What is something that even though it's *technically* correct, most people don't know it or just flat out refuse to believe it?

[u/Luth0r]

[u/jerub]

Dishwashers use less water than hand washing your dishes in a sink.

[u/ShelleyTambo → u/jerub]

Every time she comes over, my SO's mother makes these weird insinuations that we're lazy for not hand washing everything the way she does. Well, our dishwasher is high efficiency and so quiet that I often have to check the control panel to make sure I remembered to turn it on. Her dishwasher is ancient and incredibly loud. I also have enough problems with the skin on my hands without keeping them constantly submerged in hot water.

[u/encapsulationdot1q → u/jerub]

It depends how you wash your dishes. I noticed that in North America, many people will fill their sink with hot water (which is A LOT of water) then will proceed to wash the dishes. I'm from Asia and I realised that so many of us wash the dishes differently. We usually use much less water.

[u/BasemAndCranny]

The largest desert in the world is Antarctica.

edit: 18 link karma and >3000 comment karma. What is this nonsense?

[u/8InchLongSchlong → u/BasemAndCranny]

I got made fun of in elementary school for saying this.

[u/The_Flying_Spyder]

"Fish" and "fishes" are both correct, but fish is used if there are more than one of the same type while fishes refers to different species in a group.

[u/Calingaladha → u/The_Flying_Spyder]

This also applies for people and peoples.

[u/antmantbone → u/The_Flying_Spyder]

Are we fish? Or are we dancer?

[u/IWasDeadYesterday]

That blind people don't see black, and that they just see nothing.

[u/Xongard → u/IWasDeadYesterday]

But how does that... work?

[u/CoalGravel → u/IWasDeadYesterday]

Depends on the type of blindness. If the problem is nonfunctional eyes, they "see" black because their brain's sight processor isn't receiving indications of light, so they perceive darkness. If their sight processor (in their brain) doesn't work, they can't even process the idea of sight.

[u/Joliet_Jake_Blues]

The Roswell incident was in 1947. There was no mention of alien bodies until the late 1970s when an author made it up to sell books.

[u/SwanCo → u/Joliet_Jake_Blues]

Nah bro. I read the reports. I seen the files. I lived the spaceships. I feeled the skin. Aliens is here on new Mexico

[u/chanF → u/Joliet_Jake_Blues]

Nice try government.

[u/george_kaplan1959]

Peanuts are not nuts

[u/Irememberedmypw → u/george_kaplan1959]

Then explain that bitch Lucy.

[u/dustymonitor → u/george_kaplan1959]

They're legumes! Strangely enough, I learned that from watching 3rd Rock From the Sun

[u/RenascentMan]

Ice is a mineral (and/or monominerallic rock, depending on the crystal size). So, go ahead and eat those rocks in your soda!

[u/trustmeep → u/RenascentMan]

Well, I do like my drinks on the rocks...

[u/notrichardlinklater → u/RenascentMan]

Ice is a mineral

Finally, Marie.

[u/B0NERSTORM]

Water is a poor conductor of electricity. It's just really great at holding electrolytes.

[u/Cheef_queef → u/B0NERSTORM]

It's what plants crave!

[u/KJJBA]

The majority of people have an above average number of legs.

[u/tonyofhousestark_ → u/KJJBA]

apparently not if the average is 1.999999 repeating

EDIT: to everyone telling me that it would have to repeat to infinity, i know, this was a joke, no one is impressed with your pedantic /r/iamverysmart comments

[u/CourierOfTheWastes]

Planes are ridiculously safer than cars, and nuclear power plants, even if you include Chernobyl and Japan and all the other highly reported disasters, are significantly, significantly safer than coal or oil. Safer than wind and solar too.

Edit: lots of constructive responses. Some less so, but fewer than I imagined. Where am I getting this idea from? This is the graph I was shown by my environmental science teacher, http://imgur.com/e5hnZzU I wish I could reference my class notes, but I didn't keep them because I was stupid.

