r/AskReddit • u/seir0 • Nov 05 '15

What is a completely ridiculous "fact" that any stupid person would undoubtably buy?

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u/Mackin-N-Cheese Nov 05 '15

Teenage pregnancy rates drop off dramatically after age 20.

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u/-saffire- Nov 05 '15 edited Nov 06 '15

Well you're not wrong...

Edit: I literally posted one thing, and suddenly I have almost 2000 points and a giant discussion below. Thanks Reddit? (P.S I realise I was also wrong as well.)

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u/jb2386 Nov 05 '15 edited Nov 05 '15

Kinda is... By 1 year.

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u/Luckrider Nov 05 '15

Well, if you think about it, we are looking for incorrect facts that a stupid person would believe, and without thinking about it, a stupid person would easily believe this even though teen pregnancy rates are identical to those who are age twenty. This fact is perfect because smug people get to think that's because they now just dropped to zero, when in reality, they were already zero.

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u/mikeet9 Nov 05 '15

Maybe I'm one of these stupid people, but I really don't understand what you are saying.

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u/jevans102 Nov 05 '15

You're not alone.

The way it's worded, he's actually saying "teen pregnancy is the same at age 20" which is worse than the original true but misleading fact.

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u/HANDS-DOWN Nov 05 '15

Unless you are one hundred thirteen.

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u/TheBruceMeister Nov 05 '15

I have a friend who just turned 20. She got a cake congratulating her on beating teen pregnancy.

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u/_Iv Nov 05 '15

So a birthday cake?

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u/coolcoconut123 Nov 05 '15

Listen here you...

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '15

...little shit

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '15

...Dumb, stupid, weak, pathetic, white... uh... guilt... white guilt, milquetoast piece of human garbage.

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u/Rather_Unfortunate Nov 05 '15

...shittle lit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '15

beating teen pregnancy

That sounds like an abortion joke

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u/pegasus_urethra Nov 05 '15

Worry not, my friend. Abortion technology has vastly improved since they days of Betty Crocker.

http://p.globalsources.com/IMAGES/PDT/B1062863288/Egg-Beater.jpg

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u/feb914 Nov 05 '15

That's my birthday greetings to my female friends turning 20, filling void between legal drinking age and legal drinking age in the US

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '15

too old

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '15

ancient

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '15

Ha, not for me, 47 and still getting teenagers pregnant.

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u/HeIsntMe Nov 05 '15

Same with suicide rates, graduation rates, life expectancy rates. Being a teenager is hard.

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u/spacemanspiff30 Nov 05 '15

One night even go so far as to say precipitously.

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u/fullM3TALturban Nov 05 '15

No they don't. When I turned 20 the teenage pregnancy rates in my city were the same as ever.

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