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Words being able to affect a person physically is an old, yet effective literary tool solely used in fiction. We all know it doesn’t actually cause physical pain, but drama!
But words can actually cause physical pain to a person, if it’s the right combination of them, of course. And the combination has to be a particular shade of stupid—so stupid, in fact, that it makes you put your hand on your face, which is the universal sign of “please reconsider many things in your life”.
What makes it even worse is not the stupid thing someone said, but a person actually believing the stupid thing that was said. And there is actually now a very appropriate list for that, because entertainment!
Bored Panda collected the best responses to an AskReddit post asking folks to share the dumbest things people actually thought were real, and put them into a neat little list below. And by this point you know what to do, so do it, and enjoy it.
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#1
I was told a great story by a friend who attended a town meeting addressing the locals 5G mast concerns.
In attendance was a representative from the network company.
A selection of people were permitted to take the mic and rant for hours about how they'd all been getting headaches, feeling more low than usual, flowers had been wilting, their dog wasn't himself, all manner of things blamed on 5G.
Several hours later after everyone had their say and the crowd of hundreds had been whipped into a fever the company representative had his turn to speak and simply said "thank you everyone for your comments but we haven't turned it on yet."
Pink Taco Eater 3 years ago
I work with a guy who believes that 5G towers were spreading coronavirus per the government. I had a good laugh at that.
Jp@nda 3 years ago
Those people can be dangerous, i wouldn't laugh thoe hard, you'll be one of the first people on his list
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Lyrica Melody 3 years ago
Yeah, I've heard half a dozen variations of this, going back decades -- high power electric lines, windmills, cell phone towers, and now 5G. There have been only a couple cases that I ever saw actual proof such a meeting happened; so unless there are some specifics named I'll call this an urban legend.
Jenn C 3 years ago
In 1912 people thought the Spanish Flu was spread by telegraph wires.
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Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
That picture make me think it is about to get shot by rebels on Hoth.
Another Fool on the Hill 3 years ago
I don't believe that this story is true. This kind of story is spread since the first days of mobile communication...
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#2
That everyones opinion has to carry the same weight as the one of someone who is proficient on a field and has dedicated hundreds of hours to obtain it.
Rachel Ainsworth 3 years ago
The real problem is people who have got real qualifications but use these to promote viewpoints with little substantiating evidence in order to become famous and make money. The difficulty is how to reduce the influence of these people without impacting real scientific debate where "out there" theories can eventually be proven to be true, for example heliobacter pylori causing stomach cancer.
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Ephemeral Mochi 3 years ago
Might get downvoted but I think the term 'opinion' should be for stuff like "chocolate tastes good" or "this shirt is comfy"
Monday 3 years ago
Exactly. "Is this painting pretty?" is a question that will have many valid answers. "Will this vaccine give me autism?" is a question that has one valid answer.
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BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
This is a big reason a big chunk of the American public thinks climate change is fake. Having 1 climate scientist and 1 denyer make it seem like both viewpoints are valid and equally supported
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Far better is Vicky Patterson's remark "Opinions are like orgasms: I only care about mine."
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago (edited)
Also see flat Earters. Has a scientist spent his career studying gravity, geology or space? Here comes a complete dunce claiming he knows better because he watched some charlatans YouTube channel.
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
Esther is self-conscious enough, she doesn’t need this.
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Ed Brandon 3 years ago
Love how the editor doing this article just googled "person in field" to illustrate this one, and was apparently satisfied with this result.
Ela 3 years ago
Hey, I'm satisfied with the result. I couldn't see how it related in any way, but the girl is gorgeous!
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Gordan Blažević 3 years ago
Exactly. Having an "opinion" and having an opinion that has any weight and is worth having are two completely different things...Having a specific opinion without being an expert in that field is completely worthless and useless...
#3
AlbionRemainsXIV said:
Trickle-down economics.
Ultima_RatioRegum elaborated:
If you were told this in a vacuum without any knowledge of the outside world, then it may seem to make logical sense. However, I don't think this is one of those beliefs that people have due to stupidity. The reason many people believe this is due to a multi-decade misinformation campaign waged by the owning class against the working class (and by working class, I mean anyone whose primary source of income is wage labor, from tradespeople to rocket scientists).
Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
This should be number 1 on the list. It’s how politicians dupe people into voting for them - just so the can continue to make themselves and the so/called “elite” richer, while driving everyone else into poverty.
Vidas Zlioba 3 years ago
Came to see how many people believe in zero-sum economics, and left satisfied. "But he got some so there was none left for me!" hahaha
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Gabby Ghoul 3 years ago
Trickle down economics: giving more food to the overfed and telling the hungry more crumbs will fall off the table.
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
I heard trickle down economics explains well on the radio the other day. Guy said it's like a bath. Rich people fill their bath until it over flows, and what spills out is for the rest of us. He also said, a rich person whose bath over flows, will likely get a bigger bath.
Michael Largey 3 years ago (edited)
To me it's even worse than that. Here's my definition. A rich man and a poor man are trying to cross the desert but have only one canteen of water. The rich man drinks the entire canteen himself and says to the poor man "You can have yours when it trickles down." That's the moral mechanics of trickle down economics.
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Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
It does work, we just keep imagining the whole structure upside-down! The poor are at the top, the value of their labor "trickles down" into the offshore tax havens of the ultra-wealthy!
