People are sharing obvious myths that people still believe – 25 very popular fake ‘facts’
14.
‘Anyone says you can trim fat in “X” area by doing “Y” exercises. Totally impossible. You lose fat proportionally over all areas of your body, you can’t just target one area to work on.’
beactiveiseasy
15.
‘I’m British, kids are told that if they eat carrots it will help them see in the dark. This originated from world war 2, it’s crazy how many people actually still believe it.’
JoonieWasTaken
16.
‘The myth of “the one partner” for you. There is no “One”.’
Homely_Bonfire
17.
‘Zodiac signs. People be using your birthday to find boyfriend/girlfriend. Dude, as if I have a choice to choose my birthday.’
gdfidz_m
18.
‘The concept of pulling oneself up by one’s own bootstraps. This phrase was coined as an impossibility, and yet we still expect people to be successful using this as an example.’
Wisebutt98
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‘The ‘alpha’ crap people still use in dog training. Even the guy who came up with it regrets it. It turns out of you’re mean to your dog, it’s probably going to be mean back. And if it’s not, you’ve successfully traumatized it into being scared shitless of you.’
AdhesiveMessage
20.
‘That OCD is liking things to be extremely neat, tidy or organized.’
Olivertwist43
“OMG, I’m so OCD.” drives me crazy.’
Strudelh0use
21.
‘That the average person swallow 7 spiders a year in their sleep.
‘Where tf did that even come from? Idk about you guys, but I’ve had a grand total of 0 spiders climb on me while I’ve been awake this year. I can’t imagine there’s any chance that I’ve had 7 crawl on me while I’m sleeping, let alone crawl on me, and make their way directly into my mouth.’
alwaysmyfault
22.
‘The amount of myths, clever marketing and bro science in the health and nutrition world is honestly too much to even list here.’
fartcloud101
23.
‘That you can’t get pregnant if “X”.
‘Many things can lower fertility, but unless you literally do not have a uterus and/or ovaries, there’s always a chance – for better or worse, btw, as some of these pregnancies can be dangerous.
‘I’ve known “infertile” women who mothered kids because their husband was hyper fertile, their hormonal levels shifted as they got older, their birth control failed because of medication or surgery, etc etc. Assume there’s a risk (or a chance) unless the equipment isn’t there.’
Kay_Elle
24.
‘That you need to wait 24 hours to report a missing person.
‘If you sincerely think someone is missing, then report it. The faster that a missing person report is filed, the better chance there is that the person will be found. This is especially crucial when it comes to missing children.’
didnsignup4dis
25.
‘That Marilyn Manson removed 2 ribs to be able to suck himself off.’
Mjolnirn
That’s probably enough popular myths for right now …
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