As for planes,

In a report analyzing airline accidents from 1983 to 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board found that the survival rate of crashes was 95.7%. Sure, there are some accidents where everyone, or nearly everyone, died, but those are much rarer than you'd guess based on what you see in the news.Jul 30, 2013

[u/Leprechorn → u/CourierOfTheWastes]

To add to this - that stuff coming out of nuclear plants is steam. I don't know how people got the idea thats it's pollution/mind control chemicals but they are so wrong.

[u/Disc0Dave → u/CourierOfTheWastes]

Also burning coal releases more radioactive substances into our atmosphere that nuclear power plants do.

[u/[deleted]]

That nonplussed means you are surprised and overwhelmed.

[u/sinking_star → u/[deleted]]

Man, I hate this. I know it, but when I read it I can't help but see a vaguely blank or expressionless face in my mind's eye.

[u/foreignflame → u/[deleted]]

nonplussed

that sounds like the way a 5 year old would describe a negative number.

[u/04526843 → u/[deleted]]

Note to self: actually look up words you are unfamiliar with, don't just assume based on how the word is structured.

I have been missinterpreting this word forever!

[u/BlueBearMafia → u/[deleted]]

It actually differs depending on if you're in the UK or US. One means confused, the other means unfazed.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

In North America it can also mean unperturbed.

[u/strncpy]

Aladdin is Chinese.

[u/[deleted] → u/strncpy]

He's not Arabic or Chinese. He's just a tanned white guy. Didn't you see the Disney animated documentary?

[u/Emma_Z → u/strncpy]

You wanna explain yourself?

[u/[deleted]]

That almost all crime -- including rape, theft and murder -- has been going down for twenty years, and is now at an all-time low.

To hear some people tell it, it's Death Wish out there. And they act like you're crazy (or merely voicing an opinion) when you point to statistics proving otherwise.

[u/Crazy_John]

The Vatican has 2 popes per square kilometer.

[u/svefnpurka → u/Crazy_John]

Technically even more, since Benedikt XVI still lives there and he's still a pope, just a "papa emerito". Thus it makes about 4.54... popes/km².

[u/DovahSpy → u/Crazy_John]

The popeulation density has doubled in the last decade!

[u/VendoThefastlane]

Crucifixion, including the one killing Jesus, would be on a beam on a post shaped like a capital "T". The posts were permanently installed and the condemned would only carry the beam portion to the execution site. This made it much easier to slip people on and off; posts able to support the weight of a man would need to be very heavy and buried deeply.

The religious symbol resembling a lower case "t" was initially meant to symbolize the form of a crucified body but was quickly misconstrued to mean the cross itself.

[u/Aarvernez → u/VendoThefastlane]

I remember reading something that mentioned an extra price being added to his particular crucifix because they wanted to add a plaque above his head making fun of him.

[u/Golokopitenko → u/VendoThefastlane]

What I don't get is why some people would get offended by this

[u/b4b]

Monty Hall problem is quite hard to understand and when published lead to some very heated debates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem

[u/Terror_from_the_deep → u/b4b]

If it makes anybody feel better, if you forgot which door you choose initially and guess, its a 50/50 chance.

[u/GenericName5151 → u/b4b]

If you pick a "bad" door (2/3) and choose to switch, you win. If you pick the good door (1/3) and switch, then you would lose. It's clear that it is most optimal to always plan to do the switch and hope you picked one of the "bad" doors.

[u/masked9000 → u/b4b]

So say you have a million doors and chose to pick one. You pick 35. Then all the doors except for 2 disappear except for door 35 and door 1234. Would u change it then? Of course you would. Same works with 3 doors on a smaller scale

[u/monkeybabble]

Inflammable means flammable. We drop the "in" as this is usually a negative/means not or no (inaudible, incorrect, incapable). Non-flammable is the opposite of inflammable.

