General MYTHS that annoy you
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Sorry cant resist... "Women are always right" lol!
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Carrots make you see better in the dark.
I've been wearing these poxy things for weeks now and if anything they've made it worse.13 -
My door is always open.
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The one about water circling down the sink/toilet/drain in different directions depending on what hemisphere you are in. Absolute bullshit. I even filled up every sink in my previous office to prove to my nboss it goes round any which way. Even after proving it was bollocks he still wouldn't have it, because he saw on tv that trick with three buckets either side of and on the equator. Mug.
I know about the coriolis effect, but that spins hurricanes and weather systems, not the flush on my khazi.
I also know someone convinced that Neil armstrong didn't land on the moon, and that it was a conspiracy. Wingnut.0 -
Carol Vorderman helped perpetuate the coriolis myth on How2. Which is unforgivable. As for Armstrong, most compelling reason to believe, among many, is the Russians. If there's been a hole in the truth, the Russians would've been all over it.5
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Whoever said 'you can take a cow upstairs but can't lead it downstairs' has never been to The Venue on a Saturday night.25
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Lemmings kill themselves. They don't disney corp drove a bunch of them off a cliff to jazz up a boring winter wildlife documentary and the just drove a bunch of them off a cliff and made up a cock and bull explanation that the world bought.
Piranhas will attack people and clean all the flesh from the bones. Only in James Bond, you can swim about with them quite happily.2 -
Mortimerician said:
Lemmings kill themselves. They don't disney corp drove a bunch of them off a cliff to jazz up a boring winter wildlife documentary and the just drove a bunch of them off a cliff and made up a cock and bull explanation that the world bought.
Piranhas will attack people and clean all the flesh from the bones. Only in James Bond, you can swim about with them quite happily.
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Why do you think it doesn't?DiscoCAFC said:
Why do you think global warming exist's when the science has not even been settled yet?Algarveaddick said:99% of stuff posted on Facebook about immigrants and Muslims.
That global warming isn't happening0 -
You have to have an open wound for them to attack.Addicted said:Mortimerician said:Lemmings kill themselves. They don't disney corp drove a bunch of them off a cliff to jazz up a boring winter wildlife documentary and the just drove a bunch of them off a cliff and made up a cock and bull explanation that the world bought.
Piranhas will attack people and clean all the flesh from the bones. Only in James Bond, you can swim about with them quite happily.0 - Sponsored links:
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Surely every little helps? As long as it isn't making the situation worse isn't it a good thing? For the very little effort involved, isn't it worth a try?Greenie said:Recycling helps!
An utter myth, while Asia, Russia and the USA are ignoring any save the planet campaigns and in fact spuing out more waste than the rest of the world put together, anyone recycling anything is wasting their time!
Anyway the world will run out of food long before the ice caps melt!
Genuine questions, interested in the answers.3 -
Sean Lock hit the nail on the head, 'recycling is the equivalent of turning up at the aftermath of an earthquake with a dustpan and brush'Algarveaddick said:
Surely every little helps? As long as it isn't making the situation worse isn't it a good thing? For the very little effort involved, isn't it worth a try?Greenie said:Recycling helps!
An utter myth, while Asia, Russia and the USA are ignoring any save the planet campaigns and in fact spuing out more waste than the rest of the world put together, anyone recycling anything is wasting their time!
Anyway the world will run out of food long before the ice caps melt!
Genuine questions, interested in the answers.2 -
You can hop in first then mate, I'll stay on the sun loungerStig said:
You have to have an open wound for them to attack.Addicted said:Mortimerician said:Lemmings kill themselves. They don't disney corp drove a bunch of them off a cliff to jazz up a boring winter wildlife documentary and the just drove a bunch of them off a cliff and made up a cock and bull explanation that the world bought.
Piranhas will attack people and clean all the flesh from the bones. Only in James Bond, you can swim about with them quite happily.4 -
Without recycling Millwalls ground would be in a nicer area.Greenie said:
Sean Lock hit the nail on the head, 'recycling is the equivalent of turning up at the aftermath of an earthquake with a dustpan and brush'Algarveaddick said:
Surely every little helps? As long as it isn't making the situation worse isn't it a good thing? For the very little effort involved, isn't it worth a try?Greenie said:Recycling helps!
An utter myth, while Asia, Russia and the USA are ignoring any save the planet campaigns and in fact spuing out more waste than the rest of the world put together, anyone recycling anything is wasting their time!
Anyway the world will run out of food long before the ice caps melt!
Genuine questions, interested in the answers.0 -
So is it just a coincidence?HarryHutchens said:the rich get richer and as a result the poor get poorer
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gap-between-rich-poor-widened-221045485.html#fl2yh4s0 -
True, but if everyone turned up with a dustpan and brush, it would be cleared up in no time.Greenie said:
Sean Lock hit the nail on the head, 'recycling is the equivalent of turning up at the aftermath of an earthquake with a dustpan and brush'Algarveaddick said:
Surely every little helps? As long as it isn't making the situation worse isn't it a good thing? For the very little effort involved, isn't it worth a try?Greenie said:Recycling helps!
