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30 Times Folks Fell For Lies And Were Shocked Or Disappointed To Discover The Truth, As Shared Online
Interview With Author
It's no shocker that we live in a world where lying has become a fairly common occurrence; with time, we eventually learn to adapt and not fall for it, but sometimes, just sometimes, our naivety gets the best of us.
"What was the biggest lie you believed?" – a Redditor that goes by u/Fearless-surfur-ee recently took online to invite people to recount the biggest lies they have ever bought. The thread garnered nearly 21K upvotes, as well as 11.3K comments containing some witty, odd, and plain staggering answers.
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#1
That some day everyone meets their person and live and love together the rest of their lives. Never happens for some of us.
MedusaWasBeautiful 2 years ago
Loving the stock image. But to those who kept telling me that I would find my soulmate: f*** you for giving false hope.
JM 2 years ago
You could be your soulmate. A whole, complete, beautiful person.
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Literal Pigeon 2 years ago
I'm both aromantic and in a long-term committed platonic relationship. Not every important relationship looks like the ones on TV and romance novels.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Soulmates don't exist. That's bad, but also good. It means there are a lot of people out that with whom you are compatible. With reasonable expectations and a little luck, you can make a happy life with someone.
minnybri 2 years ago
Agreed. Holding out for the "perfect" match is most likely to end sad and alone.
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Amy Taylor 2 years ago
I met my husband when I was 28.. after many failed relationships. We’ll be married 22 years on June 9th ❤️ give it time
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Haha Nope 2 years ago
I have always been so grateful that I found someone that I want to get old with. We are getting married soon, but the wedding isn't even what I am looking forward to. I am just happy to know that we will be together to just drive around, watch movies, complain about the weather, things like that. Someone that makes the little things meaningful.
Mel The Axolotl 2 years ago
I also dislike this idea as an Aroace person who doesn't really want to date people. I'm totally happy being single, and saying "I'll find my person eventually" is disregarding my identity and preference.
Roman Hans 2 years ago
I don't believe in soulmates. I believe there are a lot of people who would make your life better, while you would make their lives better. That makes a good couple. But some time ask yourself: would I make someone's life better or worse? It's a ridiculously high priority of mine to make my husband's life -- and all of our friends' lives -- better.
Bored Panda also managed to get in touch with the author and posed him a couple of questions!
Rishabh Yadav has been using Reddit for a little over a year, and when we asked him what the inspiration behind his post was, he replied: "I remember I was in my room wondering about my childhood; we used to believe many things that weren't true at all, so I thought why shouldn't I ask others."
"Personally, the biggest lie I used to believe was that when people die, they become invisible," Rishabh said when we invited him to answer his own question. Last but not least, we wondered whether the man had anything further to say: "I would say people should spend time with family – you might feel so much better than before!"
BP hopes that you've enjoyed this collection of not-so-white lies people believed. Let us know which lie raised your eyebrows the furthest! Also, don't hesitate to answer the question and leave your stories down in the comment section.
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#2
That justice will always win.
BewilderedBanana 2 years ago (edited)
From what i see around me, it's money. Whoever has the money wins in the end. Even "justice" can be bought
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
Many decades ago PBS hosted a roundtable discussion about justice in the US. Brilliant minds, authors, judges, attorneys, journalists, professors. Both sides of the aisle. All agreed: there is no justice in America.
Dave Harris 2 years ago
Money always wins, as do the lawyers who make money no matter who wins.
Roman Hans 2 years ago
I respect Martin Luther King Jr.'s optimism in his quote, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” I suspect, however, that we'll finally get to justice after chickens have colonized Mars.
hitex 2 years ago
Perhaps justice should not be elected or appointed based off a political affiliatiation ... the worst thing is that our judges are elected on a party basis when we are taught we are not supposed to view the law politically - want justice? No party identity for Judicial candidates
#3
That America was family oriented, cared about its citizens and was everything I saw in movies growing up in the UK. Then I moved here. No healthcare. No guaranteed time off. Bankruptcy for cancer. Hatred for minority groups. I’ve never experienced such a culture shock. I asked for 5 weeks paid vacation when I arrived, which I got in England. I was literally laughed out of the interview. 22 years later things have not improved.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I wish I lived in England. Seems like they care about people there. I feel bad for people who come here thinking America is as it's advertised
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Don't you believe it. We get some things right that you get wrong, but we get some things wrong that others get right. As we speak, our parliament is debating a bill to make is so that refugees and asylum seekers who arrive here by "unofficial channels" immediately lose their right to ever seek asylum here again. The irony? Our PM is a second generation immigrant. The home secretary is a second generation immigrant. The former home secretary is a second generation immigrant. These people LITERALLY want to deny others the opportunities this country has afforded them. Technically they're not old enough to be boomers, but in ideology they very much are.
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Junebugjump! 2 years ago
In almost every way, America is less than other developed countries. We think because of our military might and economy make us superior. Total lie. Half of the residents in America are clueless, never traveled, don't read about the ways other citizens are treated, and further believe the propaganda (including the prosperity doctrine). Total forking idiots. If I could have emigrated in my 20s, I would have.
