“What’s Something You Were Told As A Child By Adults That You Now Realize Is A Complete Lie?” (30 Answers)

This deserves more upvotes.

Bullies COUNT on you 'turning the other cheek' or 'taking the high road' or whatever else people want to call it. Because it means that there are no consequences for their actions. 'Silence means assent' is the bullies' creed, because as long as no one stops them it means it is ok for them to continue.

They still try to sell this lie

48 and still am winging it

Tax all religious institutions d@mn it!!!

As an adult who knows many adults, no.

then why won't the government make a minimum wage enough to pay rent 😭 (I would prefer not to have arguments in the replies please)

I wanted to be a dragon rider, but no, stupid discriminatory rules because some idiot thought vampires like dragon blood! Everyone knows it tastes terrible and has horrible side effects! My friend died from a dragon blood overdose, do you really think I want anything to do with that? And besides, why would I hurt a dragon?

Send your kid to a trade school if you can. Thank you mom.

You’ll want kids when you’re older. It's now scientifically confirmed that this is bogus in most cases. They made a big survey with thousands of people and asked them if they wanted children when they were young and if that changed when they grew older, and the consensus was that the decision is stable into aduldhood and that people who let others pressure them into having kids despite not really wanting them were regretting it

"You need to write anything new that I say, even if I don't tell you. In college, you will have to decide when and what to write." Because, in college, we, theoretical studies students, will be forced to attend useless classes like music, "english" [an actual useful exercise (rare) + teacher complaining about life, us, whatever (almost always) + at the end, 20min of writing 2min speeches that the teacher will forget about the next day] or "french" [reading a few lines of text + noting a bunch of words you'll forget in 2 weeks because you'll rarely see them again + listening to the teacher tell us how french is so useful, how we will regret doubting her, how we will thank her when we are older etc. + 'discussing' whatever she reads about in her free time (ex. a personality test with like 4 results) - if we disagree with anything she says, that means we are disagreeing with 'the experts' or her vast 'experience' and therefore we are wrong. The best in our class, after 7.5 years of french (3.5 yrs with this teacher (highschool), the other 4 in middle school with soneone else) can't hold a fluent conversation about simple, basic subjects (like describing a hobby) after the first few sentences and often need extra thinking time to put (regular) verbs in present tense. For comparison, english normally starts in 1st grade and an average 6-7th grade Romanian can discuss more complex subjects such as climate change, whether technology is good or bad, how arts influence our life etc. with an occasional grammar error]

Respect is earned. I can treat someone with dignity even if I don't respect them

And it's smarter to go into an apprenticeship like plumbing or mechanic that pays you to learn than pay college to learn and get a degree you'll never use

Here's the thing. In my job, you see a lot of 'black box' users. Meaning they push a button, get a number and go 'well that must be the right answer.' But if you don't know HOW it is getting that answer, you don't know if that number really is right. Same goes even for basic math on a calculator. If you don't understand math, how do you know your calculator worked? How do you know you didn't miss enter something? Or even just that the program had a random glitch? Just because you have a calculator doesn't mean it is ok to not learn math. Further, a lot times what you are learning is not just how to do math, but how to approach problems in general. Figuring out how to solve that math problem on your homework gives you strategies for figuring out how to solve other problems in completely different areas of your life.

My daughter kicked a bully in the stomach. But not because he bullied her but because he bullied her trans friend. I wasn't sure how to respond to that story because the school didn't know about it.

I was just talking to my mom today about anxiety regarding the dentist/dental visits. One of the very FEW things my mom did right when I was a kid was get me used to going to the dentist for checkups/etc. when I was very young, and she picked an excellent pediatric dentist. I'm very fortunate that I've never had ANY fear or anxiety about visiting the dentist. I've never had a cavity, and I can fall asleep during dental cleanings XD My mom gets mega anxiety, as does my ex. My ex has to take Valium before an appointment just to get through it :( I feel for people who have anxiety with dentists. I guess my mom must have had a moment of actual parental care/love and didn't want me to have anxiety about the dentist, like she did.