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
Right? If you're a normal, working class person, it sounds so logical! Help people get rich and then they'll spend more money and pay better wages and it'll be good for everyone! Except that the ultra rich are consumed by fear that they won't be rich anymore, and spend as little money as possible so they can continue hoarding more money.
sofacushionfort 3 years ago
It was always a bad faith argument: supposedly to counter state-run economies, creating a false dichotomy “plutocrats or bureaucrats: take your pick.” No option for everyone to each have a little slice of capital themself, instead of their own personal sink of debt as we have now.
#4
TheOvercookedFlyer said:
That the earth is flat.
hard_baroquer explained
Adam Savage did a TED talk that not only did the ancient Greeks (and I'm sure many other societies at the time) realize the earth was spherical, but they also calculated the diameter to a small percentage point. All they needed was shadows at noon at two points, and trigonometry.
So with that much history going so far back, it's so crazy idiotic that people would disregard that knowledge.
Libstak 3 years ago
Except here in Australia apparently because we do not really exist. Just a myth. Brought to you live from the ether down under.
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SirWriteALot 3 years ago
I honestly think that flat earthers are just part of an elaborate joke.
Kenneth McCartney 3 years ago
Anyone who thinks the Earth is flat cannot understand trigonometry to begin with.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
The Victorians started this nonsense. Ancient Babylonians knew the Earth was round, thousands of years before the birth of Christ. The clue is the round shadow it casts on the moon.
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
I can't help but think that most flat earthers know better but just like p**s people off. It's working.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
My very first science lecture at uni included an explanation that back in history people did know the Earth was a sphere.
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
A d for any flerf doubters of the two sticks calculation just add one ore more extra sticks and IF you do the math you find earth can't possibly be flat. Plenty of people have done it synchronised over the Internet.
#5
That thousands of people coordinated, in several different states, to steal an election and left no evidence.
Tamra 3 years ago
And a former president who is still, to this day, whining about the loss at every available opportunity. Pathetic.
The_Bipolar_Express_1225 3 years ago
And yet, his supporters still will do anything to defend him, despite his obvious… flaws, for lack of a more appropriate word.
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SparkleFarts 3 years ago
Funny part is that the Justice Department actually HAS found evidence of voter fraud and ballot tampering in the 2020 election. Just not by the Dems, but by Trumps cohorts lol
Rachel Ainsworth 3 years ago
And the russians have been shown to have made a coordinated effort to influence elections but for some reason that is less important than a handfull of people who were proven to have voted when they were not allowed to?
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Mirt 3 years ago
Trump is like a big baby who has always gotten his way and then when he doesn't he will throw a temper tantrum. Problem is that his whining has put so many people at risk and cost them their lives...capital riot as example. I really wish he would have taken his own advice and injected bleach.
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
People talk too much to be able to coordinate and keep a conspiracy silent.
Tina Girard 3 years ago
THIS! And just because people couldn't believe their boy lost because everybody THEY talked to voted the same way THEY did. There is a simple explanation for that of course - they only talk to people who agree with them.
Manny_Flawz 3 years ago
My favorite explanation was that Obama conspired with a secret Italian Military force to change votes using special spy satellites. Just wow
Randolph Croft 3 years ago
The idea that 10's of Thousands of people can collude and scheme to do ANYTHING and keep it 'secret' so successfully is preposterous. Two people can keep a secret - if one of them dies.
E Rutherford 3 years ago
Interesting that there were 1,182 convictions of voter fraud that came from the 2020 election.
Gordan Blažević 3 years ago
And all conspiracy theories as such...all of them assume enormous number or people perfectly coordinated and keeping complete secrecy, which is literally impossible to achieve even on purpose on much smaller level...
#6
That animals don’t feel emotions.
There are going to be people who reply to this comment that *still* insist animals don’t have emotions.
K- THULU 3 years ago
Tell that to my very grumpy cat, who is annoyed that he can't sit in my lap......
Telepathetic 3 years ago
Or the dog who wags his tail til his butt falls off he's so happy you're home
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IamMe 3 years ago
Not only do animals have emotions, but I think sometimes, they're better at reading emotions in others than people are. Like, if you are sad in a room with a human and a dog, who's going to offer comfort first?
Michael Largey 3 years ago
And what is one thing we say about some one who's completely controlled by his emotions? - "He's a real animal."
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Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Bouche deliberately dropped a mouse in the tub while I was bathing yesterday. She got mad at me because the tub had water in it, and she couldn't get her mouse back. As I had taken all her toys out of the tub so I could bathe, she was surrounded by mice she could get to without getting wet, but they weren't THAT toy. Did I mention that she deliberately dropped the toy in the tub, even knowing it was wet? I'm a horrible human, and her anger was completely justified. I shouldn't bathe in her giant porcelain toy box.
TheEndIsNigh🇨🇦and🇬🇧in🇺🇲 3 years ago
Tell that to our dog, Hedwig, who constantly rolls his eyes at us as a daily affirmation of his righteous superiority
Cara G 3 years ago
Nikola (10 yo Cockerpoo) has been nursing a shoulder injury this summer and has been on strict rest. Yesterday I decided we could play his best game that we invented called "Fetch the Ball". He was smiling not just with his mouth but his eyes too after weeks of SAD EYES. My other dog, Gloria (Greyhound mix) who lives with my parents loses her goddamn mind when I come over. Squeals, nay SCREAMS with happiness and pulls her lips into an actual visible smile. If she could produce tears, she would. If you think animals lack emotions, you're talking to the wrong animals.
Mario Strada 3 years ago
My cat pouts. He will face the corner and look the other way if I talk to him.
Bonesko 3 years ago (edited)
They do. Today, I slept through my alarms to feed my cat this morning and she is f**king pissed! I'm scared.