D Peterson 2 years ago
Sad isn't. America is called the richest country in the world. It may be but not for most Americans. Rich people have houses, boats, cars, & anything else their little hearts desire but the rest of us work hard & try not to get sick.
Twizzle Sticks 2 years ago
This is what happens when corporations and the ultra rich have a bigger say in governance than the average citizen. Profit over people. We in the US could have all those social benefits the we see and want in other countries, but only if we unite and make the government fear the people and the ballot box. But that will never happen. The powers that be are better at keeping us divided, than we are in recognizing the need to unite for the common good of all of us.
Amber.exe(She/They) 2 years ago
Seriously I'm a born and raised American but hate it.I want to go to Canada or Australia just so I have the rights to an abortion and free healthcare
Bewarethere@gmail.com 2 years ago
Most of the time America sucks! Don't believe me. Try being really poor 4 a month and how u do.
#4
That adults knew what they were doing.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Some adults know exactly what they're doing - and should be held accountable accordingly.
Laura Lett 2 years ago
Hahahahaha, hahahahaha!! In what reality do you live in?! Can you see the matrix or something?!
Sinnsyk Jakte 2 years ago
Throw the kids outside. Let them drink out of the garden hose. Let them get into fights with the other kids and get hunted through the forest because they were defending another kid. Yes. Surely the adults had control.
#5
On April Fools while I was getting ready for school on a cold winter day, my mom told me "School is cancelled! It's a snow day!"
I ran around for a good 2 minutes celebrating before she told me "April Fools!"
I've never felt so betrayed in my life.
Bored&InSchool 2 years ago
but fair, at the same time. remember that this allows you a "get out of jail free card" for the rest of the day.
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K W 2 years ago
We had a bunch of snowfall last week in Montana state USA. It's pretty normal for spring snow in many northern states and in parts of Canada.
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Thegoodboi 2 years ago
I would soooo chain myself to the bed somehow. You did this to yourself mother..
glowworm2 2 years ago
It’s only funny if it doesn’t physically or mentally harm anyone.
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#6
That my parents were married.
truth is my father was, just not to my mother
David 2 years ago
I remember being amused the day I realized I am technically a bastard. My mother was married to my father, but they divorced before I was born. This was not a secret or anything, I'd just never considered the strict definition of the word and it gave me a laugh the day adult me realized that.
#7
That it's not what the outside. It's what's on the inside the counts.
No matter how you cut it pretty people get better chances in life. It doesn't matter what you do if you look like Quasimodo you can put in the most effort on a given task they would rather swing the credit to anyone else.
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
Sometimes. And sometimes the inner ugly comes out and the pretty person is shown to be truly ugly all over.
jmdirks 2 years ago
Its the money not the looks. Even not so pretty people still do allot better with money
Persephone 2 years ago
You can be pretty and horribly taken advantage of too!!! What's inside does count, and being overly empathetic regardless of appearance can still lead you to harm and abuse!!!!
Donquixotl 2 years ago
It's a psychological effect that has been experimented with, very sobering to see, it's called the halo effect. Wikipedia Page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect
Sue 2 years ago (edited)
Yes, but they also get sexually harassed more, people think they're more stupid, guys marry them as trophies until they get tired of them & go on to the next OR try to keep them on a leash. Not me, but watched a beautiful friend get treated like s**t, along with her daughter, because her boyfriend just wanted a pretty girl on his motorcycle. I can look good when I want & not so good when I want. There are upsides & downsides to almost everything.
rob 2 years ago
But you choose your own partner. If you have a partner that treats you poorly you can choose to end that relationship. In addition you can also be ugly and be in a relationship that treats you like s**t. So i don't think this argument makes a lot of sense.
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#8
When I was like 16 I found out that one of my sisters wasn’t actually my sister. She was actually just best friends with my oldest sister growing up, and she lived with my family from when she was like 12 or 13 through 18 (she and my oldest sister are 15 years older than me). Unfortunately her parents wouldn’t sign her over for adoption and didn’t contribute anything for my mom raising her for 6 years.
Weirdest part is that my family is predominantly fair skinned, blonde with blue eyes, but the girl I thought was my sister was traditional mexican with darker skin, dark hair, and brown eyes. My mom was always very tan and had darker hair throughout my childhood so I thought that my other 2 sisters and myself were the odd ones out.
Phoenix the Frog 2 years ago
That is super cute. I thought one of my Tia was my mom's actual sister. I was very confused when her mom visited us and she was not my Oma. Found out she was just my moms best friend
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I’m adopted, and my family is Mexican. EVERY older relative is your Tia/Tio! XD plus close family friends (adults) we’re often respectfully referred to as Tia/Tio as well. So don’t worry, you weren’t dumb or anything, I did the same thing with most of my parents’ friends when I was a kid! XD
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Lil Miss Hobbit 2 years ago
This is actually really cute. Weird that they didn't tell you, but adorable that it never mattered.
