re: What Are Some Off The Wall Myths You Heard People Really Believe?

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We mock what we don't understand".


Austin Millbarge 1985.

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But we also mock things that are stupid, like Hollywood fashion.
Or Justin Bieber’s poopy pants



Some things are rightly mocked, and not because their genius is unappreciated by unwashed philistines

My wife’s aunt had a toddler choke to death while they were sleeping. The baby ate spaghetti and then ate bananas before bed. My wife refuses to let my child eat either before bed.

I've got some co-workers that believed that ice water is somehow unhealthy or will make them sick. They straight up drink glasses of hot water, not to make tea with, just a big glass of hot water. I've seen it ordered at a restaurant too. Actually going to a lunch today with about 10 people, I expect there to be at least 5 hot water or at least water no ice.

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hanging ziplock bags full of water keeps flies away

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put one penny in it.

Your body handles lukewarm water better than cold water. This is a fact. But hot water? That's over the top IMO
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Can’t throw rice at weddings because when birds eat it ,it swells up and kills them.

Another guy told me that the government put nets across the Mason Dixon line suspended with helium balloons to keep ducks from migrating to Louisiana.2 mile high nets.

Snapple is owned By the Klu Klux Klan and makes black people sterile. It has a K in a little circle on the bottle to prove it.

That contrails are really chemtrails.

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You are trying WAYYYYYYYYY too hard to get your name to mean something on the OT.

You are also choosing the wrong hill to die on.

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Well I've got your attention. That's for goddamn sure.

Now hit the frickin' upvote.

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So does my local convienience store but they have nothing but black folks working there. What does that mean?

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You can't see the plantation, because of the slurpee machine.