Jodi Rinker 3 years ago
i hate that people think my tetra fish don't/cant have personalities. they most definitely do!
Jenn C 3 years ago
My Betta will flare his fins ang gills, and swim around the tank excitedly when I feed him.
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Allison B 3 years ago
I've always thought that animal's emotions just aren't as complex as humans but then I've never had a pet. Can any pet owners please let me know if I'm right or wring? I'm genuinely curious and hope I don't seem offensive!
Kati H 3 years ago
I think it depends on what is considered as complex. My old cat loved when I went to visit my parents and I took her with me. After those trips she would groom me more than usual. If I had to go on some other trip without her, I would leave her with my parents. According to my parents, she was completely normal while I was away but when I came back to get her, she would pout. She basically came to me to get pets but immediately when I was almost petting her, she would get up and walk with her tail straight up in the air to either one of my parents purring like mad, then checked if I was still watching and got all the pets from my parents. She did this for a few days until I got to actually pet her. This happened every time I had to leave her behind for almost 15 years.
Load More Replies... Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
What a bunch of hogwash. You can see the expressions change especially on dogs when they're happy or curious or mean. The expressions on dogs' faces when they've been mistreated then adopted and played with and fed!
#7
I used to work as a paralegal and had to fight with Social Security when they accused my clients of fraud. Got on a call with an agent who insisted my client was faking the disability her daughter had. The daughter died of the disability and it says it on the death certificate. The agent told me it wasn't enough proof.
alias D. 3 years ago
How the f**k is there no proof how can a death certificate be f***ing not enough do you need a body to be exhumed do you need to be slapped with her corpse no you don’t you’re just being a little b***h about it(i’m sorry if that triggered anyone but please don’t downvote me downvote does not equal your lack of appreciation it equals me getting banned)
Tina Girard 3 years ago
When it comes to federal agencies who pay out, the front line will always reject it in hopes you'll give up. When it goes before a judge or other deciding authority, the person usually gets what they asked for. For instance, when my sister was dying of cancer, impending death was not a good enough reason to get disability..
Stacey Rae 3 years ago
My dad used to say, 'the squeaky wheel gets the oil'
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Cathelijne Van 3 years ago (edited)
My sister in law was in court with social services as they wouldn't pay her because the said she faking/could still work. She had an independent company do a health check, their conclusion; we do not know exactly what is wrong but this is legit. Social services says yes we use this company as well but this time we do not accept the outcome. Half year later she died of cervical cancer. A few months before she died she said 'if I was born later, I wouldn't have to die, because I would have been vaccinated' 😢😭 (this was 2011 when the vaccine for hpv was just developed). Get your girls vaccinated please!
FABULOUS1 3 years ago
It took years for us to get the social security admin to approve social security disability for my daughter who has down syndrome, middle mental retardation and other issues. Even also saying that they need more proof, I guess all the test and documents from doctors was not enough.
Jack Baumel 3 years ago
Don't blame it on the agency. I was a high level manager. Even though claims examiners had to have the equivalent of a 4 year degree, in any high volume operation, you are going to have your share of idiots and oddball zealots.
Jose Carlo 3 years ago
There is ALWAYS someone in ANY government agency that may have a below average IQ!
Ela 3 years ago
Yeah, my dad, with a traumatic brain injury, barely managed to navigate the application process. The appeals process, and it's various deadlines, proved insurmountable.
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The BBC Spaghetti-Tree Hoax of April 1, 1957.
Writer's Note:
This was a BBC broadcast for April Fools' showing a family in Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from a tree. Back then, spaghetti as a product was not all that known in the UK, hence all the calls the station got for advice on growing spaghetti, completely oblivious to the fact that it's actually made from wheat flour and water.
Allison B 3 years ago
Why do I find this one almost cute? The others so far are horrible, but this one doesn't seem to have hurt anyone and just seems to be a harmless joke
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
The best thing was, it was presented by TV royalty (almost on a level with David Attenborough) so everyone believed it
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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
I remember one in the U.S. about the best time to harvest sweet pickles from your sweet pickle trees.
Linda Mermaid 3 years ago
I remember seeing this when I was very small. I thought it was weird even then.
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
I have a question about they picture. Is this a stock photo and if so how and why does it exist? Do stock photo companies go this far to cover all instances?
Timbob 3 years ago
If it was “shown”on the BBC, you’re talking TV. You’re trying to tell us that that in the age of TV, British people had no knowledge of Spaghetti? C’mon!
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
There was a commercial in the early 80s that showed a loving Italian family harvesting spaghetti from their orchard. I was eight, so I thought it was true.
#9
spagbetti said:
Scientology
MorticiaLaMourante replied:
I said "religion" in general, but Scientology has to be one of the worst.
AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 3 years ago
I agree, though all religions are cults.
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Joseph Grimmett 3 years ago
I see it as less of a religion and more of a collective of rich people avoiding taxes and for the used of absurd legal protections
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
It's literally just a money making scam set up by a lifelong con artist (who was also a drug-addled racist). And I mean to the point that multiple people have been driven to bankruptcy and even suicide. Others died because they were ordered to stop taking medications prescribed by those eeevil psychiatrists.
alias D. 3 years ago
I generally try to avoid digging deep into this s**t because So can someone explain to me that so it doesn’t show up on my search history.
