DarkStar189 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Could have been told to you by friends, family, etc... I was reminded of this one the other day. It was cloudy outside but the sun was shining these perfect sun rays down through holes in the clouds in some areas. When I was a kid, I remember my mother's friend telling me you see those when someone just died and they are being lifted up to heaven. So for months afterwards, anytime I saw light shining down from the clouds all I'm thinking is "oh man somebody just died way over there. I wonder how they died". Thanks for the anxiety. At some point I remember mentioning it to my mom in the car and freaked her out a little when I was like "somebody just died over there". She set the record straight luckily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 That we landed on the moon. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I’ve got all kinds of these thanks to my dad. One was that all stoplights had cameras installed on them, and it was somebody’s job to watch them all the time and decide when to flip the light. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I was raised Baptist so, ya know. Pick one. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 OP is telling the truth though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysDyingX Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 That the earth wasn't flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 4 hours ago, TUFKAK said: I was raised Baptist so, ya know. Pick one. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 My list of shit is so long it could be a book, so I'll just pick one an say that my parents suggested that my second oldest brother was "Adopted" except years later we found out they had no formal papers for said "adoption". So, like everything else in my childhood, it was a lie. My folks are some wacky kids... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 If you just graduate from college you'll get a great job. I entered college in 2007, all of the sudden it was like "well we didn't mean, like, *those* degrees." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Being born in 1985, the HIV/AIDS panic of the late 80s/early 90s included claims that you could catch it from toilet seats. For much of my childhood I refused to sit on toilets except at home. I think even once I learned this wasn’t true my mind and body was so conditioned to believe that, I still to this day get a weird feeling if I have to sit on a toilet besides at home. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I was indoctrinated early into environmentalism early on due to having a teacher that did a lot of talking and exercise around the Rio summit. So that one to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: Being born in 1985, the HIV/AIDS panic of the late 80s/early 90s included claims that you could catch it from toilet seats. For much of my childhood I refused to sit on toilets except at home. I think even once I learned this wasn’t true my mind and body was so conditioned to believe that, I still to this day get a weird feeling if I have to sit on a toilet besides at home. Crazy. At least one of my teachers in grade school taught us that you could get HIV/AIDS from sexual contact. Not sexual contact with someone else that had HIV/AIDS... just sexual contact in general. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: At least one of my teachers in grade school taught us that you could get HIV/AIDS from sexual contact. Not sexual contact with someone else that had HIV/AIDS... just sexual contact in general. What a time to be alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Just now, sblfilms said: What a time to be alive I'm sure she thought she was doing us a solid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary Clinton Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 That I would be president. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 25 minutes ago, Hillary Clinton said: That I would be president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 35 minutes ago, Hillary Clinton said: That I would be president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 The big park in my hometown has this little hill. When we were kids we would roll down it and my dad told us it was an Indian burial mound. I didn’t find out until an embarrassing age (high school or so) that it was an artificial hill that contained all the parks plumbing and sprinkler systems. I still complain to my dad about that lie. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 8 hours ago, sblfilms said: Being born in 1985, the HIV/AIDS panic of the late 80s/early 90s included claims that you could catch it from toilet seats. For much of my childhood I refused to sit on toilets except at home. I think even once I learned this wasn’t true my mind and body was so conditioned to believe that, I still to this day get a weird feeling if I have to sit on a toilet besides at home. Crazy. Yes. Me too, I think I only pooped at school or college once. it's only been the last 8yrs really that I've learned to let it go. Pun intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: The big park in my hometown has this little hill. When we were kids we would roll down it and my dad told us it was an Indian burial mound. I didn’t find out until an embarrassing age (high school or so) that it was an artificial hill that contained all the parks plumbing and sprinkler systems. I still complain to my dad about that lie. hahaha I mean those exist but why would you make that up!? lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, SuperSpreader said: hahaha I mean those exist but why would you make that up!? lmao He said that an Indian burial mound was a lot more interesting than a pile of pipes. Lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 My mother told me I was heterosexual when I was 6 years old. Turns out I'm gay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 9 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: The big park in my hometown has this little hill. When we were kids we would roll down it and my dad told us it was an Indian burial mound. I didn’t find out until an embarrassing age (high school or so) that it was an artificial hill that contained all the parks plumbing and sprinkler systems. I still complain to my dad about that lie. Similarly, it wasn’t a lie but growing up in southern ohio there were tons of these including one in the town I grew up in, see here: Mound Park Google Maps MAPS.APP.GOO.GL ★★★★☆ · Historical landmark When I was younger the earthwork was not fenced off and there was no play set next to it (my family volunteered to help build this when I was in elementary school) so we would be *encouraged* to play on it. 😬 I guess the lie was that this was a burial ground which made it seem cooler as a kid but looking back that would have been horrifying if it were true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 15 hours ago, sblfilms said: Being born in 1985, the HIV/AIDS panic of the late 80s/early 90s included claims that you could catch it from toilet seats. For much of my childhood I refused to sit on toilets except at home. I think even once I learned this wasn’t true my mind and body was so conditioned to believe that, I still to this day get a weird feeling if I have to sit on a toilet besides at home. Crazy. I was born in 1987 and I've had the same public bathroom fear/phobia with toilet seats as long as I can remember. I wonder if that played a part. I definitely remember talk about hiv/aids for sure in elementary school. I really only started using public restrooms over the last 10 years since I had kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Similarly, it wasn’t a lie but growing up in southern ohio there were tons of these including one in the town I grew up in, see here: Mound Park Google Maps MAPS.APP.GOO.GL ★★★★☆ · Historical landmark When I was younger the earthwork was not fenced off and there was no play set next to it (my family volunteered to help build this when I was in elementary school) so we would be *encouraged* to play on it. 😬 I guess the lie was that this was a burial ground which made it seem cooler as a kid but looking back that would have been horrifying if it were true Are you the guy with the prosthetic leg and backwards cap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Are you the guy with the prosthetic leg and backwards cap? I am not that cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I used to believe the myth that Daddy Long-legs were super venomous, but safe because their fangs can't pierce human skin. It seemed like a fun animal/science fact and I had no reason to believe it wasn't true. I even told my kids this one when they were younger. Years later I come to find out it's just an urban legend and they aren't venomous at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 4 hours ago, best3444 said: My mother told me I was heterosexual when I was 6 years old. Turns out I'm gay. That wasn't a lie, just wishful thinking on her part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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