Sheila Carty 2 years ago
My dad discovered at 12 that his sister was actually his cousin. I asked why he never questioned that he had two sisters named Helen. He said, “we always used nicknames! I didn’t even know their real names!” 🤣
#9
If you simply put your head down, do what you're told, and work hard, things will work out
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
This is do true. Hard work guarantees nothing. (Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, is the same lie.)
Lena Flising 2 years ago
Pull yourself up by the bootstraps was originally meant as something impossible, something you simply CAN'T do. Then it merged into something you ought to be able to do, similar to some rich people saying they were self-made, but their daddies gave them a fortune to start off with.
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We're told this particular lie so we don't rock the boat and f**k things up for the people our work actually benefits.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
"If you simply put your head down, do what you're told, and work hard, things will work out." This is true. Things will work out - for your boss, the CEO, the stockholders .. just not for you.
Bruce Horton 2 years ago
Nothing wrong with working hard and things might work out if you do. Not putting effort, whatever your passion, business, athletics, art is pretty likely to guarantee a crummy outcome. And yes you may try really hard and not succeed. I was and am a lousy ice hockey player, no matter how hard I try.
Allen Packard 2 years ago
Well. Ok. But I tell my sons this. Hard work and persistence will get you a long way in life. Maybe not everything and all instances, but it will definitely improve your odds.
Persephone 2 years ago
Ha! This is how you get abused! Everytime I "buck up and shut up", rather than progress, I've been taken advantage of by some sort of superior... thanks for the advice older generations.
#10
I had dumped some gasoline in an Arizona tea bottle to get a fire started. My sister seen me pour it on fire and she freaked thinking Arizona ice tea was flammable. I went along with it saying "ya you didn't know that? That's why Its called Arizona because how hot it gets there."
She was 20 yrs old. Around 5 years later we are camping and she says who's got some Arizona I can use to start this campfire. I looked at ther and didn't understand. She explained I told her it's flammable. I had no recollection. She says she has been telling everyone for the last 5 years how bad it is for you and how flammable it is.
Verena 2 years ago
Gasoline in a bottle of something someone might drink? OP is very lucky that his sister or anybody else felt thirsty and grabbed it from him.
A P 2 years ago
Assuming that person had absolutely no sense of smell, maybe
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#11
That acne would only be a problem when i was a teenager
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
Literally was about to type the exact same thing! Also 41 and still get hormonal skin, it never ends!
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Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
As I (59) check the brand new pimple on my nose, I laugh a bitter laugh.
Sparks 2 years ago
The LIES! Matter of fact at age 52 - my acne and Rosacea was so bad on my face I didn't want to leave the house and cried almost non-stop. Finally, I have a new derm and it's better. WOW it was bad.
Nikole 2 years ago (edited)
Ah! I’m 42 and a couple months ago my face got really, really dry and I was constantly breaking out throughout the day (my skin was never like that before). I’m on my second week of doxycycline now and use a prescription rosacea ointment… I’m dreading Monday (the end of my antibiotics) because I feel like everything is just going to start again. Derm appointment isn’t until July :(
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Sami-Jo Ross 2 years ago
I'm 28 and the monthly red wave signals its arrival my turning my face into the Swiss Alps.
#12
"My church isn't a cult."
It was a cult.
C.O. Shea 2 years ago
Joined a church. Figured things out when they got all mad that I wouldn't tithe in legal tender cash. So much for sweat equity. Buhbye.
D Peterson 2 years ago
All religions are cults. Some just aren't as bad as others. I believe that religions were created to keep the masses in line without guns.
Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
The only difference between a church and a cult is the size and / or getting a tax exemption
#13
That a full career and retirement from the US Navy would guarantee me free medical.
Roman Spruce 2 years ago
And as of anyone who joined the military after 2017 in the us, even putting in a full 20 years will no longer get you a pension. Anybody who enlisted before that time if they work 20 years will get a pension, now they're only doing 401K matching and Roth IRA accounts. So now you don't even get a pension for working there longer
CalmAndCollected 2 years ago
Not entirely true... This is a portion of it, but there is still a defined benefit of 40% of your base pay for life when retiring at 20 years. Look up Blended Retirement System for the full information.
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Alun Jones 2 years ago
God bless Merica. Greatest country in the goddam world!! Well apart from the gun crime, murders, religious interference in everything, a way out-of-date constitution and a corrupt healthcare system that only helps those who can afford.....
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
This is appalling. This job demands the ultimate sacrifice. If cops and fire fighters get it, why not the military? I'm wondering if this is classist, racist?
J 2 years ago
Spot on. It absolutely is. The marketing sells it as an alternative to unaffordable university education.
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Seb Benson 2 years ago
I have so much respect and admiration for the people of the US military... I have so much disdain for how the US government treats them.
David 2 years ago
Comments in this post are sad. Sounds like in terms of benefits, things have just kept getting worse since I served in the 80s. Even in peace time it is a job that takes something out of you. Or at least it was for my job. Obviously so much worse for those involved in serious combat.
David 2 years ago
What about them? The military never promised free housing for life. Though for the ex military who are homeless there is probably a case to be made for inadequate mental health care leading to other problems.
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EmbersAreOut 2 years ago
even tho all of this, i still want to join when i am older. to be an aviator has been my dream since i was little.
