Strangest/Dumbest Things Adults Believed

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mattstaff
Apr 22, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

People can fall through the cracks when it comes to picking up on all kinds of tidbits of necessary common sense. And it's through that process of falling through the cracks that folks can end up growing up to believe in absolutely nonsensical things. Maybe you've encountered one of these blissfully clueless individuals at one point or another in your life. Maybe you tried to enlighten them. Maybe you were met with an unwavering wall of stubborn ignorance. Oh well. It can be worth a shot. 

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    Rectangle - Funky_Farkleface • 5y That it is called a "glub box" and not a "glove box". Even after explaining why it is called glove box, she still defends glub. 2.6k ...
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    Vertebrate - littleirishcarbomb · 5y I worked with a guy once who believed that the state of Florida was man-made from the dirt they used to create the Great Lakes. 2.8k ...
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    Font - allonsy90 · 5y An old roommate of mine believes owls aren't real. In her mind, they are like unicorns. 331 ...
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    Rectangle - Shadowmant • 5y I have a co-worker who believes that wind power farms will cause all the wind to stop and result in the earth no longer spinning. 3.8k ...
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    Human body - IDontKnowHowToHandle · 5y That unplugging an HDMI cable and using it for another device will cause the original device to overheat due to incompatibility with the second device... 1.9k ...
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    Rectangle - mac_caddy · 5y High salary member of management, at my retail store, once tried to explain to me that when snorkeling it is possible to fill the foot long snorkel with enough air to slowly take "sips" of air and stay down for around 30 minutes. She was absolutely convinced. 995 ... +
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    Font - General-Lilac • 5y My sister in law (age 21) believes macadamia nuts are made in a factory. I've shown her a tree and nuts still in their shells which we cracked together. Nope: factory. I don't know if she's serious or what but it gets me riled up. 4 1.2k ...
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    Font - BankieSwoon • 5y I will nominate myself for this one. Up until the age of oh, 21-22 or so I believed a hermit was a reclusive person who lived in a tree. Not in a treehouse, mind you, which might have been somewhat plausible, but the hollowed out bark of a tree. I imagined them living in the woods, in gigantic trees with a small door in the bark and no windows. It must have been something I read as a child in a fairy tale, and I never really thought about it later. AlL I can say is that I
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    Human body - wintremute · 5y I have an aunt who believes that you get better gas mileage when driving south, because it's downhill.
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    Font - kappykappel · 5y I have a friend who insists that it's "sprang" instead of "sprained". Recently her brother "sprang" his elbow. Tried to correct her, she wouldn't have it. 175 ...
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    Human body - goonerben3010• 5y Co-worker believes that each exhaust pipe in a car means there is an extra engine. 2 exhausts = 2 engines %3D 4 313
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    Rectangle - ClydeCKO · 5y I convinced my girlfriend that I have a "connection" with traffic lights, and I know when they're going to turn green... She doesn't realize I can see the adjacent light turning red 15 FEET FROM US!!! 1.9k ...
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    Rectangle - Haiducu · 5y Opening two windows will cause air currents that will cause massive amounts of pain to anyone staying in it's way. 1.2k ...
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    Font - moxiemeg · 5y My uncle believes that planes have to fly backwards when they cross time zones, to make sure they arrive on time. I'm unclear on how he thinks this works, or I would explain it better. 446 ...
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    Human body - Brooktipus · 5y I had a girl in an A-level biology class years ago who thought that squirrels laid eggs. 248
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    Font - SimplyCapital · 5y Finally! My girlfriend believes that you shouldn't microwave water to boil water for tea because it "cools down faster than doing it in a kettle." Because it's about how you heat it... not what temperature you heat it to, that determines how quickly it cools. Her logic: gets hot fast, must get cool fast 1 60 ...
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    Rectangle - schlup-pup · 5y That all ham on the market is imitation ham because it's such an expensive meat that no one but the ultra rich can actually afford it 38
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    Font - [deleted] · 5y So, I'm working at a lake as a lifeguard. I get at least 5+ people a day asking me if there are sharks in the water. 58
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