who could handle the heat better, to work for them.
I think I realized that was bs when I found out about misconceptions about black people in the medical industry (e.g., they don’t need as many painkillers or anesthesia, which is also total bs). Or maybe it was in my college US History class when I learned about the economic reasons behind slavery. Either way, no teacher should have been spewing that.
That my mother had eyes in the back of her head when driving. She had a rearview mirror and eyes.
You catch a cold from being outside in the rain or from being out in cold weather.
If you swallow bubble gum it stays in your stomach for 7 years.
Sitting on concrete gives you “piles”. As young kids, my aunts told us this, very seriously, over and over. when asked, piles of what, we were never told, so we decided it meant ants. We always saw ants on the porch, so we decided to not sit where ants were. We should have not been sitting with the “aunts”.
I was told that drinking coffee would stunt your height, drinking Coca Cola would turn your mouth black and that walking barefoot would make your tonsils flare up.
That the vowels are A,E,I,O,U and sometimes W and Y.
Still can’t believe they let that person teach children.
Not swimming after eating cherries.
Things you were taught in school.would come up all the time as an adult. That was true up until like 7th grade.
“If you eat your bread crusts, your hair will get curly.”
You need a college diploma to have a job. -.-
I have yet to encounter quicksand
I had my mother tell me that if I kept getting angry as a child, my hair would fall out. Problem is I had anaemia, that had not yet been diagnosed. So when it was diagnosed, she continued to gaslight me regardless and dismiss the Drs opinion. I was 10 at the time and my hair had been falling out since I was 9.
If you pick at a beauty mark and it bleeds you will bleed to death. If you step on a caterpillar and some of its liquid gets on your leg you will get elephantitis in your legs. If you cross your eyes and someone slaps you in the head your eyes will stay crossed. If you use water from Lourdes you’ll be cured of your ailment.
When you peed in the pool the water would turn blue
That my mom never had eyes in the back of her head
People that died to tornadoes had been punished by God.
Yellow 5 shrinks your junk.
Masterbation will cause me to go blind.
I can at least say the second wasn’t accurate. I only have science and other reports to go by for the first.
Watermelon seeds growing in your stomach if you swallow them
If you cross your eyes too much, they’ll get stuck that way. A classic scare tactic🤣😂
That humans could be like the ones on Star Trek in the good universe.
That if I treated my body as an amusement park, I would go blind.
I will be 50 next month, and only just had to get glasses a couple years ago, but I am far from blind…
My mom told me most things in pop culture were satanic. The first thing that comes to mind is the singer Tiffany. My mom said Tiffany’s music was satanic
No calculators will be handy when I get older and bending over with your hands on your knees prevents cardio recovery.
I grew up as one of jehovah’s witnesses. EVERYTHING I was told growing up was BS 😂
“Hard work pays off”
You have to eat meat or you’ll be malnourished and sickly.
Not me. I’m in better shape than ever and exercise strenuously daily. More muscle, less fat, better stamina.
It’s illegal to have a reading light on while the car is in motion
That it’s illegal to drive barefoot (USA). Unwise to go somewhere without bringing shoes, but in no state is it illegal. I do, however, think it was something that my mother was told which she believed, not a lie that she told to me.
That Uncle Roger was not Uncle Roger
Well, the lie i told my kids is that mosquitoes don’t bite people who eat lots of vegetables. They convinced friends to eat healthy, too.
Whiskey and brandy cure a cough. No mom, it knocks us out so you can sleep.
That hibernation is just a long sleep.
“This will go on your permanent record”
Catholic school… if your actually raped you can’t get pregnant. If you get pregnant it means you wanted it
That those were the “best years of my life.”
Ha, ha. Hahahahahahaha.
We’re family, so we’re there for each other.
This is a minor one, but one day in elementary school a teacher or possibly librarian was teaching us about the Dewey Decimal System. I raised my hand to ask if Dewey did anything else and she told us he lost the election to Truman with the famous picture. (It was possibly the other way around and we were shown the picture first).
I didn’t know they were actually two different people until last year. I’m 49.
My face did not freeze that way
Lights on in the car is illegal
That if people treat me badly, it’s my fault, always.