BoredPip 3 years ago
Basically, loads of negative space alien particles make you feel bad (not depression or other proven stuff, alien particles), and that the way to get rid of it is to pay a LOT of money o a "specialist". Also you can't interact too much with people who have high levels of the particles, AKA people not in the cult, so as not to catch them back. I THINK that's the basic, not a 100% sure XD
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SparkleFarts 3 years ago
Anyone who wants to know more about the genesis of Scientology, I highly recommend listening to the podcast Behind the Bastards, they've done MANY episodes on L Ron Hubbard and his shenanigans
Cara G 3 years ago
Thank you! I began watching Leah Remini's series on Netflix not too long ago and it is riveting but also terrifying. I'll check out the podcast!
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Kevin Ber 3 years ago
It was originally a scam after the founder got arrested for fraud. Starting a religion protected him from being charged with fraud for selling his electropsychometer
Mike Price 1 year ago
Starting a religion is a sneaky way of avoiding being taxed.
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#10
People that thought a 1/3 pound burger was smaller than a quarter pounder
Allison B 3 years ago
Sigh indeed. I freely admit to being horrible at math but this is just pathetic
Load More Replies... enohPilivE 3 years ago
The same types still wouldn't be able to understand 5.33333333 ounces is greater than 4.
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
I've seen the suggestion elsewhere that they should have called it a 2/6 pound burger
SCP 4666 3 years ago
What restaurant was it? They tried to introduce it to the customers but it lasted only a few months because of this
#11
That MLMs are a “small business” and not a pyramid scheme where there’s little to no chance of making/not losing money.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
MLM, pyramid scheme. Celsius, centigrade. Borzoi, Russian wolfhound. Mountain lion, puma, cougar.
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When I worked for the IRS, MLM people were among the worst to audit. The honest ones were completely delusional. And the dishonest ones gave even MLM a bad name.
Pink Taco Eater 3 years ago
My mom lost allot of money through schemes like this when I was growing up.
SandraG_lak 3 years ago
This channel has an abundance of MLM info: https://www.youtube.com/c/iilluminaughtii
#12
That if you ask an undercover cop if they’re a cop they’re required to answer honestly.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Keep an eye out for them crossing their fingers behind their back when they say nope, just your friendly neighbourhood drug dealer, honest!
Waite Forit 3 years ago
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that law enforcement officers can use “deceptive interrogation tactics”. - Frazier v. Cupp, 394 U.S. 731 (1969)
Dekker451 3 years ago
Yep, cops can lie to us, but if we lie to them, that's a crime. A nice little arrangement (for the cops).
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Waite Forit 3 years ago
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that law enforcement officers can use “deceptive interrogation tactics”. - Frazier v. Cupp, 394 U.S. 731 (1969)
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Babies feel no pain and they believed that until the 1970's so they would experiment on babies up until then because they didnt feel pain. Scary.
hel leen 3 years ago
How did anyone actually believe this while even the slightest discomfort would make babies cry?
Nupraptor 3 years ago
I've heard about this for a while now; Supposedly, they believed that babies didn't feel pain so there was no need to use anesthesia for medical procedures. I find it too hard to fathom that they actually believed this; Instead, I think it was a matter of them not knowing how much anesthesia to use and they figured it didn't matter, since the babies can't complain anyway, so they told family members that the babies didn't feel pain. That's how I choose to interpret it, anyway.
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ShaZam Beaubien 3 years ago
When I had a boy baby, I had to wait to get a special doctor who would numb the area before circumcision. I had to fight for this 10 years ago. The other doctors said, he will forget the pain. I told him let me cut off the tip of his finger without numbing it. In five years, you can tell me you have forgotten the pain.
R 3 years ago (edited)
And why did you cut off a piece of your child’s genitalia? I really hope it was because of a medical condition and it was the only option for curing it… people are so weird that they sometimes do that and blame on cultural norms. No one should have anything cut off if it’s not a medical emergency. I hope you two are in good health.
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#14
5G phone masts were spreading COVID. People actually burned them down because of that belief.
Mary Elliott 3 years ago
One would have hoped that science education had advanced considerably since 1912.
Load More Replies... Robert T 3 years ago
Well at least there is a remote possibility of a electromagnetic wave causing cancer, whereas there is zero possibility of it spreading a virus.
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Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
"Whew. Two towers down. How many more? Well check Google. What? What do you mean you've got no signal?"
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
The same people that believe, and I quote, that “sunlight contains the full color spectrum with essential mitochondria” will certainly believe that a radio wave emitting tower will make a virus spontaneously generate and replicate in your body. Good thing we have homeopathy to keep us healthy.
Henry Russell 3 years ago
i would hate living near there im in lockdown dont burn down my 5g toweers
#15
Babyfart_McGeezacks said:
Beanie babies as an investment strategy.
TemporalTickTock replied:
One of my all time favorite photos on the internet is that picture of that couple separating their beanie babies on the floor of a courtroom during their divorce.
ShaZam Beaubien 3 years ago
As a dog owner, this would have been an investment that would have been eaten. I would be lucky if I had one survive.
SparkleFarts 3 years ago
Ugh! Never give your dog a beanie baby!! The mess is insane! All those tiny plastic "beans" every where! (our dog got ahold of a toy)
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My wife donated her extensive (and expensive) collection of Beanie Babies to the local child protective service to give to children separated from their parents in traumatic situations. So in a way, it was one of her better investments.
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
I'm going to look into that!! I have several boxes my mom left me.
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Billy Harrelson 3 years ago
Or Pokemon cards, modern sports cards, modern comics (basically anything made since the '80s). Went to a garage sale and had a kid trying to sell ungraded cards to my son at book value (which is for a graded mint condition card). I was like "you're not going to get that value on an ungraded card". Value is determined by scarcity, but you literally have people thinking they're going to send their kid to college because they bought a "limited edition" stuffed toy back in 1997.
