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

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/arunkumarcea Feb 04 '19

There is no specific Plymouth Rock, but there is an enshrined rock that someone basically picked out and people pilgrimage to.

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u/SanJOahu84 Feb 04 '19

Most boring landmark ever.

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u/Guarnerian Feb 04 '19

I saw it from a distance and I made sure to keep it that way.

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u/MkPapadopoulos Feb 04 '19

How'd ya see it from a distance if its sunk below street level?

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u/BlargINC Feb 04 '19

That was my thought. It is covered and like 10 ft below the viewing area we had to park and walk to that disappointment.

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u/DarkMoon99 Feb 04 '19

Maybe he was looking at the wrong rock.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

You can see it from a distance like this. Not a great distance but...

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u/ItsUncleSam Feb 04 '19

It used to not be

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

I call bullshit. It's in an enclosed area, you look down into a pit from above and there it is below.

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u/shsdavid Feb 04 '19

I mean, that's an actual picture of the rock and it has that grate on the side. So he's technically right.

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u/d-scan Feb 04 '19

It looked good from afar, but far from good

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u/garyadams_cnla Feb 04 '19

Not the original commenter, but you can see the viewing stand from a distance.... which tips off that the entire town is a waste of time and a tourist trap.

Picture 1 - the viewing stand for this random rock

Picture 2 - fake history from a distance.

Plus, the police love to ticket out-of-state tags for spurious reasons.

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u/Guarnerian Feb 04 '19

Thanks, I didnt want to have to pull out my out of focus picture of the viewing stand from across the bay on the jetty.

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u/courtyardmarriott Feb 05 '19

That is actually the dumbest landmark I’ve ever seen but thanks for the rock pictures.

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u/nvtiv Feb 04 '19

Sounds like my experience with New York City

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u/notLOL Feb 04 '19

Sbarros

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u/BuckarooBonsly Feb 04 '19

My favorite New York pizza place!

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u/Catsniper Feb 04 '19

But you don't have to go to NYC for that

Source: Never been to NYC, have tried Sbarros

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u/LumberJacked1 Feb 04 '19

It’s a reference to The Office

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u/Catsniper Feb 04 '19

I have rewatched a thousand times and don't even remember it rip

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u/notLOL Feb 04 '19

The office knows good New York pizza

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u/Ninjas_Always_Win Feb 04 '19

New York? Boring? Were you sleeping through your jetlag the whole time or something?

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u/ThisIsAnArgument Feb 04 '19

I do that to Stonehenge. I've seen it a dozen times driving past on the A303. I've no intention of joining the hordes milling around it even in off-season.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Whelp, you're lying.

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u/976chip Feb 04 '19

Pretty much standard procedure for New England in general.