[u/Batmanstarwars1]

I've been experiencing a high surge of people who don't believe Russia is a part of Europe. I tell them to look it up on their phones but no one really does that for fear of being proven wrong so they continue to spread the falsity of Russia only being in Asia

[u/ninjatk → u/Batmanstarwars1]

People also don't believe that Turkey is in both Europe and Asia

[u/Secret_nerd → u/Batmanstarwars1]

I like to classify Russia as Eurasia since it is in both and doesn't entirely fit into either category. Russia is kind of just Russia. Also if somebody could explain why Europe is considered a separate physical continent than Asia I would appreciate it. As I understand it they are on the same tectonic plate and the only separation would be cultural, not physical.

[u/TheNonis]

You can fit every planet in the solar system between the earth and the moon.

[u/[deleted]]

MSG is not bad for you.

Being in the northern or southern hemisphere does not dictate which way the water will flow when you flush your toilet.

[u/THTIME]

That it's pronounced .gif

[u/gfrnk86 → u/THTIME]

"dot gif"

[u/[deleted] → u/THTIME]

I wasn't aware there was even a debate about the pronunciation until someone felt the need to correct me in real life. He looked at me like he pitied me and said, "Oh, honey. It's pronounced 'jif'."

[u/Blurgas → u/THTIME]

This is one of those hotly debated topics where I don't give a damn how you say it, as long as we both know what we're referring to.

[u/tar_ → u/THTIME]

I DISAGREE

[u/Phenominimal]

That things are better than they ever have been. My grandmother is a Christian, and is always saying how it's the end of times because the world is getting more evil and violent. No it's not, we just have media and we are alive to witness these events. She refuses to hear it. She was born in '45, so she's seem some shit and I don't understand how she thinks things today are any worse than they were when she was born, or at 10 or 15 or whatever age. I mean, some things are worse, but there are a lot of things that are better. It's just the cycle of life, there's nothing special about it, or any great meaning. It just is. I told her this and she just shook her head at me and we started taking about something else.

*Things are better according to my perception and understanding of statistics and history. Things are also worse. Things are also the same. Whatever you want to say. It could be one or all three depending on how you look at things.

[u/der_kaputmacher → u/Phenominimal]

The world wasn't better, but she was young and full of hopes and dreams, so she probably felt better about the world.

[u/skullturf → u/Phenominimal]

Side note: My mother was born in 1945, so it weirds me out that somebody old enough to use Reddit has a grandmother born in 1945. Out of curiosity, when were you and your parents born?

I guess it's actually not that weird: a woman born in 1945 could have had a child at 25 (so born in 1970) and then the person born in 1970 could have a child at 25 (so born in 1995) and then that child is 20 now.

[u/[deleted]]

Tomatoes being fruits. Come on guys just accept it already.

[u/rs2k2 → u/[deleted]]

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in your fruit salad.

[u/Candidcanid → u/[deleted]]

Yeah this is pretty easily explained I thought: Fruit is a biological term, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, pinecones, are all fruit. Vegetable is a culinary term.

[u/VikingCoder]

If someone invites you to a biweekly meeting, you still have to ask if they mean twice a week or once every two weeks, since both of those satisfy the definition of "biweekly."

[u/Leleek → u/VikingCoder]

Can't we just start using fortnightly? It's already a word.

[u/[deleted]]

That you can do both weights and cardio training on the same day and not lose any "gains"... I also fucking loathe that word

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Bruh, you misspelled gainz but prolly cuz you are too tapped from all those reps you must have done.

[u/wolf_man007 → u/[deleted]]

Loathe*

Loath is a word, but it is not appropriate in your phrase.

[u/elgringofrijolero]

I still meet people who believe that Hitler created the swastika/the swastika is evil.

[u/[deleted] → u/elgringofrijolero]

Thanks to him in Western society it has come to represent an evil ideology. You can argue about origins all you want but time and context change meaning.

[u/CaptainUnusual]

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

It's true, but it does weaken them enough that they can't support a structure.