Anne McKinney 3 years ago
When people were doing this I thought they had lost their minds and I was proven right. The gullibility of people never ceases to amaze me.
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
I have several boxes of them up in my attic from my mom's estate. She thought she was investing in my future with these. UGH
#16
RilohKeen said:
“I need to buy these iTunes gift cards in order to pay off the IRS!”
wap2005 replied:
My grandma fell for this scam, I think it was Safeway Gift Cards or something. They said if she didn't take care of it right away they would have to send the police to her house and she couldn't get ahold of me or my mother to ask so she just went and did it. Was like $4000 or something like that, was a few years ago now.
It really is a bummer that people take advantage of elderly people.
Sabs 3 years ago
Got a PHYSICAL LETTER in the mail once that stated, we were to be arrested for some fraudulent activity yada yada, the best part was where the person wrote “The police are at this time driving to your house to arrest you. We can talk to the police officer and tell him to stop driving to your address to arrest you, if you send the gift cards” We laughed and had this mental image of some random police officer waiting by a post box to see if he can keep driving to arrest us.
Kenneth McCartney 3 years ago
I once got a call from the "sheriff's department". Now, I know if it really was the sheriff's department they would have stated which county.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
I got a call claiming it was the IRS sending cops unless I paid up. Slight problem: I’m not in the US.
Load More Replies... Pink Taco Eater 3 years ago
My uncle did this with Walmart gift cards. Almost lost his truck due to the loan he got to buy them. He never once thought to call anyone cause they had him panicked.
Debra Penfield 3 years ago
Old people literally believe anything they hear on TV or those emails from a Nigerian prince saying they won a lottery
cadena kuhn 3 years ago
A guy I worked with at a gas station fell for the retail version of this when he figured it out he freaked and just left. It was nightshift so he was the only one working. Someone called the cops who had to track down the manager as there was no one there
Jigsaw's Puzzle 2 years ago (edited)
When I was like 10 my mom got a call saying that my dad was in the hospital and she needed to pay his medical bills…. While my dad was literally at home with us.
Tacet 3 years ago
Just the general e scam stuff. I know they do it deliberately because if you fall for the obvious fake and get back to them then it's more likely you will pay rather than making an good forgery and then spending time and effort trying to convince a suspicious person. But come on getting a "Hacked Account" message from "Apple" (not used for years but ok) but the originating email address was something like 1638dr6pld@bigDildo.com was quite sus.
#17
In my feed, this post is right above the post quoting Berlusconi saying "Putin invaded Ukraine to put decent people in Kiev". So I'm gonna with that.
Cpt. Robert Christian 3 years ago
And do not forget where Russia claimed that the President of the Ukraine, who is Jewish, is in fact a Neo-Nazi.
Frank Miller 3 years ago
Putin invaded Ukraine because he wants to get the old band back together.
#18
FantasticWriting502 said:
Horoscopes and anything astrology.
PLTuck replied:
I was doing a degree in Astronomy.
You wouldn't believe the number of people that started asking me about the meaning of their dreams and which rags horoscopes were the best. Even my DWP work coach thought I was doing a hokey pseudo degree, and then asked me to spell it!
Lonely Leafeon 3 years ago
I never understood why they call the study of something "logy" but for the study of space they use "nomy". Like is it because astro"logy" had already been used?
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Astronomy ("star-naming") actually came first, but both long predate the rise of actual science.
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Phobrek Taz 3 years ago
I love telling astrology fans that their "sun sign" is usually off by one because the zodiac calendar is out of date by about 2,500 years. "I'm such a Sagittarius, liek 100%!" (Looks up date) "Nope, you're a Scorpio."
Harry Hwt 3 years ago
I don't believe in them I enjoy looking at the wording and making the connection that the majority of people have these traits and itd a shotgun approach of wording
Kati H 3 years ago
I like to do this too. The best thing about it is that it - for obvious reasons - can be done to every horoscope, so the fun lasts longer.
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Valuable-Raccoon-734 said:
Those wrist bands that “give you energy”. 🙄
superwetpajamas replied:
Almost as good as the wristbands that keep you balanced.
Independent-Bike8810 explained:
I wanted to see what the scam was once in a mall where they were selling these. They first yank on your arm throwing you off balance easily. Then they put on the bracelet an yank on your arm again and you are magically steady as a rock. The impression is strong until you realize all that happened was that you were not caught off guard and were able to anticipate the force that was about to be applied and unconsciously braced for the yank.
Stacey Rae 3 years ago
Just had a customer yesterday toting the benefits they received from a beaded bracelet
Walter Brameld 3 years ago
If I recall, the scam was that the before-yank was done in a direction that pulled you off balance, whereas the after-yank was deliberately more downwards towards your center of gravity.
#20
When we went to see the Martian in theaters, at the end some woman behind us told her friend, “I can’t believe I missed this. When did this happen?”
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
Credit to the team who made the film, it felt like a real life experience.
#21
That fake ad for apple phones getting the capability to charge via microwaving. Buncha people put their iPhones in their microwaves and fried em.
enohPilivE 3 years ago
Yeah I wish I could upvote the crafty pranksters that thought to publish it on the web to begin with. What a prank?
Bah Humbug 3 years ago
Fun fact: Huawei is developing a air charging. Basically if you are near it, the charger charges your phone even when it's not touching it. Only drawback is it's incredibly inefficient
#22
When people thought Wakanda was a real country.
