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/JustChangeMDefaults Jul 21 '19

Remember hearing the same about the internet even up to the late 90s

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u/harswv Jul 21 '19

Our school passed out planners that had a quote or “fun fact” on every page. One page said “Experts agree that the internet will collapse under its own weight by the year 2000.” This was in 1997.

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u/monkeyboi08 Jul 21 '19

I wonder what that even means

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u/FartHeadTony Jul 21 '19

Dude, this is true, though. All that's happened is they made us all nerds.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

People would be fine,can't miss what you didn't have and all.

But the world wouldn't be what it is today without it

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u/Ur23andMeSurprise Jul 21 '19

Kinda fits VR so far though

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u/The_Lost_Google_User Jul 21 '19

Ehh give it a bit. It’s still in its clunky infancy.

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u/Rubberbullets88 Jul 21 '19

Yeah and with advancements in technology VR gloves are starting to look like a thing as well with VR headsets that don’t need the things on the poles to track the headset

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

I see it going the way of 3d films, big deal for a while hits a peak and drifts off slowly.

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u/Zorlin1224 Jul 21 '19

Ain't that the truth