Misconceptions you hate!
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That only poor people ride a bus.
The recent blaming of every bad thing that happens when "the youth" get together in groups of 3 or more on flash mobs.
That the only thing men think about is sex or posturing in order to have sex.
That tattoos automatically make you a criminal.
That long hair is only for girls.
That game design is not a worthwhile pursuit.
...And now I'm getting pseudo-philosophical at one in the morning... not good.
The recent blaming of every bad thing that happens when "the youth" get together in groups of 3 or more on flash mobs.
That the only thing men think about is sex or posturing in order to have sex.
That tattoos automatically make you a criminal.
That long hair is only for girls.
That game design is not a worthwhile pursuit.
...And now I'm getting pseudo-philosophical at one in the morning... not good.
I wonder if you read just as much Cracked.com as I do, but yeah, seriously, we've been lied to yet again in history class. Nikola Tesla was awesome. Edison, not so much...the spud said:
You mean like Shore Leave?TEMHOTA said:Are they Holy Divers?Lord Merik said:
I guess the misconceptions that bother me the most are the whole "Gamers are anti-social losers" and "Atheists have no morals". Me liking video games has nothing to with me being anti-social, it's because everyone seems to think I have no morals.
That theory is just something that COULD be true. NO NO NO!! Theory in science is closest thing to truth and is a proven fact!!
That the South East of the United States is full of hicks and dumbasses. People tend to gorget that the SOuth is the major place for the Space Progra, (Texas, Florida Alabama where Von Braun did alot of his work at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville) I am tired of being thought of as stupid just because i am from Alabama. We have electricity, we have indoor plumbing, we are civilized, we speak slow because that is the patois of the area, not because we are stupid.
Also, that Buddhists are serene and are perfect and never fail. People forget that like Christianity, there are those of us that are just lay people. We don't all follow every single rule (For example, I am currently drunk. One of the precepts is refraining from alcohol and drugs)
Also, that Buddhists are serene and are perfect and never fail. People forget that like Christianity, there are those of us that are just lay people. We don't all follow every single rule (For example, I am currently drunk. One of the precepts is refraining from alcohol and drugs)
That the phrase is "I could care less."
It's "I couldn't care less." "I could care less" just doesn't make sense in context.
It's "I couldn't care less." "I could care less" just doesn't make sense in context.
Another misconception I hate: "Asians are smart"
Yes, I'm asian, and (I hate having to say this about myself) I'm probably more intelligent than quite a few of my peers, but why did this whole thing even start anyway? I look at my class. Mostly asian. (Here in Hawaii, there are much more Asians than Whites. The ratio is practically reversed here.) Are they all smartasses and super-intelligent? Not by far.
Albeit, I don't quite know if that IS the level of intelligence we are supposed to have right now since I've been told, according to a test at the beginning of my freshman year, that my reading/comprehension was at Post-High School levels, and a from a few years before that, starting then, math has been my favorite and best subject, and have gotten mostly A's in those classes since then.
Yes, I'm asian, and (I hate having to say this about myself) I'm probably more intelligent than quite a few of my peers, but why did this whole thing even start anyway? I look at my class. Mostly asian. (Here in Hawaii, there are much more Asians than Whites. The ratio is practically reversed here.) Are they all smartasses and super-intelligent? Not by far.
Albeit, I don't quite know if that IS the level of intelligence we are supposed to have right now since I've been told, according to a test at the beginning of my freshman year, that my reading/comprehension was at Post-High School levels, and a from a few years before that, starting then, math has been my favorite and best subject, and have gotten mostly A's in those classes since then.
Not a misconception per se, but "random". Random is nondeterministic, random is equal chance for all possible outcomes. What you mean is "arbitrary" at best and most often "some idiotic nonsense", which has nothing to do with selection at all.
Also, I hate the misuse of "theory" as seen here
Also, I hate the misuse of "theory" as seen here
Theory is the description of how things work, it is based on evidence, but doesn't necessarily contain any data. What you and the people you speak of should be using is "hypothesis". And usually it isn't even the fault of the people doing it, because they've been taught that way. I don't know when that word became mutilated in the english language, but it's horrible. Just horrible.Dangit2019 said:
Betta fish live in tiny mud puddles.
