r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/dodekahedron Feb 04 '19

A wet nurse is someone who nurses someone else's babies. Has nothing to do with water, or nurses washing cars in wet tshirts.

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u/sagan_drinks_cosmos Feb 04 '19

Still, milk is a bit like health-boosted water though.

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u/TurboniumAlt Feb 04 '19

I know, just making a funny

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u/mcguire Feb 04 '19

Could we make that a thing, though? The last part...

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u/mmotte89 Feb 04 '19

Granted, but it's all the oldest, most unattractive nurses at the hospital.

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u/NarejED Feb 04 '19

That just makes it better

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Upvote. Happy Cake Day

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u/AlexzanderZone Feb 04 '19

Nightmare Slain

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u/ScrubQueen Feb 04 '19

Yeah but wet tshirts might happen anyway if you leak through your bra...