Vermonta 2 years ago
If you must, Go to the Air Force. It's the safest place to be. They don't have foot soldiers and they'd rather send in a drone. It's also easier to land on the ground than a ship. You have to have a B.A. degree. Oh yeah, you can't quit and you might die.
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I’ll fill up my car with gas before work tomorrow morning.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago (edited)
We all tell ourselves this lie, or else it's, "if I get out a little early today, I'll gas up the car on my way home". NOPE if you get out early, all you want is to get home.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Why do we always do this to ourselves? We know it's a lie, and yet we keep doing it!
#15
Parents love their children equally and unconditionally.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I was the scapegoat. The first thing my family did when I went to college was go out and have family portraits done without me in them and then they gifted them to me for Christmas. These are the only family photos that we ever had
C.O. Shea 2 years ago (edited)
I'm so sorry. I hope you build a wonderful family of choice to replace the abhorrent family of origin. That's what I did. Healthiest thing I've ever done!
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Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
I can confirm that not all parents have favourites and do love their children unconditionally- I adore all 4 of my kids equally, there's nothing they could ever do that would have me turn my back on them. They're the best part of my life and I'll never understand why some parents are so cruel
Annie 1973 2 years ago
I was the black sheep in the family, still am. I grew up being told by my mother that she hated me, that she wished she had an abortion when she found out she was pregnant with me and that I ruined her life by being born. My siblings weren't ever treated badly, just me. That plus the physical violence from her and her not protecting me when her brother r*ped and sodomized me at age 8. Instead she told me that I obviously forced him to do it to me because I was the biggest sl*t in the world. She hated me until she died just before I turned 20. I still feel completely worthless
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 2 years ago
Me too, friend. Just be your own favorite!
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Walter Blaylock 2 years ago
My mother almost died giving birth to me, my dad treated me like c**p for it. My older brother was golden, I overheard my mom forcing him to include me in things growing up. After she died my cousins said I didn't know half the fights they had over his treatment and she almost left him because of it.
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
Nope! Massively overprotective parents for me who watched everything I did and never let me get away with anything. My sister had the exact opposite of it all. They wonder why I work all holidays.
Fester Sixonesixonethree 2 years ago
Shocking but true. It took me (innocent, trusting, gullible) many years to figure out that I was being abused by every single member of my immediate family. I thought it was how families treated each other.
#16
Bullies get bored if you ignore them 🐂💩
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
Lol noooo. Gives them fuel to try harder, or point out that you're trying to ignore them so they'll go away
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
Bullies are such a scourge. Peer pressure and pain is the only way to stop a bully. When my son's first grade class had a terrible bully. The child was sent home from school every day impacting his parents and their work. The bullying stopped in a matter of weeks.
Dekinnis 2 years ago
It worked for me… I mean kicking them in the nuts did help a bit ig.
Load More Replies... Suzy Creamcheese 2 years ago
This is likely not going to go over well with the PC crowd, but nothing discourages a bully quite as effectively as a good, old-fashioned @ss whipping.
Michelle C 2 years ago
Unfortunately, they often go up without boundaries because those caring for them have few or no boundaries and can often be bullies themselves. 💔 It’s truly heartbreaking.
Edgar Rops 2 years ago
Bullies react best to: A. Peer pressure B. Radical alterations to facial geometry.
ROSESARERED 2 years ago (edited)
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.....I remember the names and they hurt after 12 years of being bullied at school, and no friends for half of that, it all hurt, names really stuck and damaged my soul
#17
"When I grow up, I'll always be able to do what I want, when I want" - oh my sweet summer child
Laura Lett 2 years ago
After, utilities, mortgage or rent, cell phone plan, food, basic necessities, I'm barely able to pay attention.
Tony Ventura 2 years ago
I came into this world with nothing. And I still have most of it left.
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
Being free to do something is no guarantee you're going to get to do it.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
The truth is that you might be able to find a way to do any one of the things you want. It's just that you and your life may not survive the consequences.
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
My youngest: When I'm 18, I'll get to do whatever I want when I want it. Me: Mmm. Well, when you learn how to do it, let me know because I still can't do that myself.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
When compared to my childhood, this is true about the grown-up me. My parents were sweet, loving, generous, accepting control freaks.
#18
I had a fraternity brother from NY come to university in Oklahoma. This was before the internet. We told him to be careful of rattlesnakes. We explained what they were. He did NOT believe. So, we took him to the library, pulled the encyclopedia, and showed him. He then asked… what else can kill you in this state.
Without missing a beat, one of our brothers said, “they probably won’t kill you, but you have to watch out for drop cats.” He then went on to tell him how this kind of cat (40 pounders on average) evolved to use the cat trait of landing on their feet to kill their prey. They would climb trees, hanging upside down, then drop, feet down onto their prey. Only defense? An open umbrella. This guy walked to and from every class, on sunny days, not a cloud in the sky, opening his umbrella as he walked under every tree on the campus. Lasted about three weeks.
