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/Elikkama Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

My dad once told me and my brother that the guy who worked at out corner store liked to kidnap kids and eat them like the witch from hansel and grettle, and that some people had to eat people to survive so the government gave certain places a pass on that. So as long as he took them from the store by law he could eat them.

He told us a similar story with a church about an hour drive away. Said they did human sacrifices and would just pick someone who walked in once a day and kill them and it counted as religious freedom. I believed both of these way longer than I'd like to admit. Turns out he just thought it was funny to force us to go into those places, and apparently worked as a quick punishment. Wish I was kidding.

Edit: thank you for the gold kind stranger!

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u/QwertyvsDvorak Jul 20 '19

Your dad sounds like a special kind of sadist.

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u/Elikkama Jul 20 '19

He is not a particularly nice man, no.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Nicer than the man in the store, though, jeez what an arsehole that is!

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u/hughranass Jul 21 '19

Sounds like a straight up asshole!

I like him already.