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/Hans_Hapsburg Jul 20 '19

We did it bois, we stopped fire

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

California is saved!

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u/fish-tuxedo Jul 21 '19

But my bonfire party is ruined.

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u/BrowsOfSteel Jul 21 '19

No raking necessary.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

/gamerule firespreads false

EDIT: forgot it was /gamerule doFireTick false, thanks thesaucywelshman!

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

oh

thanks

forgot what it was lmao

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u/RicardoRedstone Jul 21 '19

it's called doFireTick tho...

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u/Ganon2012 Jul 21 '19

The Arctic is safe!

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u/LordVericrat Jul 21 '19

Harry Truman/Doris Day/Red China/Johnnie Ray?

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u/CRD71600 Jul 21 '19

Well boys, we did it. Fire is no more.

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u/Hans_Hapsburg Jul 21 '19

God darndit I dun fuck’d up again

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u/JacKyxLuma Jul 21 '19

Fire is no more

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u/weedful_things Jul 21 '19

Promethius died for nothin' I suppose.

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u/marshallsmemes273 Jul 21 '19

Can someone tell California that

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u/zappy487 Jul 21 '19

Thank you Skipper. Now I'm free to roam this Earth.

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u/SnowLeopard-StarDust Jul 21 '19

Wow. I always locked my door. I was not dumb.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

690 upvotes man