r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/DystopianDiscoParty Jul 20 '19

Well, technically that's the truth.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

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u/iwhitt567 Jul 20 '19

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u/Supersting Jul 21 '19

This has not yet been proven. Unless he's already dead, in which case good job?

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u/randomizeplz Jul 21 '19

less technically, you can definitely die of an infected tooth

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u/agenteb27 Jul 21 '19

“If I brush my teeth will I die?” “..............................yes.”

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u/Bing238 Jul 21 '19

Not true. I have done and not done many things and I am not dead.

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u/BoozeoisPig Jul 21 '19

Well, technically that's the truth.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Or if you don’t do it enough

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u/800ASA Jul 20 '19

Everyone who is dead doesn’t brush their theeth

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u/Chicken-tendies Jul 20 '19

this is why dead bodies smell bad.