Dave Hinckley 3 years ago
Wait, Krypton isn't a real planet? Then where did Superman come from? Huh? Answer that!
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T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
Wakanda might not be a real country, but they were speaking a real language in that movie. It's Xhosa, which is an indigenous South African language with a lot of clicks. It is John Kani's mother tongue and he suggested they use it in the movie.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
I recall a "man on the street" poll taken during the height of the Iraq War. A certain percentage agreed that we should immediately invade Agrabah, the fictional city in the Disney movie Aladdin.
alias D. 3 years ago
How r******d are some people? never mind I know the answer of that I live in Kansas
Load More Replies... Jigsaw's Puzzle 2 years ago
When I was younger and I saw age of ultron i thought that sokovia was a real country for some time
#23
Kittypie75 said:
That posting "I will not allow Facebook to sell my photos" yada yada ON Facebook somehow makes their terms of service invalid.
G8kpr replied:
As bad as “if you forward this email, bill gates will pay you $1 for every person it gets forwarded to.”
My friend sent me that, and I said “why... why would Bill Gates care if you forwarded that email, how would he track how it got forwarded, he would have to pay out millions if not more. But what does it gain him?”
He said “I dunno, but it can’t hurt.”
I said "yeah, you’re sending me s#$t. Don’t do it."
Dekker451 3 years ago
C**p is censored?! C'mon BP, that's not even a real cuss word!
Load More Replies... Cara G 3 years ago
Ugh the stupid c/p attempts to circumvent Facebook's TOS drive me up a wall. Wrong, Einstein. The day you created your account, you agreed that every last thing you share on FB becomes property of FB. If you suddenly disagree with the terms that you previously agreed to, or more obviously didn't even bother reading, just delete your account.
#24
Sheriff___Bart said:
Ripping the tag off of the mattress. I accidentally ripped one while moving, the movers said I'd go to jail, so I hid in my room. I was about 5.
CouncilmanRickPrime replied:
Why is that even a thing people said?
Murgatroyd314 explained:
“UNDER PENALTY OF LAW THIS TAG NOT TO BE REMOVED EXCEPT BY THE CONSUMER”
What it actually means is that stores aren’t allowed to sell a mattress without that tag detailing what it’s made of. When the tags first appeared, some big name comedian came up with a bit speculating about why the tag was there and what the penalty would be, conveniently leaving off the last four words.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
In prison, it's the height of rudeness to ask another inmate why they're there. I would tell people I had ripped the tag off a mattress. There were people stupid enough to believe me.
Kenneth McCartney 3 years ago
If someone asks me "what are you here for", I say "for a while".
Load More Replies... DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
When I get home I'm gonna check because I may have been living as an outlaw all these years.
Holly Marley 3 years ago
I work for a mattress company, and we cannot take either exchange or returns if the tag is missing. So even though you, as the consumer, can take the tag off, please don't until you are sure you are going to keep it. And don't get mad if it cannot be exchanged/returned because you did.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Ahhhh the special investigative division of mattress police. They work in conjunction with the sex police to peer into your suspicious bedroom at night to make sure you still have your tag on the mattress and that you are not engaging in illegal nasal sex.
Debra Penfield 3 years ago
They have a special wing in prison for mattress tag rippers and those who never rewound VCR tapes
Holly Marley 3 years ago
There was a movie called Sphinx. The hotel door started rattling so the heroine hid behind the bed. But in walked the maid with more towels. The heroine said "oh errm, I was just checking that the law tag was still on the mattress..."
The_Bipolar_Express_1225 3 years ago
Lol! I was scared of going to jail for cutting or ripping off the mattress tag until I was about 11-12. XD
#25
Bad luck associated with the number "13."
I could say any superstition is dumb, but this one is so engrained that hotels won't even have a floor called the 13th. In the elevator, the numbers go from 12 to 14.
Lonely Leafeon 3 years ago
I often use 13 as my lucky number because nobody else ever picks it
Brian Shelley 3 years ago
It's my lucky number as well. I think it's absurd that people associate it with bad/unlucky things
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Jan Rosier 3 years ago
I am not supersticious, but I will never walk under a ladder... there is a fair chance that there is an idiot on it who can drop something (paintbrush, bucket of water...) on your head just at the right moment.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Yeah, that's one superstition that has a solid basis.
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Edward Gordon 3 years ago
Friday the 13th is associated with King Philip IV (i think) rounding up all of the Templars on that day.
Gordan Blažević 3 years ago
You're right, it's still superstition as such, but yes, it has very real historic event in the background...
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Fiat Panda 🇮🇹 3 years ago
A lot of ships don’t have a deck 13 . In Italy the number 13 is lucky, it’s the number 17 you need to watch out for
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
I lived in apartment 13 for 10 years, lol. The manager told me that it was really hard to rent and I actually was thrilled to get it as an avid horror movie fan, lol
Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago
honestly, that's why 13's my favorite number, even though it doesnt actually cause bad luck
#26
Cow tipping
Cows don't sleep standing up. That's not a thing!
The amount of people I have met who have claimed to have knocked over a cow while standing up is crazy!
I don't understand why people claim to do it. I have met tourists who claim to have done it back in their home country all the time. No farming background or nothing. They will confidently tell me I am wrong even though they have never worked around cattle.
Libstak 3 years ago
I don't think the cow has to be actually sleeping for some kumquat and their pals to try and tip them over?
