Dumbest Things That People's Parents Actually Believed

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Oct 12, 2021 5:00 PM EDT

Many of us have had our share of moments with our parents where we end up being genuinely flabbergasted over the kinds of crazy things that they end up believing in. This AskReddit thread is all about the wildest things that people's parents have ever ended up mistaking for truth. You can't even begin to imagine just how crazy things get. 

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  • 01
    Font - flytoypro · 9h I got in trouble for "reading too much" and my stepmom took away all my books. So when we went to Walmart, I went over to the book section and kept reading. I was a rebel G Reply 1 189 ...
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    Font - DannyDetito · 9h My mom believes in mediums, loves the reality shows following them too. I've tried explaining how easy a cold read is to do, and pointed out multiple times lying mediums have had real consequences and she just shrugs it off. Hate it. G Reply 1 33 ...
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    Rectangle - Filomianor • 9h Once a thief always a thief. You see when I was 6 I stole ice team out of the freezer and since then I'm a thief for life G Reply 1 104 3 +
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    Font - 227743 · 9h Essential oils will cure their ailments. G Reply 1 19 3
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    Font - Teminite2 · 8h My mom fell to the Nigerian prince email scam G Reply 1 81 3 ..
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    Rectangle - fibagik · 9h My dad would hold a piece of paper up and say that it came from the school and demand to know my side of the story. I would confess to getting detention or being late. It would turn out that the paper was an order form for the school yearbook. Got me twice with that.
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    Font - MagnoliaAlba • 9h They will not use their cordless phone in a thunderstorm as the are concerned they may get electrocuted G Reply 1 71 3 ...
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    Font - fedrc · 9h Waiting 30 minutes to swim after eating. Definitely not as bad as some other replies, but it drove me crazy every summer growing up. G Reply ...
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    Font - Demurist · 9h My dad and stepmom are gluten free, despite neither of them having celiacs. They try to justify it with my dad's diabetes, but gluten free cookies are still cookies Kathy! You're killing my dad! G Reply 1 91 3 ...
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    Font - Drak_is_Right · 9h "that the menus for streaming are so confusing they can't be navigated" its 95% stubbornness, 5% old age + G Reply ...
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    Font - Spacenectarr • 6h My dad thinks the stars are not real and that they are actually satellites spying on us. G Reply 4 62 3 ...
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    Font - can_u_tell_its_me •7h Was discussing ideal future homes with my Mom and said I would want solar panels and/or a wind turbine. She started humming and hawing then said "but would you really want to live under those panels with all the electro-magnetical-radiation stuff just dripping down on you...?" G Reply 4 37 3 ...
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