- Most outrageous / unbelievable lies
- Most offensive / dangerous lies
- Most “adult meant it as genuine advice but it’s laughably out of touch” lies
- Lies you wish you still believed
- Lies you took as truth and didn’t question it until you were way too old
Teachers’ ramblings in Turkey and Texas.
- Gokturk Khaganate was NOT “the biggest empire in history.”
- Ottoman empire did NOT essentially rule the world.
- Genies aren’t gonna bully me if I don’t memorize my Surahs.
- World is not 6000 years old, and there weren’t giant humans everywhere.
- North Korea did not kill more people than all ideologies “including Nazis” combined.
(Also uncountably many from my weird matt walsh phase in highschool)
“If you eat too many sweets, you’ll get blue intestines.”
No further explanation, but I made damn sure mine didn’t get blue! Also, I tell the same lies to my kids now.
But what if I wanted them blue?
😅. Like, what do I care about the color of my innards?
Women absolutely detest facial hair, and if you have any facial hair it’s an indication you are nothing more than a bum.
Meanwhile, discovered that women go absolutely bonkers for facial hair, I once had a woman break up with me in our early courting phase because I shaved my beard.
*Groomed facial hair.
“You’ll become more conservative when you get a real job.”
I have consistently grown more and more leftist as I’ve grown older. Rent goes up faster than taxes. [redacted] your landlord.
Is this “Conservative” as in the political affiliation though, or “moderate/cautious”? I think one thing is that current “Conservatives” are anything but
You have to have a college degree or you will be poor and struggling your whole life.
My parents told me they put our cat up for adoption (it was a feral cat that only liked me) after I left home for university. My brother later accidentally let it slip they had the cat put down. I’ve never really forgiven them for that.
I never would.
We are the good guys.
Good diet and exercise will keep you healthy.
When my dad didn’t know better when I was a little kid, I told him how curious I was to try soy milk after seeing it in a kids’ show
He told me to never drink it because then I’ll start growing boobs
The only way to get somewhere in this life is to get a business college degree.
Burger flippers are worthless.
Trash collectors make terrible pay for dirty work conditions.
I love you.
Funny it’s the fattest, fast food eating fucks that say burger flippers are worthless. Idiots.
Trade schools are for those who couldn’t make it into college.
I would have absolutely gone into welding if I had been told the honest truth about what the trades can earn.
In Germany we have the followijg system:
- Lehrling (Apprentice. Just learning)
- Geselle (Done with learning. But still fresh. Done after 3 years)
- Meister (Can be considered as a bachelor. Authorized to employ Gesellen and may instruct Lehrlinge until the finals)
And Meister canmake bank in the current climate.
Remember who connects your toilet or your lamps legally and what you can do without either.I’ve noticed that when people talk about not needing a college degree, they always mention welding. I’ve personally never met a welder, but it seems they’re the gold standard of blue collar work. Why is that?
Welding is like sewing. Any old mug can darn a sock… but to repair a historically important high quality silk sock to such a high standard that the repair is invisible to the naked eye takes an elite level of crafts(wo)manship that very few would ever attain. Not a perfect analogy but close enough…
Because the argument is bullshit, and most tradespeople are going to struggle, but that doesn’t let people romanticize the past and divide the present.
The only reason I mentioned welding, is I did some welding and plasma cutting in college and actually enjoyed it. I would have gone into the specialty welding like pipe or something like that for the higher wages.
and it’s entirely possible you would have washed out as a traders person and never earned that.
very few people make bank in the trades, most make a OK living, but trades have massive drawbacks too.
this whole ‘we need people in the trades, it pays so well’ is a lot of bullshit, just like ‘everyone has to learn to code’
all it mean is they want more competition in the field to drive wages down.
One of my friends switched her career over to welding and she loves it! Never too late!
