40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread

I wish I could upvote this more than once! AUTISM IS A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION DETERMINED BEFORE BIRTH, TYPICALLY CAUSED BY GENETIC FACTORS

Trickle down is just a lie to justify big tax cuts for the rich to "pay back" big coproration donors. GOP loves that excuse and their brain dead voters believe each c**p they get told.

There are dozens of hot singles (true) in my area (not as true) just dying (possibly) to meet me (flat out lie)

There was a letter on ask a manager of a woman who threw their padding at a colleague after a mastectomy when those nasty potstirrers claimed she couldn't have cancer because she didn't look sick enough. It's ridiculous how cruel some people can be if you don't fit in their expectations.

This... is the only one that isn't a myth. C'mon, we all know deep down it's true.

My cat disagrees. She also said to write that she would eat the fish. (I told her that has nothing to do with the post, but she's very bossy and demanded I write it anyway.)

Amen. Lots of hate, wars and discrimination because you aren't with the right group. Such BS. Treat everyone with kindness. If they can't reciprocate, move on.

It's Nestle - they're completely evil and probably did it on purpose.

When that first started, some guy tried it on my wife at a pub and she told him I was an Omega male. He stood there having no idea what Omega meant so she said "He'll be the f*****g end of you". (Nobody clapped or bought us free drinks all night but he did walk away looking like a wet, beaten dog)

The late Roy Sullivan, a Canadian farmer, held and still holds the world record for the most lightning strikes experienced during one’s lifetime: he got hit by lightning seven times over the course of his life.

It's all based on very inaccurate readings from the very first brain scan machines. Even today the readings we get are far from perfect and while we know much more about the brain, there's still a ton more to discover and lots we cannot explain at all

I have to admit, I've met many a person who... if they were using most of their brain, certainly came across as if 10% was more likely. And shifting gear to 20% might make their head explode!

A myth perpetuated by people who only use 10% of their brains.

Hear me out, I do think this is true, though in a different context. The neurotypical average human brain has a huge capacity for learning and committing knowledge to memory. Sadly there are too many people who don't use this capacity for learning and knowledge for the benefit of themselves or others to the point we have people believing wholeheartedly that the earth is flat and that vaccines cause autism.

Some use 0%

Yes it should be "Some Humans only use 10% "

SOME PEOPLE I KNOW CERTAINLY use only 10% of their brains. :D

I think it depends on the person using said brain at any given time.

It just seems that way with some people.

I see what you did there at the end.

"good thing he had a stroke in the 90% of the brain we don't use" said no doctor ever.

To me it would make sense if it were only 10% of the brain does the thinking

We use ten percent of the estimated total processing power of our brains, not just ten percent of the total mass. Common misinterpretation of the science.

There was a whole anime based on this idea, which still makes me laugh. I can't remember its name though.

Its a misunderstanding of the basic premise: you use 100% of your brain, but only about 10% is active at any one given moment. Kinda like how on a piano you only use so many notes at a time. If you mash em all at once it makes a terrible racket. You dont need to use 100% of your brain all at once,it would be chaos...

I love how this was written, clearly by someone using more than 10% of their brain.

Oh I dunno, some people don’t seem to use their brains at all these days…

It might also be true in a sense, but the implied message totally nonsense. I mean, if I use my arm to grab a pot from the shelf, most of my body isn't being used. "Most people only use 20% of their body! (to grab something)" is then technically true, but you won't get more efficient by trying to involve your toes in the action. Our brains too are going to have parts that are only used for certain things, but are needed for them even if they might be "dormant" at that particular instance.

it might b true these days considering how many idiots r in the world but for everyone who has common sense and is properly educated on life its a myth. worst part is a good portion of the idiots can b anyone from country official to dumb teenager. u can b well educated on life but if u dont have common sense that educated part of u goes right out the window and vice versa. i hate seeing intellegent kids with bright futures then find out they think dangerous tiktok challenges r perfectly safe and harmless. my view on their intellegence goes right out the window at that point. same goes for ppl who r top officials trump with his twitter and biden seeming like he has dementia half the time. and dont forget the skeletons in the closets of govenors. all bc common sense isnt there. i stopped paying attention to trends and politics a long time ago bc i noticed that the lack of common sense and education was getting stronger. whether everything u do is being watched by the public or ur an average person more then 10% of ur brain needs to b used. if it was only 10% being used everyone would b like the idiots of the world. works of art, scientific breakthroughs, amazing literature etc cant b made with just 10% of the brain.

There are some who use less than 10% as well.

Clearly someone was only using 10 percent of their 🧠 brain when telling this fact 🙄 ...... lol 😆

I use 1% of mine.

I know people who dont even use that much

I can't shake the belief that for some people, using 10% of their brain actually would be an improvement...

It just doesn't make any logical sense in the first place.

This is true because millions of $#it for brains worldwide operate on much less.

The sound of my snoring ensures there are no spiders within 25 yards of our house.

Bad things mostly happens to good people, and basically Life is unfair. Sometimes we have to prepare for the storm!!!

I used to be a games tester. Sounds a lot better than it was - my job was to check new updates still let old games work, so I just tested each game for an hour, week in week out. When you consider some of the nonsense that gets released (Barbie and Bratz are two games that stick with me), it stops looking quite as fun. Wasn't a bad job by any means, but it wasn't non-stop decent gaming. Christmas parties were awesome, though; cheers Sony!

B-But the penis enlargement pills thing is real right?... ...right?

I'd rather my inheritances be given out discreetly. I know too many people on my mom's side who are vindictive, scheming, entitled and will try to rob my beneficiaries of their rightfully given estates.

making money is literally their job, like any business. Their purpose is to make money by selling you products and services. CocaCola is in the money making for their shareholder business, selling beverages is how they do that. This is pretty common knowledge

Polygraph are good for one thing: finding an innocent person guilty

It's a common misconception all over the globe.

In Germany at the time they used a 5-1 GPA system where 5 was the lowest and 1.0 was the highest, Einstein had a 1.05, putting him in the top 1/1000th percentile in Germany at the time. Journalists used to the British 0-4 or 0-5 where 4 or 5 is the highest (like what we use in the US, Canada, etc) saw a 1.05 and not realizing it was a different system, just assumed he failed, when he was near perfection

This one is DANGEROUS- the odds of someone who’s been kidnapped surviving decrease exponentially after the first 16-24 hours, I believe

Just drink water, that's the best detox.

MSG= Make S**t Good (let's not forget there are naturally occurring glutamates in SO MANY FOODS)

If you don't press them, the lights never turn red..its always green, its chaos, cars run into cars, people get hurt, the rapture begins...press....the...button

Great for checking out the bodywork of the second-hand car you’re about to buy, though.

It’s one of those things where it’s very rare, but HAS happened, so it’s worth checking to be sure. Although, I did get a rice krispy treat with “choose god” on it once.

I could think of a million reasons why it would not work, but it sounds like the plot of a movie I would watch.

In France, we call these eyebrows a ''seagull''

Okay this is partially true. If the gum stayed in your system, it would take 7 years for it to be digested into the body. However, it just stays in it's gummy form and follows the rest of the waste out the back door.

This one includes an extra myth - that you can’t tone a fatty area. You cannot target fat loss, but you CAN build muscle and tighten muscle. As the muscle grows, there’s more surface area for the fat and that in turn can give the illusion of fat loss. For the example of crunches - if your core is weak, then strengthening can give an improved appearance by: tightening internal corset and promoting better posture. However, true abs are made in the kitchen in conjunction with an appropriate training plan.