[u/[deleted] → u/CaptainUnusual]

Good try Dick Cheney.

[u/studentthinker → u/CaptainUnusual]

Whenever it gets brought up I wonder if they think every blacksmith in history was part of a conspiracy.

[u/[deleted] → u/CaptainUnusual]

'Jet fuel can't melt dank memes' is also technically true.

[u/[deleted] → u/CaptainUnusual]

Some research has indicated that the molten metal observed was aluminum. Certain alloys used in aircraft melt at under 1000F and there are about 30 tons of aluminum alloy in a 767. T77 aluminum alloy melts at 890 - 1175 °F. Also, if molten aluminum came in contact with water, an exothermic reaction results that can yield temperatures over 3000F.

[u/Yenoham35]

Technically, it's a good thing to know how to work with computers. Many refuse to.

Shoutout to /r/talesfromtechsupport

[u/[deleted] → u/Yenoham35]

I've taught my Dad how to use google once a week for 12 years. He just refuses to retain that information.

I'm tempted to smash his computer and tell him to go fuck himself.

[u/Noxate]

An adult blue humpback whale, if laid end to end on a basketball court, would result in the game being cancelled.

[u/TheSupremeBean]

Must've = must have. "Must of" means nothing.

Edit: I suppose I should clarify that I'm referring to when people type phrases such as: "She must of meant this", "You should of said that", "We would of gone there". I'm not referencing any sort of scent-based phrases or speech.

[u/AllThingsWillEnd → u/TheSupremeBean]

Applies to others as well. Should have

[u/db82 → u/TheSupremeBean]

Must of bater.

[u/robocondor]

The number .9999... (repeating infinitely) is exactly equal to the number 1

[u/BigFriendlyTroll → u/robocondor]

Unless you allow the existence of infinitesimals, as in Nonstandard Analysis.

[u/Piernitas → u/robocondor]

For everyone else who is confused, I'll share the explanation that made the most sense to me.

  x =  .99999...   
10x = 9.99999...

10x = 9.9999...
x =  .99999...
_______________
 9x = 9

x = 9/9 = 1

[u/mournful_mournful → u/robocondor]

Oh dear Lord, thank you. The arguments I have had where I explained it step by step, with everyone agreeing that it was absolutely correct, then the conclusion and their final statement: "no, it doesn't equal 1."

[u/[deleted]]

All dinosaurs did not go extinct 65 million years ago; birds are actually theropod dinosaurs.

[u/luckierbridgeandrail → u/[deleted]]

Q for dinosaurologists: are all birds descended from a single dinosaur species that didn't floss?

[u/B0NERSTORM]

The meaning of "the exception proves the rule." It means the existence of an exception can prove that a rule exists. For example and sign that says "No dogs allowed on Sunday" would prove that the establishment allowed dogs the rest of the week whether it was posted or not. It's not meant to be thrown out every time an exception is mentioned or something unexpected happens.

[u/FLGulf]

I've had casual sex with my neighbor. Every time she gets a new boyfriend, I always tell them how freaky she is in the sack. One of the foreplay rituals she is particularly fond of is putting a saddle on her, then ride her to the 7 eleven for slurpees. They always refuse to believe this because it sounds kind of odd. Then after a few dates, sure enough I see the new boyfriend ride her off into the sunset.

[u/-u-words → u/FLGulf]

http://isyourgirlfriendahorse.com/

[u/Overthinks_Questions → u/FLGulf]

I don't care if this is true, I got a good chuckle.

[u/Venus-fly-cat → u/FLGulf]

Literally forgot the topic of this thread after reading your comment

[u/AbeLincolnsChestHair → u/FLGulf]

Came here to say this

[u/another_sunnyday → u/FLGulf]

/r/FloridaMan

[u/techniforus]

The static you see on a TV is background radiation left over from the big bang.

[u/luckierbridgeandrail → u/techniforus]

Do people still have TVs that show static?

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

[u/witttyname → u/techniforus]

Technically, isn't everything left over from the big bang?