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
One of BP's favourite facts is that more Americans are killed every year by cows than by sharks. This post has introduced me to the missing link: the cows' motive.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Now I'm from New York and live in the suburbs but my aunt is a cattle rancher in South America so I have interacted with cows a handful of times. There is no freaking way a person can just push over a 1000lb (453kg) plus cow. I mean you could maybe push their head to the side but actually moving its body at all is not happening so no way you could just push one over. I suppose you could push over a calf maybe but that's just mean
der sebbl 3 years ago
Not to mention, that a cow would move before it tips over
Load More Replies... TheEndIsNigh🇨🇦and🇬🇧in🇺🇲 3 years ago
I come from a large ranching family, and that cow 🐄 is not going over. If you do manage to make it through the pasture without one of the bulls catching you first, that's roughly 1,500lbs (~680kgs) that you'll be trying to tip over. Depending on how tolerant she is, you might get anything from a look of annoyed indifference to a little kick. So yeah, that friend that tipped over that cow that one time at band camp, probably didn't.
Ann Coffman 3 years ago
No, but my band camp buddy was an excellent snipe hunter.
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B.Nelson 3 years ago
So my dad grew up on a dairy farm. One day his older brother was trying to get this cow to go back home and the cow refused. Pushed, yanked, pulled, nothing. He got the bright idea to try hitting the cow with a piece of 2x4. Smacked the cow...and nothing. Cow just turned around and glared at him like it was about to run him over. His brother left before that cow ran him over.
Allen Packard 3 years ago
So true! We tell people out here in the country to "go cow tipping" as a joke...
Kevin Ber 3 years ago
Cows don't sleep standing up, but they do nap standing up. It's a funny thing to watch, I've seen a cow wake itself up by farting. If you were to try and tip a full grown cow, you would need at least 3 to 5 fully grown men to do it and you would need to run at it to even stand a chance. But cow tipping is a prank, but the prank is on the drunks you convince to try and tip a cow. Watching drunks run from a startled cow is hilarious.
#27
Practical_Past1626 said:
I thought it was illegal to keep the lights on in the car until I was like 14.
My parents are liars.
SockaSockaSock replied:
I believed that if you had the air conditioning on and the windows open at the same time in the car or in a house it could create an air pressure imbalance that could suck you out the window. My parents were also liars.
Frank Miller 3 years ago
Driving with the light on inside of a car should be illegal, but it's not. It is however, very dangerous as it creates glare that limits your ability to see what's going on outside the vehicle.
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
I don’t know if our parents were necessarily liars, I think their parents were liars. I confronted my Mom about this jokingly a few years ago she said that she thought it was illegal because she was told so by her parents. Now, I don’t have kids, but my cousins do and they have told their children that it’s a legal thinking that they were telling them the honest truth. One of my cousin’s children now has a child, and that will probably be passed down to her (unless it’s ruined by the internet) . I think it’s more a legend that endures.
SirWriteALot 3 years ago
Turn it on. Turn it off. See which one will make you stay on the road.
Debra Penfield 3 years ago
My dad thought everything was illegal. He told me if I used AOL when I got my first computer, the government would come and 'get me"
Gabby Ghoul 3 years ago
Using the interior light in a car may not be illegal but it can be a hazard.
Andy Frobig 3 years ago
We never had that AC problem in my family because my parents never had a car with AC until I was in my twenties. I never had one with working air until I was 36.
enohPilivE 3 years ago
Your parents are liars because they didn't want to argue with you about wasting THEIR money! You were just dumb enough to believe them and they didn't have to waste time teaching you physics or finance at the age of 6. I'm pretty sure...you'll get over it
#28
AJray15 said:
JFK Jr being alive is one of the more idiotic things I’ve seen recently.
git replied:
I think this in combination with the various Trumpist/QAnon/pizzagate/Seth Rich/Big Lie conspiracy theories is the right answer to OP.
Like, there are simpler obviously-wrong things out there that might be more egregious than falling into Trumpism, but the combination of all these different things and the confusion of ideas in maintaining belief in them all at once probably takes the crown for 'dumbest'.
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
Even worse: They claim that JFK & JFK Jr, both committed Democrats, in a family of Democrats, not only magically survived, but also support Trump.
Lizzy Crit 3 years ago
The Kennedys may be Democrats but that family is also pretty evil. Just a different flavor of evil. Partisanship is destroying this country.
Load More Replies... ShaZam Beaubien 3 years ago
JFK was the one shot. JFK Jr was the handsome son who crashed his plane into the ocean.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
We all know that JFK had his brains replaced with a bag of sand. Then the CIA dyed him black to hide his identity and put him in a nursing home in a nowhere midwestern town.
AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 3 years ago (edited)
You watched Bubba Ho-Tep?
Load More Replies... AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 3 years ago (edited)
And Bruce Lee! He's supposed to be alive as well. Probably they'll all be back when King Arthur makes his triumphant return.
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alias D. 3 years ago
Unless he thinks getting a piece of the skull blasted off and then his wife picking it up off the back of the car he can be alive sure him dying and everyone seeing his corpse is faked sure the sniper that was arrested and the blood all over the car was fake as well
Cara G 3 years ago
This is referring to JFK Jr who died in 1999, along with his wife, Carolyn Bissett and her sister Lauren, in a plane crash while flying his Piper off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
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#29
vulpixtwosix said:
That sharing those posts on Facebook means they actually have a chance of winning a 5* luxury getaway.
TotallyNotARobot2 replied:
We have an extra 150k car laying around that we just need to get rid of. All you have to do is share this post.
nucleoli replied:
Our last winner was only 17!!! So he couldn’t accept this Lamborghini
MrsZ- replied:
This actually happened live on Australian TV once on a show called Rove Live. Went to the guys house, presented him with the car then found out he was on 17.
