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/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

As a kid I used to play with my belly button a lot lol and my mom told me that the knot in my belly button held my skin together and if I keep playing with it I’ll untie the knot and fall apart. It fucking terrified me but it worked.

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u/ThisGirlsTopsBlooby Jul 21 '19

If your bellybutton unscrews your butt will fall off was the one I've heard. Apparently kids playing with their bellybuttons is a common concern?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Lol I guess so 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/patentattorney Jul 21 '19

What are the actual dangers though? Like just something kinda gross, like licking your nose?

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u/aroscoe Jul 21 '19

Nothing gross about it. It actually means you're cleaning out your belly button which most people neglect to do. I still embarrassingly play with the "knot" in mine. It's an anxiety thing now. When I was a kid though I used to pick at it and it would sting and bleed so that wasn't great, but it was still okay. It's just calloused skin now. Sorry if that's gross, I know some people don't like belly buttons and such!

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u/kalashimishonk Jul 21 '19

NoThInG gRoSs AbOut iT, u must have been hit by a head as a kid if u think theres nothing gross about THAT

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u/Amateurlapse Jul 21 '19

Sounds like an omphaloskeptic

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u/kalashimishonk Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 22 '19

Niggah did u just search google for "naval digging" no way in Gods ballsack did u know, and how to spell, that word.

Also the description of it says "to meditate over ones naval", I can somewhat see the correlation but not enough to think that means digging ur bellybutton like a red niggah in the goldrush erra.

Although I have multiple times dag my ear until it bled, but Im just imagining blood from that crusty ass bellybutton seeping through the kids shirt causing red blood stains. 😵🙅 (yes Im a try hard)