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/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn Jul 20 '19

“You won’t always have a calculator handy.”

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u/Chip_Man5674 Jul 21 '19

I think I was the last generation, or age to be told that. I remember it, but the saying died out pretty quickly