An utter myth, while Asia, Russia and the USA are ignoring any save the planet campaigns and in fact spuing out more waste than the rest of the world put together, anyone recycling anything is wasting their time!
Anyway the world will run out of food long before the ice caps melt!
Genuine questions, interested in the answers.4 -
So just another bit of bullshit gleaned from a post on facebook made up by someone who wants to feel a little less guilty because they are too bone idle to separate their rubbish then?Greenie said:
Sean Lock hit the nail on the head, 'recycling is the equivalent of turning up at the aftermath of an earthquake with a dustpan and brush'Algarveaddick said:
Surely every little helps? As long as it isn't making the situation worse isn't it a good thing? For the very little effort involved, isn't it worth a try?Greenie said:Recycling helps!
An utter myth, while Asia, Russia and the USA are ignoring any save the planet campaigns and in fact spuing out more waste than the rest of the world put together, anyone recycling anything is wasting their time!
Anyway the world will run out of food long before the ice caps melt!
Genuine questions, interested in the answers.
There's the annoying myth! :-D2 -
Marlboro cigarettes are affiliated with the Klu Klux Klan, as demonstrated by the 3 Ks sneakily displayed on the box, and if you look at the reverse image of "Marlboro" through the lid on the box you can see the number 76, which is the KKKs house number or something.0
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Never heard that one before, but having looked into, I now realise that our new kit has a hint of the Marlboro packet about it.MrLargo said:Marlboro cigarettes are affiliated with the Klu Klux Klan, as demonstrated by the 3 Ks sneakily displayed on the box, and if you look at the reverse image of "Marlboro" through the lid on the box you can see the number 76, which is the KKKs house number or something.
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That I was/am Two_Sheds. R_Scratcher and quite a few others, but not the man himself I'm afraid.0
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Yep, none of it's a coincidence, including the bit about our kit. If you turn up at the ticket office wearing a white hooded cloak and blow smoke rings at the ticket desk you get a half price season ticket.Gillis said:
Never heard that one before, but having looked into, I know realise that our new kit has a hint of the Marlboro packet about it.MrLargo said:Marlboro cigarettes are affiliated with the Klu Klux Klan, as demonstrated by the 3 Ks sneakily displayed on the box, and if you look at the reverse image of "Marlboro" through the lid on the box you can see the number 76, which is the KKKs house number or something.
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Christ, and I thought getting people hooked on cigarettes was evil. Getting people hooked on Charlton as well is just inhumane.MrLargo said:
Yep, none of it's a coincidence, including the bit about our kit. If you turn up at the ticket office wearing a white hooded cloak and blow smoke rings at the ticket desk you get a half price season ticket.Gillis said:
Never heard that one before, but having looked into, I know realise that our new kit has a hint of the Marlboro packet about it.MrLargo said:Marlboro cigarettes are affiliated with the Klu Klux Klan, as demonstrated by the 3 Ks sneakily displayed on the box, and if you look at the reverse image of "Marlboro" through the lid on the box you can see the number 76, which is the KKKs house number or something.
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You really need to relax mate. You can do that whilst cleaning your baked bean tins.Algarveaddick said:
So just another bit of bullshit gleaned from a post on facebook made up by someone who wants to feel a little less guilty because they are too bone idle to separate their rubbish then?Greenie said:
Sean Lock hit the nail on the head, 'recycling is the equivalent of turning up at the aftermath of an earthquake with a dustpan and brush'Algarveaddick said:
Surely every little helps? As long as it isn't making the situation worse isn't it a good thing? For the very little effort involved, isn't it worth a try?Greenie said:Recycling helps!
An utter myth, while Asia, Russia and the USA are ignoring any save the planet campaigns and in fact spuing out more waste than the rest of the world put together, anyone recycling anything is wasting their time!
Anyway the world will run out of food long before the ice caps melt!
Genuine questions, interested in the answers.