Laura Lett 2 years ago
I'm in Oklahoma!! We love this kinda prank on people that are from Northern states. It's absolutely funny to watch their faces. Then the realization that it's a prank. One of the few joys I have in my life.
David H 2 years ago
Don't worry we do it to you guys when you come up here
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The Silly Stellar Jay 2 years ago
Too funny. Before I saw your comment I was thinking I would believe this in Australia not being from there. I won't fall for it now though!
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Adam Heath 2 years ago
We do the same thing in Australia but it's Drop Bears, cousins to the Koala but with a bony butt plate that will kill you if they fall on you. Only way to protect yourself is to put Vegemite behind your ears because they hate the smell
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I think the rest of the world is aware of the drop bear joke. You guys need to come up with a new one. And we'll probably believe it because the wildlife in Oz is unique as hell. Someone should create an animal that hides under cars and grabs you by the ankle. :)
Load More Replies... Suzy Creamcheese 2 years ago
Would it be possible to get a truckload of this fine Grade A bullsh!t for my vegetable garden?
Erin Eubanks 2 years ago
Must've heard about the Aussies that told the reporter about drop pandas.
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
This seems fake. I grew up in Ireland without the internet and I knew what rattlesnakes were. Unless this predates all cinema, it seems like somebody's telling porkies
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Or, like a lot of kids their parents told them that movies were made up and not real when the kids were little so they weren't scared. They then took this to mean everything in movies is fake, so assumed rattlesnakes were another "fake move scare".
Load More Replies... Persephone 2 years ago
Drop cat... hahaha! Mine just tries to trip me going down the stairs, but I used to have 1 that would drop out of trees or climb thru our laundry chute to land on heads!
#19
My mom told me when I was 5 and my favourite dog died that it doesn't matter that dogs die, because in 7 years they respawn.
So I was like "oh, fine, see you then bud, I will be older and we will play again".
C.O. Shea 2 years ago
Our culture has failed at death education. It's a massive disservice. A friend's grandfather just died on Monday... right up to the end he was in such massive denial that he refused to allow the defib device in his chest to be "turned off." Result... hospice death at home... his family watched his body defib FIVE times before a nurse could get to the house to deactivate his device. Don't be that guy!
OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago
I was 9 in 1981, when the AIDS crisis hit. My family was the only non-queer family left on our block, in the Castro. The gay Mecca at that time. I grew up with tons of “uncles.” My mom volunteered to take the charge nurse position on the AIDS ward. All positions had to be volunteered for rather than assigned. We kids would volunteer to help with the janitorial work since their union prevented it. From ages 9-17, I experienced more death than you can imagine. My godfathers, neighbors, family friends. In college, I took both death & dying type classes offered. One sociological one anthropological. I have to say that my experiences helped , but those classes and further independent learning has given me a much greater understanding of life and death. These types of classes should be mandatory. We all end up facing our mortality, be it deadly but curable disease or simply when the time comes. Practicing detachment or impermanence is real work. All of us here will be dead in 100 years.
Load More Replies... Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
My parents just had me watch nature docs from a young age. No need to explain death or really go in depth about sex either. See what happened to that zebra? Happens to everyone. Where did those wolf cubs come from? Well, remember all that stuff about "mating"? That's it right there.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I can totally understand trying to help a child cope with death by giving him or her hope for the future, but this definitely is not the best way to do it…
Royal Stray 2 years ago
I don't see how this is different from telling a kid that their dog is in heaven to make the kid less sad, neither is proven to be right or wrong, and reincarnation is a thing in many cultures
Valaun 2 years ago
I agree. The majority of the people on earth believe in something after death. Who's to say this is wrong.
Load More Replies... A P 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, we started my son early. His godmother died when he was too young to understand at all, and my grandmother as well. He's about to turn 4, and we've lost a few of our older cats over the last year, year and a half, and we've made sure he understands, although we do try to soften the blow a bit by telling him they are all in heaven now, and while we won't be able to see them again for a long time, we will get to see them again when it's our time to go. (just realized the massive run-on sentence, apologies for that.)
#20
That my dad moved out and rented a room in the house of a female friend for tax reasons.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I’m not surprised the OP figured out that his or her dad was having an affair. That’s really sad….
Michael Largey 2 years ago
What do they call the tax the government puts on infidelity? Alimony.
#21
If you go to college you'll get a good job and have a nice house. Lying 90s third grade teacher.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
It was that way in the 60s and 70s when those 90s teachers went to school.
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Shannon Donnelly 2 years ago
Just like our teachers told us how we'd never get a job if we couldn't write properly. Granted, this was before texting and the internet. But as a former HS English teacher in my 40s, I'm absolutely disgusted by the pathetic writing skills of most of the the most powerful business owners and top execs on the planet.
D Peterson 2 years ago
It has never been true for the vast majority of people. We were all lied to.
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
Worked for earlier decades. Hell just having a degree in anything got you a job anywhere. Now you need a specific degree and hope to hell you get hired because you've already sold your life to get the degree..
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
Nope. I have a BA from a good uni. Could not get a good job with it in 1973, or even a government job.