Better live in a country where welders qualify for early retirement then, as the welders I’ve known have all developed issues with their eyesight, often starting in their late 20s or early 30s. Yes there’s a mask and every professional welder uses it because they know just how quickly they’d fuck up their eyes otherwise, but even then you’re still staring at a spark for a significant portion of your workday.
Health-wise, it’s one of the worse trades to get into because of that. Financially, of course… that’s probably part of why it pays so well.
A lot of welding also releases some really nasty fumes. I wouldn’t be surprised if the fumes are also a contributor to eye issues, not to mention Welder’s lung being named after the profession
Weirdly nurses too we’re super high risk for musculoskletal injuries that can really add up over the years. Even if you use 100% prefect lift mechanics every time you logroll or transfer a patient, or help them stand up, the patient often doesn’t know proper lift mechanics and will do wild shit like use the back of your neck as a grab handle. Even in psych where our patients are mostly ambulatory it can be even worse because my patients are more likely to intend to injure me.
Similar story - binmen. Teachers warning you that’ll be you if you dont try hard and get good grades.
Id fucking love to be a binman, way better hours, pay and perks than any other job ive ever worked.
If I accept this guy, who was born by immaculate conception - instigated by his Father [who ALSO KILLED HIM] by way of an Angel - instead of just creating him - as he did THE REST of EVERYTHING … His Father, the all knowing, all seeing who LOVES ALL HIS CHILDREN will accept me into his kingdom. This guy, who made everything and is capable of everything and anything, who allows death and disease and war and suffering doesn’t just make life easy for all of who he created. What bull.
The Jefferson Bible is such a better take on n the story and how it takes the same story and turn it into a more down to earth guy who was like stop being stupid and quit following those old religion rules. You are hungry, in a field of food. It’s stupid to not eat because some temple leaders tell us it’s evil to eat today. Fuck those same guys who hold markets in that same temple. Be kind and do better people. The sick need help.
But who was Jefferson. Like he didn’t do anything worth really understanding… Unless you’re interested in reading something that one of the greatest writers who has just as much impact on us as the other dude
- Men are filthy because they’re obsessed with sex and boobs (meanwhile women are insanely more obsessed with sex and boobs)
- Men who think women are attractive or look at them are fundamentally pigs (even when a woman is going out of her way to attract the male gaze)
- Men are purely obsessed with looks and are to blame for women’s competition over mating displays, and the surrounding products/messaging (most adult women confess in a moment of truth that other women perpetrate the worst of the bullying and thus hold this system up)
- Men are abusers and women are victims. It is not possible for a woman to perpetrate abuse against a man or another woman. There is never violence in the same sex relationships, women don’t do that. It is not possible for a woman to hurt a child, only men do that.
- All women are naturally trustworthy and of upstanding moral character (the “women are wonderful” fallacy)
- Men are by nature unfaithful (meanwhile equal distribution of unfaithfulness among genders, it fluctuates across age groups with older women being particularly egregious)
- Your purpose as a man on this Earth is to make a woman happy and give her children and supply resources
- A man is a failure if he prioritizes happiness and personal fulfillment over earning power
- The highest professions for women are teacher or comfort nurse, never doctors or scientists or engineers or anyone with strong credentials, education or career portability
- A woman’s job is to make her man happy when he comes home from making the money
- If a woman is not servile and impeccable at all times, she is completely worthless
- Men are the warriors, it is their job to protect everybody and be maimed or die if necessary. Fear and self-preservation are weaknesses
- Everything about women is good, but as a man, you should never embody any of the traits which are considered feminine, and you must never be sensitive or you’re a f…ot
- Men must to have giant penises, but if you do, shut the fuck up and tell no one. It is socially acceptable for others to continuously comment on man’s penis but a man is a complete piece of filth if he talks about it himself
- Men who are interested in sex are disgusting perverts
- A man’s penis is the worst evil on the planet
- Most men are violent rapists who are looking for any excuse to harm a woman or child if they can get away with it
- A woman can do anything a man can do (no, because biology is a thing)
- Women are fragile and weak and must be protected and cared for; they don’t have the essential attributes that men do
- Every societal injustice is directly the result of the male gender, not capitalists
- Men are not victims of capitalists, they are purely the beneficiaries
Everything about women is good, but as a man, you should never embody any of the traits which are considered feminine
This one is particularly interesting to me. I like how you pointed out the contradictions inherent in this general worldview so often.