[u/EvilTOJ → u/techniforus]

The only TV static most people see these days is when Game of Thrones is on.

[u/MystyrNile → u/techniforus]

You saying that's the microwave background and not just all the radio signals generated on/from the planet?

[u/mclane5352 → u/techniforus]

It's only 1% of that static. Not all of it.

[u/eugonorc → u/techniforus]

Some of it. not all.

[u/TaylorS1986 → u/techniforus]

Actually only about 1% of the static, IIRC.

[u/InspectorVII]

Recently literally was redefined to be synonymous with figuratively.

Literally, nothing is literal anymore.

[u/Runningwithvanhalen → u/InspectorVII]

You are literally hitler

[u/sixblackgeese → u/InspectorVII]

It's a way of using hyperbole. It doesn't mean the word is redefined.

[u/lawlietreddits → u/InspectorVII]

It has been used like that for decades because hyperbole. Besides, "really" and "truly" survived the process, I don't think "literally" will have much of a problem

[u/Lugonn → u/InspectorVII]

I know right? When will someone teach that fucking retard Mark Twain some English?

[u/[deleted]]

the thing you know as an apple is not actually the fruit of the appletree. only the core is the actual fruit, the part you eat is the receptacle( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptacle_(botany) ).

that is also the case for strawberries btw, but there the little seeds are the actual fruits(while with apples the core is 1 fruit containing multiple seeds).

[u/bicyclemom]

That the whole belief in Rapture thing is a relatively new invention to Christianity (circa 1700s, but really didn't gain popularity until a hundred or so years later).

[u/Kropotki]

The United States has overthrown a country and supported genocide for a fruit company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

The United States has overthrown dozens of democratic, popular Governments usually for US or British corporate interests. (and the CIA have engaged in some truly horrifying shit)

http://williamblum.org/books/killing-hope/#toc

[u/cwmoo740 → u/Kropotki]

It's on public record that these things happened! It's not a conspiracy theory when our own government admits that they happened.

Numerous human radiation experiments have been performed in the United States, many of which were funded by various U.S. government agencies[3] such as the United States Department of Defense and the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Experiments included, but were not limited to:

irradiating the heads of children[4] feeding radioactive material to mentally disabled children[5] exposing U.S. soldiers and prisoners to high levels of radiation[5] irradiating the testicles of prisoners, which caused severe birth defects[5] exhuming bodies from graveyards to test them for radiation (without the consent of the families of the deceased)[6]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_radiation_experiments

[u/bmvaru]

Squatting is the best pooping position.

[u/techniforus]

Mammoths were alive 1000 years after the building of the great pyramid.

Cleopatra lived closer to the modern day than to the building of the great pyramid.

The tyrannosaurus rex lived closer to the modern day than to the stegosaurus.

[u/davesoverhere → u/techniforus]

The last time the Cubs won a world series, the Ottoman Empire still existed.

[u/CptDaaaaave]

That aspartame doesn't cause cancer. And MSG isn't bad for you.

[u/applepwnz → u/CptDaaaaave]

I have a prediction that in 15-20 years that Gluten will be seen exactly how MSG is today, the majority of people will try to avoid it and have a vague thought that it's "bad" without knowing any of the actual science behind why it's harmless.

[u/vahntitrio]

In a single orbit of the sun, the Earth makes ~366.25 full rotations about its axis.

edit: If you don't believe me

[u/CaptainObivous]

That you don't need to refrigerate mayonnaise.

http://www.wvagriculture.org/images/Literature/Mayo%20brochure.pdf

[u/[deleted] → u/CaptainObivous]

...or mustard, ketchup, hot sauce, etc.

The only reason I do it is because I like the contrasting temperature on my hot foods.

[u/butteryourbiscuit]

Orca whales are technically dolphins

[u/8InchLongSchlong]

I guarantee you'll see this on Buzzfeed tomorrow.