Load More Replies... LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago (edited)
I went to college. I have a degree and a career that are polar opposite of each other. My house?...... meh. I bought what was affordable.
Amy Taylor 2 years ago
I went to a trade school and make more money than my sister in law with a masters degree. There are so many great careers out there for people that can’t afford college in the US
Bruce Horton 2 years ago
Wow, you were ahead of your time planning for college education at 8 years old.
#22
That you need a license for children’s parties. That was the reason why I never had a party when I was little growing up. You need to get a license from the post office, but there’s only a certain amount of licenses available for that area.
Laura Lett 2 years ago
My oldest brother is six years older than I am . We have the same birth month,one week apart. So all the birthday parties, were joint parties .Nothing elaborate,just family and one friend apiece. We made it work.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
That's so mean. I hope they still had a birthday celebration of not a party. Like able to invite a friend to do something special. Bet the mother never took the kid to the post office in case they blurt out "got any birthday party licenses left???"
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
And yet, it might still be out of someone's budget.
Load More Replies... tabithapaquette98 2 years ago
You have terrible parents. Evil. I'm so sorry. We were very poor growing up, but we always had a birthday party and my mom would make cupcakes for my class.
Suna Amun 2 years ago
Now that's actually heinous. I bet you guys don't talk much.
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#23
My dad got sick of having to listen to the kids shows I watched as a child, so he told me that the Power Rangers and Barney The Dinosaur died in the car crash with Princess Diana; so I couldn't watch them anymore. I didn't actually question it until I was quite old, embarrassingly.
AJJ 2 years ago
If my toddler asks to watch something, ususally baby shark, and it's close to bedtime or he has already had enough screen time for the day, we tell him baby shark is sleeping.
A gay cat man 2 years ago
this is okay, in my opinion. he's just sleeping. sharks need their rest
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Ian Reynolds 2 years ago
I regularly tell my 4 year old daughter that YouTube or Cocomelon is not working, I can't bare the constant rubbish that she watches on YouTube, but luckily Disney+ is working so we can watch Big City Greens.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Losing Diana was a great loss to the world. But if she had taken Barney with her, ...
#24
When I was very young we had a pet hamster. He got out of his cage, so my dad put the cage in the basement thinking he might get hungry and get back in.
One morning I woke up and there was the hamster in his cage in the usual place. I asked my mom how they found him and she told me she opened the door to the cellar and there he was dragging his cage back upstairs.
It wasn't until I was a teenager and remembered the exchange that it occurred to me she obviously made that up.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I have a relative who had something similar happen. She thought she and her family only had three hamsters in the six years she and her family kept them; nope!! They had actually had five. Her family was able to get away with covering up two of the deaths and replacing the hamsters almost immediately after the first got out of his cage and got stuck between a refrigerator and a wall trying to find his way back to it. That poor critter chewed on a wire and insulation which killed him. One of her parents discovered the poor creature behind the refrigerator. He was buried secretly and replaced almost immediately. His successor died of natural causes. The third died of the somewhat common disease “wet tail” and was also replaced almost immediately. His successor also died of wet tail or natural causes, if I remember correctly. The fifth and final hamster died of old age. My relative only found out the truth when she was in college and she was not happy!
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
Ok, confession time- we had gerbils when I young- under 5 yrs. old. We were renovating our basement to make a "mother-in-law apartment" and part of the floor had been taken up. I thought the gerbils wanted to play in the maze the floorboards made so I put them down there. I kept waiting for them to come back so i could put them away and they never came back. I didn't figure out why until years later.
Persephone 2 years ago
Omg my mom pulled this same b.s. on me with an Anole lizard... "oh honey, he escaped, and must have been living off of bugs and water drops in the basement " just explain death to your kids FFS!!!!
#25
The American dream.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I feel millennials got screwed the worst. We had idyllic innocent childhoods for the most part and grew up to hell on earth. I truly believed my life would be like a full house episode but with my family fully intact. How wrong wrong wrong I was
madbakes 2 years ago
As a millennial, I do feel like I was tricked. Through college I was told my degree would be useful in so many fields because of my skills in writing and critical thinking (History with minors in English and philosophy). I graduated in 2009, so not a great time for the economy. With my student loans, despite the course I had to take to get them, I still never knew what a monthly payment would be for the amount borrowed, nor the average pay for my degree. That would have been very helpful for a lot of students to properly plan. My parents were involved and good with finances, but neither went to college. They also didn't have to take out loans for my older siblings because college was cheaper before I went. They went over everything with me, but they really didn't know these things either.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
"The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
Erin Eubanks 2 years ago
Gen X here 🙋 were not doing so great ourselves. Living paycheck to paycheck. Nothing left for savings. A lot of people I know do not own homes. Let's not even bring up how we were raised...
Unpopular opinions 2 years ago
I grew up extremely poor, never went to college, I just worked my a*s off in construction until I knew enough to start my own company. I lived within my means, never had a credit card or car payment, the only loan I ever took was to buy my first condo at 22, which I paid off in under 5 years. I sacrificed early on so now I can live an extremely comfortable life. My wife has never had to work & we have a son. I’m here to tell you that for a fact the American dream is real & can be achieved through hard work. By the way I’m a millennial.