#30
A lot of people fall for the scams around a company selling you a device you plug into an outlet in your home and it "reduces your electricity bill". You'd honestly be surprised how many people have paid money for these and even swear by them even though it's 100% snake oil and incredibly dumb to think it would do anything.
Cecily Holland 3 years ago
I remember those. I also remember laughing at my MIL when she bought one
Sonnovab Kegeles 3 years ago
When I was a clerk in an Ace Hardware electrical department, I had a young sweet lady ask what those were for (pointing at the plastic things you babyproof your outlets with), I of course , being the 20 year old smart a*s (that I still am, well a 65 year old smartass), told her they were to save energy. I used water pipes as a comparison, if you leave a water pipe open the water comes out even when you don't need it, the same is true for electricity so you have to block those openings to keep the electricity from leaking out. She said thank you, and I moved on to next customer. Then I noticed she was filling her hand basket with them, so I had to tell her the truth that I was kidding. Honestly, I pictured her getting home and have some stereotypical bully husband give her s**t about it, I couldn't let her do it. lol
James Edwards 3 years ago
There is a YouTube channel called "bigclivedotcom" and he takes these things apart to prove there BS!
#31
LeCriDesFenetres said: My potential. Seeker80 replied: Your potential is unlimited. Just invest in your future, and you'll be on the path to making sure that you'll be all that you can be. It's all about security in the future. If you invest now, you can be confident that everything is taken care of. And that's how Amway can help you.
#32
FukaseGeiCactus said:
Posts that start with "Science says/ Psychology says... etc." without the actual research study links.
FirstSurvivor replied:
Even with a link, half misunderstand the article or make wildly exaggerated claims (no, curing something in mice doesn't mean it will be possible to do the same with humans, it's not even that likely the research will apply to humans, but we can't do that research to humans so we use mice).
That and research articles whose results cannot be replicated...
Libstak 3 years ago
I might question the science says and dig for the evidence to support or deny. But when someone tells me psychology says, you can bet on it I'm gonna roll my eyes and walk away before they suck me into their mental,vortex.
Monday 3 years ago
Psychology says that you're gonna roll your eyes and walk away before you get sucked into my mental vortex. Checkmate!
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Michael Largey 3 years ago
The worst one is "Best Practices says ...". I always ask "Who is this Best Practices person when they're at home?" In other words, beware of any phrase or slogan your boss brings back from a conference.
#33
[The Fiji Mermaid] was a pretty successful scam
Writer's Note:
It's effectively a torso of a young monkey sewn together with the back of a large fish. Sideshows used to use it as a prop, a mummified one, supposedly pointing out the existence of mermaids (mer-people?).
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
It was so effective that when the first platypus specimens arrived in Europe, people thought it had to be a similar scam and spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out how it had been stitched together.
#34
"The rain follows the plow" In the 1800s American West this was *everywhere*. The idea was that agriculture would bring rain and make farming super easy. Supposedly, when grasslands were turned into cultivated fields, the soil would release moisture into the air. Then human activity like factories or trains would make vibrations that formed rain clouds. Eventually the idea expanded to [straight-up bombing the air with dynamite on kites]
Michael Largey 3 years ago
It would be just the reverse - the plow follows the rain. Farms are established on land with good seasonal rainfall.
#35
I used to be so confused about the amount of time it would take to make movies because I was convinced they did it all in chronological order and when they did flashbacks to childhood, I was like “wow those actors are so committed” or I would think it must take a long time for their hair to grow or change in anyway and never considered it could be a wig lol
Edit: Yes, I have heard of the movie Boyhood. It came out when I was 22, so well past my perception of movies being made that way, but it definitely reminded me of this when I first heard of it and I thought it was really cool that someone actually did that
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
We just did the Warner Brothers tour and they told us the scene in Jurassic Park where they're driving away from the T-Rex and Jeff Goldbloom's character says "must drive faster" that whole scene was filmed along a 50 foot stretch of road they have on their back lot. The just kept driving up and down the same stretch. There's a tree on that road that's in that movie over 40 times.
Gabby Ghoul 3 years ago
Platoon was shot in sequence; Oliver Stone wanted the characters' growing exhaustion and animosity to be authentic.
#36
“Dumb people” is me but, when I was a kid, I used to believe that EVERY dad is Santa Claus because of the “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” song.
Cecily Holland 3 years ago
Well it’s closer to the truth than one old fat guy delivers presents worldwide in one night
#37
Greg0r_Samsa said: That Michael Jackson's nose fell off. gramineous replied: Ooh, I used this back in high school to trick a mate of mine! I had a long-term issue with constant nosebleeds growing up, and at one point had a nose cauterization done to help. Instead of telling my friend what actually happened at the doctor's, I said I'd been scheduled for surgery to get my nose removed to deal with the issue, and would get a prosthetic nose for afterwards, citing Michael Jackson as an example of a nose removal.
What do you think ?
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Today she murdered the bathroom rug, and hid one of her mice under it. At least I didn't have to bathe with it.
Chaotic_Llama09 3 years ago
I used to believe that in my Nana's bathroom, if the lights were off and the vent was on, it would blow ghosts through the vents. No, this was not influenced by anyone or anything, this was all me.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Today she murdered the bathroom rug, and hid one of her mice under it. At least I didn't have to bathe with it.
Chaotic_Llama09 3 years ago
I used to believe that in my Nana's bathroom, if the lights were off and the vent was on, it would blow ghosts through the vents. No, this was not influenced by anyone or anything, this was all me.
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