That not everyone’s mother told them they were a useless cunt and a waste of space at 6 years old.
You can’t talk while fishing because it scares away all the fish
“You just have anxiety, not ADHD.”
After 20 years of only treating that and wondering why it only worked to about 40% capacity every time, you could imagine my shock (I cannot emphasize how sarcastic I’m being) when I was retested and had a 99% possibility of having ADHD. Now being treated for it, it’s amazing how clear I can think. WHO WOULDA THUNK 🤪🙄
That it was illegal to drive with the front light on in the car
Just about everything
America’s healthcare is the best because they’re motivated by money. All those poor people who have socialized healthcare come here for real treatment. Canadians have to wait 6 months to see someone for a broken arm. This was back in ‘95 pre maga. Total bs
If you lean over to much, one of your bones will stick out.
I’m still traumatized😭
Pretty much everything taught to me in sunday school.
Teenager but teachers continually saying you’ll miss high school.
I may hate work, but at least I get paid to be there.
That there are different areas on your tongue that taste different tastes
If you study hard and finish uni, you’ll get a good job
If you pee in the pool, a purple ring will form around you and everyone will know you peed.
It will all be okay.
My grandma told me my parents met in prison when I was young. I never questioned it, and no one told me otherwise until my mid-20s. She just thought it was funny. Absolute legend.
If you survive a death sentence by firing squad, you are free to go.
America is the best country. To say the national anthem is a must.
America is the best country. To say the national anthem is a must.
‘She said your good looking but you’re too tall’
😅 That I’d meet a good man who would take care of me.
Disney princess syndrome. That was a very, very long painful fall.
My parents drove past a quarry about an hour from our house near Chicago, and told me it was the Grand Canyon.
At school on Monday, I told everyone how I saw the Grand Canyon over the weekend! My kindergarten teacher had a fun time explaining to me that there was no way I would have been able to drive to the Grand Canyon and back in 2 days…
If you eat the crust on your bread you will be able to whistle
Bunnies hide eggs once a year on a Sunday for some reason.
That my dogs were not sent to live on a farm, or ran away to live with wolves..
We don’t have wolves in North Texas..
“You need to find a husband. You’ll never be able to afford a home with just a waitress’ salary.”
Joke’s on you Janet, my husband can’t afford a house either. And it’s YOUR FAULT JANET! You boomer bitch!
That when I was born my mother had me and then completed her degree, and we should all be proud of her. Last year she told me that she dropped out and that for the first 6 months of my life she didn’t talk to me because she hated me for ruining her life. My brother, who was wanted, was always her little angel.
Bats won’t give you rabies just by landing on your head. It’s not illegal to turn on the interior light in a moving vehicle. Quick sand isn’t everywhere on earth.
Cracking your knuckles would give you arthritis 🙂
That my father actually loves me. I mean I didn’t believe it when i was told as a kid but would have been nice if he proved me wrong I guess.
Nobody cares about seeing naked women, according to my mom
Christians are good people.
My mom didn’t want us eating her bon-bons and chocolate truffles, so she’d tell us they had booze in them. It was one of those white lies that eventually died out and I didn’t think about it for ages until I was much older. Someone offered me a Godiva truffle and my first instict was “No thanks, I’m driving home soon.” That was when I realize I had been hoodwinked!
It still makes me laugh any time I think of it.
The interior car light being illegal to have on
Pluto is a planet.
There is no such thing as a ‘Permanent Record’, that follows you around telling adults everything you ever did wrong.
Not me, but my ex’s parents told him that tests had shown he was allergic to animal hair and therefore couldn’t have a dog or cat. He believed them until he met me, at 33. He had zero reactions to my clothes, my cat, or my bed, where the cat sleeps. But even then, it still didn’t occurred to him that what his parents told him at 11 was an excuse.
I know this is not a favorite topic, but a good portion of American history. I am still learning the real truths about bs things I was told growing in the 80’s (esp in rural TX). I’m 50 and have learned more about American and World history in the last 4 yrs than in the entirety of my scholastic education.
And every single thing that came out of D.A.R.E.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you
“If he’s mean to you it means he likes you.”
Even if that is true, stay well away from such humans!