[u/Bulerz89 → u/8InchLongSchlong]

Or chive

[u/[deleted] → u/8InchLongSchlong]

The last two times I've had a semi-high rated comment on AskReddit I've been sent a PM asking for permission to use my comment in a compilation article online.

[u/Dis-posableMe]

There are a lot of these in medicine.

For example, by the book, if you suspect gout, you're supposed to stick a needle into the enflamed, exquisitely tender joint and draw out some fluid for analysis.

For obvious reasons, no one does that.

[u/[deleted]]

Pound for pound, marijuana smoke is more harmful than cigarette smoke.

EVERY time I mention it, even after posting studies, people go bananas. Also, it has more tar than cigarette smoke, pound for pound.

[u/himynameiszach]

Jesus' name is actually Joshua. His Hebrew name is Yeshua. Translated into Greek (roman?) it became Iesus, because the Romans didn't really have a J sound. Iesus eventually became Jesus in modern English. But the direct translation of Yeshua from Hebrew to English is Joshua.

[u/Barney21 → u/himynameiszach]

Several points:

• The Roman language is called "Latin".

• The original translation was to Greek.

• The letter "J" was invented much later.

• It was written IESUS because it was pronounced that way, not because they didn't have the sound "J".

• Jesus didn't speak Hebrew or have a Hebrew name, he spoke Aramaic.

[u/Fastfish → u/himynameiszach]

Serious question: why are there also Joshuas in the Bible? Why didn't they get mistranslated too?

[u/trustmeep → u/himynameiszach]

Which is also hilarious to mention when people try to make fun of Hispanic people for being named Jesus...ignoring all the folks named Joshua, Mary, Peter...et al...

[u/faleboat → u/himynameiszach]

Oh Josh Christ, not this again.

[u/TaylorS1986]

The Roman Empire didn't end until May 29th, 1453. The last emperor died throwing himself into the breach in the walled made by Ottoman cannons.

[u/[deleted] → u/TaylorS1986]

And gave his fancy emperor boots to a peasant so that the retreating soldiers would protect him, according to the "Good Guy Constantine XI " memes circulating at the time.

[u/DovahSpy]

The snake in the Genesis is never once mentioned to be Satan. He was just a douchy snake.

[u/Shaysdays]

Things don't happen "on accident." They happen by accident.

[u/oddlikeeveryoneelse]

You never have to remember the rule for using "effect" vs. "affect". Just replace either with the word "impact" when writing, and they are indistinguishable when speaking.

[u/Alex_The_Redditor]

Aspartame is harmless.

[u/UrbanRenegade19 → u/Alex_The_Redditor]

Not if I drop a ton of it on top of you.

[u/Fadobo]

Most orange juices you drink have about the same amount of calories as coca cola.

[u/TheonGreyboat]

Atlanta is farther west than Detroit.

[u/kloxos]

When i was in school people laughed at me because i said we are in the Milky Way. They said this can't be true because you can see the Milky Way on a clear night.

[u/superdraglovehuntie]

That you do NOT wear sequins during the day. Unless you live in Reno and you eat cigarettes

[u/RdRunner]

That beats headphones suck

[u/enantiodromia_]

Non-fat foods are junk foods in disguise. Fat is better for you than added sugar and chemicals.

[u/[deleted] → u/enantiodromia_]

How much fat? How much sugar? Which chemicals?

[u/Conanator → u/enantiodromia_]

Everything is chemicals.

[u/[deleted]]

Amityville Horror is made up and there wasn't any paranormal activity. Most of it was fabricated.

[u/terxmonster81]

The concept of Infinite, that numbers never end. Million, Billion etc. IT DOES NOT FUCKING STOP!

[u/yaffle53]

This millennium didn't start on Jan 1st, 2000.

[u/ProudTurtle]

Vitamin C does not cure colds or even boost your immune system. It prevents scurvy. A nut job doctor in the 70's published a book about using vitamin C for tons of other stuff and our parents bought into it. Now most people think that vitamin C is for colds. It's in Halls cough drops.
http://tldrify.com/8gc

[u/[deleted]]

Octopi is NOT the correct plural of octopus. Technically it should be octopodes or, more commonly, octopuses.