I would love to hear a woman’s perspective, I did not mean to go off against women! It’s just that I am a man, and my male perspective means I heard these kinds of messages and lies.
When I listen to my sister, she has a unique set of bullshit that she herself was told that I was not exposed to.
Yeah I was raised by a single mother and while not specifically told by her any of those points I internalized most of them (mind you, I opted for the word internalize and not believe on purpose). I think society as a whole tells that story, specially on mass media, and women seem to go with it knowing full well it is bullshit (I think it empowers them).
Your final sentiment resonates very strongly with me.
I have felt that nearly universally, the mostly-false stereotypes, statements and accusations made against men fall into the “projection” category. Men being obsessed with sex is the most noteable of them. Second only to the hologram that men are the ones that pressure women to look good when it’s in fact almost entirely the abuse from other women who are competing for sexual interest and potential mates.
I don’t think cognitive dissonance and projection are unique to women. It’s a shared human frailty. But as it relates to projecting their weaknesses/faults on to men it can be egregious at times.
Damn straight for the jugular with that list!
But Reddit mods told me misandry fundamentally cannot exist and it is logically impossible to be sexist towards men while in a patriarchy
So you’re lying.
It’s not a battle of the sexes thing, nor an unreasonable Reddit experience thing; It is a series of lies that I was told as a child that were damaging to me. I am a man so it leans towards the men’s perspective, but I tried to be fairly balanced because there were hideous things I was told about women too.
I think all of those lies are harmful to both men and women, and everyone in between all non-binary too. Children, society. All poisonous ideas that were continuously railed into my head by men, women, leaders, school people, everyone in my life growing up. And so many of these sickening ideas persist to this day.
“I will love you no matter what”
That changed real fuckin fast when i came out as trans
🫂
Getting rid of toxic people is first step towards a happier life. You’ll sooner or later find like minded people.
Big hugs friend …
Just an apropos of nothing …
I’ve had two friends tell me how they’re sick of this woke shit. I said, I hear more whining about woke shit than any woke shit so you’re gonna have to be specific. He said, “Chris’ kid thinks he’s trans now, like he’s too young what the fuck is that?”
I was like, “I’ve never met Chris’ kid and it seems you think they’re doing it for attention but what if they are <trans>…?”
It’s like … trans people got their own shit that they’re going through and some of my friends act like it’s their problem somehow.
🫂
I hope you’ve got people who love you for you in your life, now.
Sorry that happened, mate. One of our older kids is gay. Our 16 year old is non-binary. I don’t give a shit as long as they are able to thrive without assholes standing in their way. They are always welcome in my home along with any partners they find happiness with. I’m sorry I can’t be that for every child who lost the people who were supposed to have their back no matter what.
Now that I think about it, this is surely almost always a lie? I doubt many people will keep loving someone once they find out they’re a serial killer, pedophile, or worse, a conservative.
Disapproving of someone’s choices and actions doesn’t mean you don’t love them anymore. In fact that’s why it hurts more when someone you love does something truly heinous. It’s often hard to just suddenly let go when it’s your child, sibling, etc.
serial killer, pedophile, or worse, a conservative.
We can still love each and every one of them, and tell them so during visiting hours. Especially the conservative, as I suspect they quickly become some bubba’s bitch.
Yea same here, my mother told me that she will never be able to come to terms with my #decision
Ironic, since these parents are choosing to be terrible people filled with hate.
My parent’s friend told me that wind was caused by trees swaying and I looked pretty stupid when I proudly told my class this fact as a high school senior.
Oof.
