As children, we believed everything adults told us. But as we grew up, we realized that many of those beliefs were silly.
A user asked the forum, “What things were you told growing up that were just plain lies?”. Let’s read the top comments from the forum.
INTELLIGENCE DOES NOT REQUIRE SPORTS
“That you don’t need sports if you are intelligent. Or even as a girl. When they had to enter me into this try-a-sport thing at school they signed me up for chess. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized sports had health benefits that I was missing out on.”
SCHOOL DEBT IS GOOD DEBT
“School debt is a good debt you shouldn’t worry about just wrack it up.”
ADULTS WERE GENIUS
“I always thought adults were geniuses that knew everything. I once asked my dad how waves at the beach were made. He said, “Whales.” I believed that for years.”
SANTA DIED
“That Saddam Hussein shot down Santa’s sleigh with an anti-aircraft missile on Christmas Eve, 1990. My grandpa was a liar – Santa is alive and well.”
THE BLOOD WAS BLUE
“I was told in 4th-grade science that our blood was blue in our bodies on the way back to the lungs- that oxygen makes it red.”
RULES IN HIGH SCHOOL
“Next year, they’re gonna be a lot harder on you about this.” And “the rules only get more strict.” Heard that at the end of every year in elementary school but by high school, the rules are much less strict.”
CALCULATOR IN POCKET
“My math teacher told me I wouldn’t always have a calculator in my pocket.”
BAD PEOPLE
“Bad people/criminals never win.”
CRACKING YOUR KNUCKLES
“Cracking your knuckles is bad for you.”
MICK HUCKNALL
“My dad used to tell me that if I did not go to bed, Mick Hucknall from ‘Simply Red’ would come and get me… I still shudder when I see him now, and I’m 37.”
EATING THE CRUST OF PIZZA
“Just eat the crust; it’ll make your hair curly!” My mom must have just been trying to make me appreciate those uneaten pizza corners.”
BOYS BULLYING
“That the boys tease you because they like you.
No, they were bullies.”
WORKING HARD AT A JOB
“If you work hard and are loyal to your job, you’ll get promoted and paid more.”
COLLEGE
“Go to college, and you’ll be successful.”
PLASTIC USAGE
“1980’s:
“We HAVE to stop using paper bags and glass bottles!” to save the environment. We have to switch to reusable plastics for the good of the future world. Using paper bags is depleting the rain forests.
Today:
Microplastics have contaminated just about every square inch of this planet’s surface. There’s so much plastic waste that islands of garbage have formed in the oceans.
None of this did anything to reduce pollution or the depletion of the rain forest. It was all just a big lie, so Big Oil could make even more money. Rainforests are more depleted than they have ever been.
Big Oil made money, though. That was the important thing.”
FOUND IN GARBAGE CAN
“When I was between 4-7, my relatives used to tell me I was found in a garbage can. It really messed me up growing up.”
CRAMPS ON PERIODS
“Cramps on your period that last two weeks are normal, is the price of being a woman…Wrong! I’m 40, and last year I found out I have endometriosis. That whole time I thought it was normal.”
ALLERGIC TO CATS
“I always wanted a cat, but my dad was ‘allergic’ to cats. Didn’t discover it was a lie until adulthood!”
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