30 Myths That Widely Circulate As Truth, According To This Viral Thread

Watch the documentary, "Hot Coffee". It tells the story. The compensatory (?) went from $200K down to $160K. Punitive amount went from $2.7 or 2.9 mil down to about $480K. The numbers may be off, that's what I found. But the documentary was good and explains it.

Her doctor said it was the worst burn case he’d ever seen. The coffee was at 190° F/ 88° C, just below boiling. And the whole “people can sue for anything” thing is a myth. Most of the time, the news picks up a story that some people want to sue for something ridiculous, but leave out that either no lawyer would take the case or the judge threw it out.

The employees in question ignored clear warnings signs on the machine about maximum safe temperature.

This happened to me some time ago! Got a hot tea and spilled some on my leg and got severe 2nd degree burns. It hurt like hell but at least the place agreed to pay the medical bills

Ye gods, so many comments from people absolutely determined to not look up any details of the case and blame Liebeck. I'll just say this: Coffee that causes third-degree burns to your skin is too hot to drink. There's a huge range of temperature between "destroys human flesh" and "lukewarm." And the high punitive damages were initially awarded by the jury because of the abhorrent behavior of the lawyers representing Mickey D's. The cartoonist who draws "Too Much Coffee Man," Shannon Wheeler, has a breakdown of the incident, the courtroom mess, AND the media shenanigans that followed, posted online in comic strip form. (It gets political, so be prepared to cry if the truth hurts.) Just Google "shannon wheeler coffee lawsuit" without quotes.

It won't be handed to you on a plate, but it will make getting a better paid job easier and may make the difference when competing for jobs, particularly fresh from school. It may also make the difference as to whether you are accepted into higher education or not. There is however no such thing as a job for life any more, so be prepared to have to look for new jobs periodically.

and alternatively if you are bad at school doesn't mean your life is ruined and you have no future or job it just means you are not good at school at grades school tells you how good you are at school not your whole worth at a person or job if you are not good at school you are good at something else (a job or anything else) learning how to read and write and count is important but learning charlemagne's birth and crown ceremony thales' thoerem the irregular verbs of english as a second language mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell how many ‰ of student are gonna use that in their job? (if we could just choose a job and learn it or choose what to learn is in what would be useful in the job or jobs we would want to have or just choose subjects you're GOOD at instead of the ones randomely chosen and obligated and applied)

Thing is, this is only part of the puzzle. There are so many other factors that can affect your opportunities. Working hard at school and getting good grades is always a good idea.

You know what? I was the gifted kid. Know where I work now? Starbucks.

No, but if you spend time learning, you'll enjoy your life a lot more, because more things will interest you.

Other precious gems are much prettier...the brilliant green of emeralds, the deep blue of sapphires.

buy vintage jewelry!

there's actually an abundance of diamonds and you buying them are making greedy bastards rich for no reason.

And remember, the Sackler family are billionaire heroin pushers that used American soldiers to protect their Afghanistan poppy fields so that they could ruin hundreds of thousands of Americans and their families. And yet, they are still walking the streets, enjoying their blood money. I say, justice in our lifetime!

I’ve got rocks in my back yard that are much more rare.

Also: When it's a missing adult most police forces will tell you that they won't do anything for another 24 hours. If the missing person is a child, elderly or a person in vulnerable state, they will start searching right away.

NO even with children the police will look but adults they assume hes out living his life

This is not necessarily a myth. This commonly happens if a young adult disappears; even a teenager. Families of mentally ill persons deal with this frequently. I was once told by police that my missing, mentally ill 24 year old could "go off with whoever she wanted to" and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Some cops will tell you to wait because they couldn't be bothered. But there are numerous instances where an immediate response is necessary, e.g. children, dementia patients, etc.

A girl was missing and her family immediately contacted the Minneapolis police. They were told that they had to wait 24 hours before they could report it. It turned out that her abductor had kept her alive for a day or two before finally murdering her. The family said that if the police had started looking for her immediately, they probably would have found her alive and they sued. True story from the 1980s.

Red hides any blood the animal might get on the cape. They're already injured before the "fight" starts. I'm always rooting for the bull.

You forgot to mention the belt strapped to, and painfully constricting, their genitals. If I was a bull, and some human took a leather strap and tied my d**k up really really tight, I’d be extremely pissed off too, and start attacking every human I see, especially the one with the cape who keeps trying to stab me in the head and neck with a f*****g sword.

Not a**hole, KILLER,

This is a sick, cruel, inhumane past time that should cease immediately.