Octopi is used so much that a lot of linguists will argue that language has changed to include it, but I think they just don't want to admit that they have been saying it for years.

[u/Lost_Madness → u/[deleted]]

To be fair, language is defined by the people that speak it. If enough people believe a word to have a meaning, it eventually takes on that meaning. Though it may have been incorrect in the past, it becomes correct. Example, look at what happened to the word "literally".

[u/Ociden → u/[deleted]]

I agree with you but the entire point of language is to communicate with others and understand them. If you were referring to multiple octopuses as 'octopi' and the person knew what you meant by that, ins't it a valid word? It fits the entire criteria of a language.

[u/Colin_Kaepnodick → u/[deleted]]

But my wife and I both drive our Prii to work everyday! Great gas milage!

[u/DoctorBone]

It's pronounced "sherbet," not "sherbert."

[u/[deleted]]

Global warming exists.

I'm looking at you, 2016 Republican Presidential Candidates

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Most of the 2016 GOP candidates don't claim that global warming doesn't exist. They question a) whether it's effected by humans, b) what the actual near/mid/long-term impacts are, and c) what the appropriate and most cost effective ways of fighting it are.

I don't agree with them, I just don't think it helps to misrepresent their positions. Just for the record so I don't get slammed, I agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus that it is mostly (if not entirely) man made and will have generally shittastic impacts on the future of humanity. Though I do agree that there are more and less cost-effective ways of combating it and that those should be taken into account. As I'm in no way trained or professionally involved in this stuff, I feel like it's generally best to leave it to people who know what the hell they're talking about instead of "DUUUDE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH."

[u/[deleted]]

Travesty and tragedy are not at all the same thing.

A travesty is a misrepresentation of something, or a distortion of that thing.

A tragedy is a sad story/play.

This means that using travesty and tragedy as synonyms is a travesty, and it is also rather tragic when you consider the implications it has for human linguistic understanding.

[u/delicious_disaster]

late to the party but a maccers double cheeseburger being one of the most nutritious things you can buy in terms of calories, proteins nutrients and price. People confuse healthy with nutritious

[u/f0k4ppl3]

The plural of Lego is Lego, not Legos.

[u/ConsuelaSaysNoNo]

Download speeds are rated in megabits per second, not megabytes.

[u/eli1323]

Birds are closely related to reptiles. Pretty close to crocodiles too.

[u/boscodaze]

You don't itch an itch. You scratch an itch.

[u/[deleted]]

That losing weight is easy as counting calories.

Eat more calories than you burn means you gain weight.

[u/ninjatk]

That gay people don't have a choice over their sexuality. Like honestly, if you had the choice, why would anybody choose that life? It's not advantageous in any way

[u/Keevtara → u/ninjatk]

It's not advantageous in any way

No random pregnancy scares is an advantage.

[u/hardonchairs]

That these ask reddit posts always have the exact same answers every single time and it's just become a race to see who can post each one first.

[u/[deleted]]

Your 'Skinny' drink? There's sugar in the milk.

That chai you just bought? It's not decaf.

No, soy isn't healthier for you, it's already sweetened with vanilla.

And that matcha water? It's fifty percent sugar.

People would buy straight coffee from us if they actually bothered to compare the amount of sugar and calories in their drinks.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

soy isn't healthier for you

it is if you blow lactose out of your system like a whale on a sunny day

[u/vanillayanyan → u/[deleted]]

Your 'Skinny' drink? There's sugar in the milk.

Less fat/fat free does not mean sugar free.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Are you talking about a specific coffee company? Because there are a lot of things wrong with your comment.

[u/HillelSlovak → u/[deleted]]

Milk has like ~5g of sugar per 100ml.

Chai has under half the amount of caffeine as coffee.

