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Things that are generally accepted as true but are false
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Things that are generally accepted as true but are false Reply with quote

Died By Bear wrote:
I'll start us off.


1. The people we vote for are actually the ones who run the country.


2. If you keep touching it you'll go blind.



3. Everyone is equal.


American is a free country and not a police state.

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Reggie



Joined: 21 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"They hate us for our freedom." -- Americans

"The only things that spread STDs in Korea are foreign people and public toilet seats." -- South Koreans

"Only foreigners go to whorehouses in South Korea." -- South Koreans
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No_hite_pls



Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Don't hate me because I'm right

PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

America's taxes are lower than Canada's.
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System

PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

America is a police state.

America beat the British Army in the Revolutionary War. It beat an expeditionary force.

America was the most important part of the British Empire.

More toppings on pizza, the better.

Meat is good in salads.
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."

--Isoroku Yamamoto


It has been declared this attribution is "unsubstantiated and almost certainly bogus, even though it has been repeated thousands of times in various Internet postings. There is no record of the commander in chief of Japan�s wartime fleet ever saying it."
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Died By Bear wrote:
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."

--Isoroku Yamamoto


It has been declared this attribution is "unsubstantiated and almost certainly bogus, even though it has been repeated thousands of times in various Internet postings. There is no record of the commander in chief of Japan�s wartime fleet ever saying it."


Red Dawn!!
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

eamo wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."

--Isoroku Yamamoto


It has been declared this attribution is "unsubstantiated and almost certainly bogus, even though it has been repeated thousands of times in various Internet postings. There is no record of the commander in chief of Japan�s wartime fleet ever saying it."


Red Dawn!!



Blue Velvet!!
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kabrams



Joined: 15 Mar 2008
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We only use 10% of our brains.
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.
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Joe Boxer



Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

weso1 wrote:
All dogs go to heaven

The Korean version:
All dogs go to oven.
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Panda



Joined: 25 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

edwardcatflap wrote:
Kids get more hyperactive when they eat/drink sugary stuff (no scientific evidence)
You can get a cold from being cold


Not sure about the first one

But the 2nd one is not false, you literally can (NOT 100% though)get a cold from being cold. (because your immune system tends to get weaker in cold temperature, thus germs can attack you more easily)

Lots of people get a cough, stuffed nose after their respiratory tract being exposed to the cold air, you can get a bronchitis even without any germs.
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edwardcatflap



Joined: 22 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
But the 2nd one is not false, you literally can (NOT 100% though)get a cold from being cold. (because your immune system tends to get weaker in cold temperature, thus germs can attack you more easily)



That's as maybe but people don't say, 'Don't go outside without a jacket or you might get herpes', do they?
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Times30



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Girls like bad boys.

(although frankly I think for the most part it's true)
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No_hite_pls



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Panda wrote:
edwardcatflap wrote:
Kids get more hyperactive when they eat/drink sugary stuff (no scientific evidence)
You can get a cold from being cold


Not sure about the first one

But the 2nd one is not false, you literally can (NOT 100% though)get a cold from being cold. (because your immune system tends to get weaker in cold temperature, thus germs can attack you more easily)

Lots of people get a cough, stuffed nose after their respiratory tract being exposed to the cold air, you can get a bronchitis even without any germs.

If you look at a map, people in cold northern climates in general live longer. Colds, and Viruses thrive in warm humid climates too. Even in the U.S. states with cold dry air have higher life expectancies than ones in the warm humid parts of the country (the exception of Hawaii with universal health care).

http://livelonger.hubpages.com/hub/Lower_body_temperature_extends_lifespan

http://247wallst.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/longevity.jpg

http://www.top10stop.com/lifestyle/top-10-us-states-with-highest-male-life-expectancy
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Panda



Joined: 25 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No_hite_pls wrote:
Panda wrote:
edwardcatflap wrote:
Kids get more hyperactive when they eat/drink sugary stuff (no scientific evidence)
You can get a cold from being cold


Not sure about the first one

But the 2nd one is not false, you literally can (NOT 100% though)get a cold from being cold. (because your immune system tends to get weaker in cold temperature, thus germs can attack you more easily)

Lots of people get a cough, stuffed nose after their respiratory tract being exposed to the cold air, you can get a bronchitis even without any germs.

If you look at a map, people in cold northern climates in general live longer. Colds, and Viruses thrive in warm humid climates too. Even in the U.S. states with cold dry air have higher life expectancies than ones in the warm humid parts of the country (the exception of Hawaii with universal health care).

http://livelonger.hubpages.com/hub/Lower_body_temperature_extends_lifespan

http://247wallst.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/longevity.jpg

http://www.top10stop.com/lifestyle/top-10-us-states-with-highest-male-life-expectancy


Maybe I am judgmental, I decided not to check those links as soon as I read the domain names.

Also getting a cold doesn't has anything to do with life spans. ( i mean the more colds you get doesn't mean you will live shorter life, so far as I know)

Just as in the post which talked about colon cancer, a high cancer incidence doesn't mean people live shorter life in general.
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