BJ Hage 2 years ago
Lived within your means? Indeed. It may not solve every problem but it's a start!!!
Load More Replies... Bruce Horton 2 years ago
A new record for BP, it's been 15 days since the last "the U.S. is a dystopian nightmare" post. It's not perfect, nowhere is, but it's pretty good. No I'm not an American.
El Dee 2 years ago
I have heard this phrase often but, not being American, have no idea what it means..
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
It means poor people vote Republican because some day, they too will be rich.
Load More Replies... Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
The 'American Dream' is a dream in the same ways that a Nightmare is a dream.
#26
"The Tinder account was just a shared account for joking around with my friends. I never even logged in on my own".
It was in fact his account which he had been using during the last three months of our relationship. And yes, I knew how unbelievable that sounds but I refused to believe that the man I trusted so much would ever do this to me.
ArodTheHorrible 2 years ago
There are def better ways to "joke around with your friends". What an twat-basket
Best Behave 2 years ago
Believing something that someone you loved told you is not wrong. Deceit is at the door of the deceiver
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
Exactly. It hurts when someone you love lies to you, but it's not a reflection of how gullible or naive you are, just a reflection of what an asshat the other person is. It took me a lot of time and therapy to get this fixed in my head. It hurts to realize you're so wrong about someone.
Load More Replies... Amy Taylor 2 years ago
My friend was on Tinder and she sent me a screenshot of a close friend of mine she matched with. He’s married with 2 kids 🤦🏻♀️ I confronted him and he gave me a similar excuse.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I have never used websites like that and I never will. Now I’m really glad I don’t because this is just one more reason not to use them. I hope the OP found healing.
#27
That carrots improved nightvision. Damn brits and trying to hide radar use.
Commander Ducky 2 years ago
I was always upset that carrots supposedly gave you night vision as a kid because I'm allergic to carrots lmao
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Julie Snelling 2 years ago
Carrots are full of vitamin A which is good for your eyesight, so not a complete fabrication.
Joelle Jansen 2 years ago (edited)
Technically, vitamin A is good for eyesight in the way that not having enough vitamin A is *bad* for your eyesight. An early sign of vitamin A deficiency is night blindness, and prolonged and severe deficiency can render you blind. Supplementing vitamin A can fix those things, but only because you were deficient in the first place.
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Best Behave 2 years ago
I say chaps, the Yanks are on to us. We need to think up another wheeze.
Michelle C 2 years ago
This is actually partly true. Carrots do contain vitamin A and lutein, which are both good for vision support!
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
Yeah, my grandmother and my aunts loved telling me this. I love carrots but my vision has always been bad and never improved. Given how blind I am, it honestly does get to me a bit.
#28
Our family were poor and lived in a house where the ceiling plaster had bowed so much that it bowed down, bulging out.
My dad told me that there was a World War II bomb buried in the ceiling. Believed it for years, absolutely terrified the entire time.
#29
"It will stay just between us"
Laura Lett 2 years ago
I wouldn't do that,if I were you. Then who would trust you later?!
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Helena 2 years ago
Even if they never intentionally tell a secret, if you spend 20 min talking about something with a 2 second disclaimer of 'don't tell anyone', they are highly unlikely to remember in a few weeks/months that it was supposed to be a secret. Unless it is obvious subject matter like you murdered someone.
thatbisexualtacocat 2 years ago
I can keep secrets because I will be pissed if you tell my secret. Treat others the way you wanna be treated
#30
That I won't have a calculator wherever I go. 😂😂😂 When I was in school, I used to believe that I needed to memorize all the math formulas and multiplication tables because I wouldn't have access to a calculator wherever I go. However, with the advancement of technology, I now carry a calculator with me all the time, in the form of a smartphone or a smartwatch. So, that belief turned out to be a big lie.
David 2 years ago
Exactly. People take old sayings and mock them as absurd when in reality they are just dated.
Load More Replies... Midoribird Aoi 2 years ago
Learn it anyway. If humanity had to start over, you had better believe that it is those who can handle manual stuff that will have a major edge in planning than some corporate CEO who has never done more than paper push in his life and let the maids do the work and the nanny raise the kids.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Memorizing a formula is not always important. But knowing there is one and where to find it is. You can't use tools that you don't know exist. (And the best way to remember a formula is to understand why it's true.)
Bruce Horton 2 years ago (edited)
I've seen store clerks struggle to figure out change from a ten dollar bill and get totally flummoxed if I give them 10.30 for an item costing 9.30, huh? Learn arithmetic kids.
Edgar Rops 2 years ago
While it is a silly thing to say presently, doing without a calculator is a good skill to have not because you may find yourself without the calculator handy, but because it is a useful skill in general.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I grew up on log tables and slide rules, so I always have them in my back pocket if I need to do a quick calculation
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
What if your phone dies or you leave it at home? That happened to me and I had to resort to doing addition sums on the back of the restaurant bill.
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
Life is so much harder if you don't know your multiplication tables.