My late mother was old school. When I couldn't take wearing my heavy Coke-bottle bottom glasses anymore, I decided to get contact lenses. I must have been about 22 at the time. I casually mentioned this to my mother, and she said: "Oh, no! Once you put those things in your eyes, you'll never get them out, and you'll go blind! I know someone, who knows someone, who knows someone's son, so for sure that's the truth!" I still wear contacts to this day. It was the best thing I ever did for my eyes.

Ya'll are BEAUTIFUL GORGEOUS STUNNING and PERFECT no matter what you weigh and I hope you realize that <3

I was told it makes your knuckles bulge. Never actually happened though. The cracking sound is not actually bones you're hearing. It's the bubbles formed in the cartilage popping that you hear. If it were your bones they would quickly erode.

The whole world is full of very rich cheaters

And God is watching the church crowd go out to brunch after church and abuse the waitstaff.

I would have thought what you say and do in daily life would be ultimately what counts toward being a good and devout person rather than just going to a special building and mouthing the right words once a week. But what would I know? I'm just a grubby little atheist.

Just a guess, but I am willing to bet that my communication with God, as I am walking a nature trail speaking to him and reflecting, is better than listening a pastor, priest, or rabbi telling me a story that puts me to sleep.

My kids were told by my family it is a mortal sin. I left the Catholic church because I cannot subscribe to a religion that supports criminals. I don't teach my kids catholic doctrine for a reason. Mortal sin my a*s. Isn't it a mortal sin to have pedophiles abound masquerading as priests? I don't get it.

I think God should be watching the priests when they're alone with choirboys...

My parents church actually tells people that’s it’s not a sin to stay home, especially if you’re sick. You ain’t going to hell for missing church once, and if you are, then gods an asshöle

This s**t damaged/damages a lot of kids for life. Indoctrination of any sort is just wrong.

If you don't go to church on Sunday, how will the pastor make his millions of dollars taking 10% of paycheck to paycheck living senior citizen money?

Everything told me in Catholic elementary school about god turned out to be a lie. Religion is such a waste of human time that could be better spent on more productive and beneficial activities.

now lets not start any arguments in the comments please *everyone proceeding to start a huge argument in the comments*

God doesn’t seem to be watching what goes on in the youth pastor’s office.

I believe in God, just not anything the church (any church) has to say about him. Einstein is supposed to have said, "God does not throw dice with the Universe". My corollary has always been, "God is not a bean counter." I believe Evil exists, but it requires a conscious act--I don't think you're going to hell for missing church, or eating meat on Friday. If so, that's not a good I want anything to do with

The CHURCHES want you to go every Sunday (and pay a 10% tithe), God is with you all the time if you want that.

Maybe this construct is watching. However, I think it would be more impressed with an elderly person looking after a injured animal, or a child giving 10p from their pocket money, or someone giving their spare fruit and veg away for free, or...(well, I'm sure you can all think of hundreds of examples) that never go to church, than they would with a multi-millionaire attending church and then not bothering to stop when they had run over a dog on the way home.

define church in 100o words or less

F*** that s**t! The last time I set a foot inside a church was 15 years ago, as a tourist in the cathedral in cologne.

In those people defense a lot of them whole heartedly believe it.

Cynicism is not bad, but should be doled out in doses. I think the healthier attitude is to not focus on what others are doing and keep going for yourself and because it’s worthy.

if people can't see how amazing you are they don't deserve you

My mom just told me to shut up and stop moving my head when she would put my hair in tight buns for ballet class.

I would much rather have a job that pays me tons of money. Fortunately, my dream job is to be a plumber, so I've got the best of both worlds!

Well, that kinda depends on what you're asking. I wonder what this person asked.....

Who the h€ll came up with this cr@p?

That is the problem with many parents.

Lolol, I love this one! I can just imagine the parents getting so annoyed by the kids standing with the fridge door open and beeping and coming up with this gem!

The bread line was because it was cheaper to fill up with bread. when poor you do what you can to keep hunger away.