There's the annoying myth! :-D4 -
Link is broken but widening gap between rich and poor doesn't mean the poor aren't getting richer, for example if the top 20% increase their wealth by 10% and the bottom 20% increase their wealth by 9%, the gap between rich and poor has increased but both are richer than they were before.mcgrandall said:
So is it just a coincidence?HarryHutchens said:the rich get richer and as a result the poor get poorer
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gap-between-rich-poor-widened-221045485.html#fl2yh4s
Here's another economics-related myth:
'Raise taxes and tax revenue increases' Wrong, raising taxes harms production, investment and causes more avoidance/evasion
Also the myth that when all-else fails or when private companies/free markets fail, the government can be trusted to clean it all up, or there is some magic lever the government switches to turn the economy from bad to good, as if the government is in control of all things in economy, rather than one of several agents that has a small measure of influence. This myth is so widespread that an entire political wing has been built upon and depends on the perpetuation of the myth in order to justify rolling back civil liberties and increasing the size & power of the state. Generally the only states that have control over their economies are the ones that use violence and death squads in order to subdue the population.1 -
Sorry, this is the 'General myths that annoy you' thread. I think you're looking for the 'Inappropriately shoehorning political rhetoric into threads' thread.Fiiish said:
Link is broken but widening gap between rich and poor doesn't mean the poor aren't getting richer, for example if the top 20% increase their wealth by 10% and the bottom 20% increase their wealth by 9%, the gap between rich and poor has increased but both are richer than they were before.mcgrandall said:
So is it just a coincidence?HarryHutchens said:the rich get richer and as a result the poor get poorer
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gap-between-rich-poor-widened-221045485.html#fl2yh4s
Here's another economics-related myth:
'Raise taxes and tax revenue increases' Wrong, raising taxes harms production, investment and causes more avoidance/evasion
Also the myth that when all-else fails or when private companies/free markets fail, the government can be trusted to clean it all up, or there is some magic lever the government switches to turn the economy from bad to good, as if the government is in control of all things in economy, rather than one of several agents that has a small measure of influence. This myth is so widespread that an entire political wing has been built upon and depends on the perpetuation of the myth in order to justify rolling back civil liberties and increasing the size & power of the state. Generally the only states that have control over their economies are the ones that use violence and death squads in order to subdue the population.14 -
This could descend very rapidly, but I suppose it depends on your point of reference. The original statement us far too open to either interpretation, everything is relative. It's just historically, that is always what has happened, apart from the advent of oil.Fiiish said:
Link is broken but widening gap between rich and poor doesn't mean the poor aren't getting richer, for example if the top 20% increase their wealth by 10% and the bottom 20% increase their wealth by 9%, the gap between rich and poor has increased but both are richer than they were before.mcgrandall said:
So is it just a coincidence?HarryHutchens said:the rich get richer and as a result the poor get poorer
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gap-between-rich-poor-widened-221045485.html#fl2yh4s
Here's another economics-related myth:
'Raise taxes and tax revenue increases' Wrong, raising taxes harms production, investment and causes more avoidance/evasion
Also the myth that when all-else fails or when private companies/free markets fail, the government can be trusted to clean it all up, or there is some magic lever the government switches to turn the economy from bad to good, as if the government is in control of all things in economy, rather than one of several agents that has a small measure of influence. This myth is so widespread that an entire political wing has been built upon and depends on the perpetuation of the myth in order to justify rolling back civil liberties and increasing the size & power of the state. Generally the only states that have control over their economies are the ones that use violence and death squads in order to subdue the population.
We could make a big list of economic myths though, as it is a science of conjecture. Why not add the trickle down effect of supply side economics or that free markets work.0 -
Fiiish said:
Link is broken but widening gap between rich and poor doesn't mean the poor aren't getting richer, for example if the top 20% increase their wealth by 10% and the bottom 20% increase their wealth by 9%, the gap between rich and poor has increased but both are richer than they were before.mcgrandall said:
So is it just a coincidence?HarryHutchens said:the rich get richer and as a result the poor get poorer
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gap-between-rich-poor-widened-221045485.html#fl2yh4s
Here's another economics-related myth:
'Raise taxes and tax revenue increases' Wrong, raising taxes harms production, investment and causes more avoidance/evasion
Also the myth that when all-else fails or when private companies/free markets fail, the government can be trusted to clean it all up, or there is some magic lever the government switches to turn the economy from bad to good, as if the government is in control of all things in economy, rather than one of several agents that has a small measure of influence. This myth is so widespread that an entire political wing has been built upon and depends on the perpetuation of the myth in order to justify rolling back civil liberties and increasing the size & power of the state. Generally the only states that have control over their economies are the ones that use violence and death squads in order to subdue the population.
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You'd need more than an open wound. If you had a limb off and were a bit out of it they might go for you, but that's it.Stig said:
You have to have an open wound for them to attack.Addicted said:Mortimerician said:Lemmings kill themselves. They don't disney corp drove a bunch of them off a cliff to jazz up a boring winter wildlife documentary and the just drove a bunch of them off a cliff and made up a cock and bull explanation that the world bought.
Piranhas will attack people and clean all the flesh from the bones. Only in James Bond, you can swim about with them quite happily.0 -
I'd like to see you put that theory to the test.Mortimerician said:
You'd need more than an open wound. If you had a limb off and were a bit out of it they might go for you, but that's it.Stig said:
You have to have an open wound for them to attack.Addicted said:Mortimerician said:Lemmings kill themselves. They don't disney corp drove a bunch of them off a cliff to jazz up a boring winter wildlife documentary and the just drove a bunch of them off a cliff and made up a cock and bull explanation that the world bought.
Piranhas will attack people and clean all the flesh from the bones. Only in James Bond, you can swim about with them quite happily.1
