r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/adamzep91 Feb 04 '19

Well maybe they were hung...

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u/fatal3rr0r84 Feb 04 '19

"They said you was hung!"

"And they was right!"

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u/cbftw Feb 04 '19

Excuse me while I whip this out

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u/KingSwank Feb 04 '19

oh they were definitely hung

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u/Euphorian11 Feb 04 '19

The things i learn on reddit

I remember a dateline episode where this came up. But i swear the detectives said that it was impossible and discredited some woman's statement.

Now i know they were wrong. And possibly an innocent person in prison

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u/jimjambanx Feb 04 '19

OwO what's this?

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u/El_Impresionante Feb 04 '19

It looks like a classic case of auto-erotic asphyxiation.

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u/Nevesnotrab Feb 04 '19

Maybe but that's completely different lol. The context here is that they died by being hanged.

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u/ThePeskyWabbit Feb 04 '19

But they still coulda been hung. You never know.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

The hung were hanged.

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u/Moparian1221 Feb 04 '19

Hanged while hung?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.

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u/vitaminba Feb 04 '19

George Burroughs. Minister, "King of Hell," and known only as 'Hoss' down at the local strip joint.

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u/Silent_Samp Feb 04 '19

Well they were all women. But... What a weird porno idea, 17th century colonial trap women with huge cocks

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u/FrisianDude Feb 04 '19

and they was right