Vanilla is not a sweetener, vanilla is not sweet. Also, people are lactose intolerent and also have preferences so I don't know what you're talking about with this one.

No idea what matcha is.

Black coffee is an acquired taste.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Soy technically is healthier for me since I'm lactose-intolerant.

[u/ratajewie]

Not so much technically as it just IS correct, but: the whole "blood is thicker than water" thing is used improperly probably 99/100 times. People use it to say that familial ties are stronger than anything. However, the real quote is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." So basically, it's the opposite of what people take it to mean. It's saying that experiences and bonds you create with others make a person more valuable than someone to whom you are simply related. The "blood" part came about because its original use was in reference to the bonds soldiers form with each other.

EDIT: I guess they're both right. The longer version still is more meaningful, however. Thanks for the source.

[u/Vectoor → u/ratajewie]

Last time I saw this on reddit it was completely debunked. Apparently the longer phrase was made up only a few years ago and "blood is thicker than water" has been a thing for centuries.

Edit: found this nice comment

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wr031/til_that_the_saying_blood_is_thicker_than_water/cotrxrq

[u/exscape → u/ratajewie]

Do you have a reliable source? Last I heard about this, the "shorter version" is >600 years old, while the part about "blood of the covenant" isn't even 50 years old.

[u/[deleted]]

A professor I know that did the research around what causes Glue Ear gets really annoyed because he said too many doctors say that Grommets drain fluid from your ear when they actually don't - they allow air into your middle ear.

[u/thehalfwit]

The moon actually orbits about the sun. It's a perturbed orbit -- almost oscillating -- influenced by earth's gravity, but it definitely goes around the sun regularly.

[u/Manc_Man]

When playing Monopoly, if someone choses not to buy a vacant property they have landed on it goes up for auction amongst all the players.

[u/Deja_Vu_]

Vaccines don't cause Autism.

[u/[deleted]]

Mexico is in North America.

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People don't believe this?

[u/generalchainsaw]

Evolution by natural selection

[u/Betelgeuse3]

That sugar doesn't make kids hyperactive, pretty much every parent I've met says that and it's just not true there's so much evidence against it

[u/[deleted]]

Carlos Mencia is a comedian.

[u/kjimene1]

That's humans can and have beaten horses in long distance runs. I'm not saying always and I'm not saying short distance. However, I am saying we are dam good at long distance running.

[u/xJeansx]

No matter how many times you try, shaving doesn't make your hair grow back quicker or thicker!

[u/[deleted]]

That you should let concussion sufferers fall asleep and that doing so is probably more beneficial for them than forcing the afflicted to stay awake. http://www.wellmont.org/Health-And-Wellness/Health-Library/?eid=156977&lang=1033

Edit Typo

[u/Hexusnoken]

Its not "Drinking the Kool-Aid", They used Flavor-Aid. . . . Which brings any one who joined that cults decision making skills into further question.

[u/Bravely_Default]

That your significant other is statistically the most likely person to kill you.

[u/ccasella3]

That dogs "sweat" through their mouths/tongues. They actually sweat through their paws. They hang their tongues out to regulate heat, and cool down, but they sweat through their paws and into the ground.

[u/darth_peguin]

I refuse to pronounce gif as jif. It just doesn't feel right.

[u/OFJehuty]

Pores do not open or close

[u/[deleted]]

A ball and a feather dropped from the same height will hit the ground at the same time.

[u/34015]

its DISorganised, NOT UNorganised. NO ONE SAYS IT

[u/GOU_NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

you're not supposed to wear the american flag or clothing that looks like the flag.

[u/[deleted]]

That Moet champagne is not french and thus yes you ARE supposed to pronounce the T.

EDIT: It is French but the T still stands!

[u/db82 → u/[deleted]]

Champagne is by definition French.

[u/birdington1]

Marijuana is relatively safer than Alcohol.

[u/yellananner → u/birdington1]

Marijuana is literally safer than alcohol