Michelle C 2 years ago
Eh, it’s still true. I have worked in schools were much younger. Students are not allowed to use calculators because they obviously need to learn to do mental math first.
#31
I lived my entire life genuinely believing my childhood home was built by little people because the attic crawlspace is unbearably low. Turns out yeah they were a little below average height but not literal dwarves. Just about everyone I know has laughed at me. I really am a clown. Honk.
#32
Outside of dumb lies your parents tell you as kids, my friend who worked at a gas station with a big food station that has some ground beef items told me they use kangaroo meat for their ground beef because it was cheaper than cow.
I am gullible with my friends.
J 2 years ago
Fun Fact: Australia is the only nation that eats its national animals.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
There was a meat substitution scandal some years ago (beef for export from Australia swapped with kangaroo). I remember US chat show guys joking that they thought something was wrong when their hamburger hopped off the plate.
Firefoxy3121 2 years ago
Australia being one of the only countries to eat their national animals :D
Best Behave 2 years ago
I suspect that is not far from the truth. We’ve had a number of similar scandals in UK/Europe over recent years. I’d find it very hard to believe that the meat industry is only corrupt over here
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
And roosters, our national animal. "Coq au vin" yumm
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When I was a kid my cousin convinced me for like an hour that her mom had won the lottery. I can still feel the loss of millions of dollars two decades later and that s**t hurts bro. WHY JESSICA, WHY!
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Better than those gag videos people used to tape of the previous days lotto numbers and then buy the same numbers and trick someone in their family that they really won the lottery.
Suzy Creamcheese 2 years ago
People who are comfortably well off will never understand how unfunny that "joke" is to someone who isn't.
#34
The microwave will explode if I put my face too close to it while it’s heating food.
StitchIsCuteAndFluffy 2 years ago
Neither. Microwaves have low level radiation, so most people believe it will give you cancer. I suppose that’s a possibility if you are standing extremely close to it every single time you use it. But you also get skin cancer when you get too sunburnt at times, and most people ignore that, so…
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ObsidianAce_ 2 years ago
I thought I would get cancer. Not sure how I deduced that, given I don’t remember anyone specifically telling me that.
#35
About a year into our relationship, my ex told me that she wasn't attracted to me when we started dating, but she went along with me courting her because she didn't want people to keep teasing her for being a virgin. She supposedly fell in love after a short while, but it's hard to know how much of anything she said is true after hearing that
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
You don't have to be attracted to someone to fall in love with them.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
Attraction might be instantaneous but it can be short-lived. Love develops and grows over time and can augment attraction. Maybe she's just one of those people who are attracted to more than someone's physical attributes.
Best Behave 2 years ago
I think you can take this at face value. If you really can’t fit whatever reason I’d reevaluate why you’re with her
#36
Half Life 3 being released..... someday. *cries in never*
that weird wallflower is demi 2 years ago
Everyone has things they enjoy doing, no one's hobbies are stupid, at least not to them >:(
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Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
Janice Ian wrote a song called "At Seventeen" years ago which seems on point with this kind of stuff.
Best Behave 2 years ago (edited)
I love that song. Lyrical poetry with a narrative of bitter regret and unfulfilled youth. The delivery is beautiful. I’ve love it since I can remember, they played it often on radio 2
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Rosie 2 years ago
Not a "lie" since I wasn't ever told this, but every birthday I had it was just my family (grandma, mom & her siblings, 1 cousin) & me. We had cake & soda, sometimes ice cream. Last minute, someone would run out & gather a bunch of kids from a little "patio" in the block (think of it as a mini-slum, very poor people). Everyone would get a treat, sing happy birthday, pose for a pic & leave. I was a teen before I realized normal people invited their own friends & classmates to their birthday parties. I was not allowed to have anyone over or go to anyone's place. It was a sad pleasure to burn those old pics.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
When I was about five, my dad told me that putting a banana in your ear kept the crocodiles away. I had one in my ear for about a half hour, then said it doesn't work. My dad asked me if I saw any crocodiles. He neglected to mention that there are none in our state.
Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
Janice Ian wrote a song called "At Seventeen" years ago which seems on point with this kind of stuff.
Best Behave 2 years ago (edited)
I love that song. Lyrical poetry with a narrative of bitter regret and unfulfilled youth. The delivery is beautiful. I’ve love it since I can remember, they played it often on radio 2
Load More Replies... Rosie 2 years ago
Not a "lie" since I wasn't ever told this, but every birthday I had it was just my family (grandma, mom & her siblings, 1 cousin) & me. We had cake & soda, sometimes ice cream. Last minute, someone would run out & gather a bunch of kids from a little "patio" in the block (think of it as a mini-slum, very poor people). Everyone would get a treat, sing happy birthday, pose for a pic & leave. I was a teen before I realized normal people invited their own friends & classmates to their birthday parties. I was not allowed to have anyone over or go to anyone's place. It was a sad pleasure to burn those old pics.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
When I was about five, my dad told me that putting a banana in your ear kept the crocodiles away. I had one in my ear for about a half hour, then said it doesn't work. My dad asked me if I saw any crocodiles. He neglected to mention that there are none in our state.
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