So many of these fish end up in all sorts of horrible containers because of people spreading this around.
Those "puddles" happen to be rice paddies, shallow bodies of water that may be only a foot or two deep but can extend for acres.
Also, they're tropical, but a lot of people keep them without heaters.
And another misconception is that if you have a betta fish in a vase with a plant, it will feed from the roots and you don't need to feed it. Betta fish in the wild are strictly insectivores, but might try to eat the plant in desperation.
So many of these fish end up in all sorts of horrible containers because of people spreading this around.
Those "puddles" happen to be rice paddies, shallow bodies of water that may be only a foot or two deep but can extend for acres.
Also, they're tropical, but a lot of people keep them without heaters.
And another misconception is that if you have a betta fish in a vase with a plant, it will feed from the roots and you don't need to feed it. Betta fish in the wild are strictly insectivores, but might try to eat the plant in desperation.
Pargencia said:
I was born outside of Syracuse, in a place well know for silverware. I feel your pain. NYC is the worst city i've ever been to
Religion as a whole. The notion that any human knows the big answers to life is ridiculous yet billions of people seem to think they have it nailed down due to texts from a time before we even knew how big our own planet was, written by people who couldn't explain the world around them. Yet people in the modern day insist that though these texts were wrong about so much, they were right about the God thing and the afterlife thing. I suppose it's the belief of certainty that bugs me the most more than the self-righteousness.
Also the notion that if you lack religion you lack morality. That is mega-bullshit. As a non-believer I don't kill, rob, rape torture etc. etc. not because I fear some form of holy retribution, I don't do it because I know it's wrong and I don't want to be a ****. To think that without religion humanity would be immoral is ridiculous, particularly when you think of all the horribly immoral things done in the name of religion over the past couple thousand years.
Also the notion that if you lack religion you lack morality. That is mega-bullshit. As a non-believer I don't kill, rob, rape torture etc. etc. not because I fear some form of holy retribution, I don't do it because I know it's wrong and I don't want to be a ****. To think that without religion humanity would be immoral is ridiculous, particularly when you think of all the horribly immoral things done in the name of religion over the past couple thousand years.
There's a wikipedia page on Common Misconceptions. Pretty much everything on that list has bothered me and everyone would do well to read it - Just go to wikipedia and type in common misconceptions in the search bar and then prepare to have your common misconceptions shattered!
EDIT: There is one common misconception that has always bothered me: when hippies and new-agers claim "science says a bumblebee cannot fly, yet it does anyway, proving mind over matter" or some such nonsense. This is a myth. In the 1930's ONE, and ONLY ONE scientist thought that bumblebees should not be able to fly - and his math was incorrect. These days, scientists know perfectly well how bumblebees fly. Yet the myth persists.
So spread the word - the next time some hippie new-age, crystal waving guru says that "science can't explain how bumblebees fly, just say "Oh yes they can!"
EDIT: There is one common misconception that has always bothered me: when hippies and new-agers claim "science says a bumblebee cannot fly, yet it does anyway, proving mind over matter" or some such nonsense. This is a myth. In the 1930's ONE, and ONLY ONE scientist thought that bumblebees should not be able to fly - and his math was incorrect. These days, scientists know perfectly well how bumblebees fly. Yet the myth persists.
So spread the word - the next time some hippie new-age, crystal waving guru says that "science can't explain how bumblebees fly, just say "Oh yes they can!"
That being interested or majoring in science makes you smarter than other people. I get this remark as a physics major all the time: I've had music and art majors comment on the fact that since I'm good at math and science they'll say something along the lines of "You are so much smarter than me." While I admit that getting this far in physics does take a lot of work, art and english majors are just as smart in their own respect. They're much smarter than they think they are and I refuse to admit that either area is smarter than the other.
Yeah, but to be perfectly honest having lived both near NYC and in Rochester (as well as visiting other areas), nothing north of NYC is worthy of interest save for a couple of schools.Pargencia said:
OT: The misconception that Indian (that's Asian-Indian to be clear to any American readers) is a language, when in fact no such language exists, and while we're at it Chinese isn't exactly a real language, but rather a family of mutually intelligible languages.
Please, please tell me these were typos of some sort.00slash00 said:
OT: That when I tell a guy I'm bi that I instantly want to jump their bones.