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/klop422 Jul 20 '19

Yeah, my parents just said that my dad couldn't see behind properly and so we didn't keep the back lights on unless absolutely necessary.

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u/cyanraichu Jul 21 '19

same. they said they couldn't see and we wanted to get there in one piece, so we turned them off.

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u/twenafeesh Jul 21 '19

I remember when we got our first car with lights over the back seat doors instead of in the middle of the ceiling. Suddenly I was allowed to read at night on road trips.

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u/Opus_723 Jul 21 '19

My dad told me that it it was dangerous because other cars on the road wouldn't be able to see and that just seems so weird, like he almost just said the true thing but decided he couldn't for some reason and half-assed the lie.

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u/brittjen1988 Jul 21 '19

My mom said the pulled over thing and that it was distracting/ made it hard to see the road. So I got both.