Misconceptions you hate!

[Fusioncode9]

That everybody in Texas is a cowboy and rides a horse.

 

[SuperiorityComplex]

that all british people are incredibly upper class and only drink tea and eat scones.

OP: That you can wake up from being unconscious due to a whack on the head for an hour and be totally fine. If you're hit on the head and pass out, that means you got a horrbily bad concussion. If you don't wake up within 10-15 seconds (I believe) you get permanent brain damage.
And I see it in stories all the time! Come on, people, do some research.

Uh, I've done it. Been out cold for an unspecified amount of time (because really, I only know exactly what time I went to bed, not what time I got out of bed again, and I know what time I came round), with a pretty impressive set of injuries from a short (3ft) fall. Nobody even knew concussion was an issue til about ten days later.

And no, I'm not a medical miracle, not by a mile. I was in untold amounts of pain afterwards, though.

OT:
a) that I'm Irish
b) that I'm a redhead
c) that I'm a redhead because I'm Irish

I am not Irish, I can legally hold an Irish passport but I was not born in the Irish State. Neither were any of my family members. I was born in Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK. And yes, I'm a redhead, but so is my mother. My Dad is black haired. My mother is English. my Dad is from Northern Ireland.

Just irks me, somewhat, especially the Irish thing.

 

[Phenx92]

Now, I can't engage in my favorite topic, politics, because people either take it way too seriously, roll their eyes at you as though the very idea of talking about what our government or society should work towards is not an acceptable topic of discussion, or get offended because you try to probe their opinions and treat topics with significant depth. The contempt and apathy that people show for discussing public policy never ceases to amaze and infuriate me.

Feel the same there, Lucky for me I've got friends that I can talk to about that.

OP: I'd say people who beleave the US military as a whole is all about shooting things, killing people, and all the other ignorant bullshit that infuriates me to no end. That and people who think Americans are all fat or live like on "Jersey Shore," not only is it not true but I think that show is the stupidest thing ever.

EDIT: I just remembered another one, I despise people who think I worship satan because I listen to metal music. the only kind that fall in that catagory are Doom and Death metal, neither of which I listen to, and not all metal is screaming and growling either.

 

[Der_Bradly]

That all religious people are complete nut jobs who have others tell them what to believe. No, thank you I choose being a christian, so go hump a kangaroo (Australians do that, right?)

 

[SoranMBane]

I know Extra Credits already did an episode on this, but the misconception that making games artistic means making them "less fun." No it won't. Look at Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, Fallout, Assassin's Creed, Psychonauts. These are all "fun" games, but they're all also undeniably art (side-note: I also hate the misconception that "art" refers to quality rather than objective format). Having complex themes about serious issues did not make those games "less fun," it just made it so the people who look for deeper meaning in their entertainment could take something else away from the experience. The whole attitude that games should "just be fun" also smacks of the worst kind of selfishness. So, just because you don't look for deeper meaning in your games, that means people like myself who do want it can't have it? Well, fuck you too, buddy.

 

[OverweightWhale]

That PC automatically means a Windows based computer. Did the meaning of PC change over the last 10 years after Macintosh computers became more popular?

 

[Mr.Numbers]

http://www.techcomedy.com/text_con.php?type=misconception

Take your pick

 

[DMShade]

The Canadian "Accent". We are not all Bob and Doug Mackensie. The only time I ever said Aboot, the novocaine from my dental work hadn't worn off yet. And I've never heard anyone in my age group call someone else a Hoser.

Also the idea that Gamers are inherently lazy. Put someone who watches 3 hours of TV a Night and someone who plays 3 hours of Games a night together, and people will assume the Gamer is the lazier, though the TV Watcher just...sits there for their three hours (Channel flicking notwithstanding).

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

Someone please educate people on what socialism and communism are. Thanks.

When people (not gonna lie here its americans) scream "COMMUNISM!" At each other it hurts me. Deep inside my brain.

An interview at Sarah Palins book signing gave the quote "Obama wrote a book all about Stalinism and communism"

I weep.

 

[Azaez]

That because the Mayan calender is going to end in 2012 that the world is going to end to..who makes that crap up?

 

[Grimlock Fett]

I hate when women say that all men are the same! I actually hate any broad sweeping generalizations! Sure there are alot of people who are very alike but we're all different. For better or worse! WE ARE BORG ftw!

that feminism is about female dominance, not gender equality

that a man who transitions to a womin, isnt a real womin (i use this as an example but obviously this goes for a womin who transitions into a man, as well)

Did you intentionally spell woman like that?

 

[Death Wolf113]

thinking that the theory of evolution that Darwin put fourth and the theory of human evolution are the same thing. get's me mad every time Darwin evolution was animal based not human based

 

[Zac Smith]

What is the most common misconceptions that drive you crazy? Mine has to be the 'humans only use 10% of their brain.' It drives me crazy when I see it in TV shows, Movies, Books or Video Games to justify anything. That sort of laziness in writing just isn't acceptable for me, as a writer or story teller. I mean what's the point of coming up with something awesome for the 'plot' and then use something to lazy to justify it.


So what misconceptions drive you to insane frenzies of rage?

What I hate is that there are actual, scientific articles who either try to substatiate the claim of 10% of our brains being used or use that "fact" in some part of their research. I've seen topics ranging from psychology to health and exercise fitness that use this "fact" to explain why certain tasks are good for you or bad for you (if you do THIS you'll be capable of using 12% of your brain, which is like doubling the time you typically study!). Yea, no. we use more like 98-99% of our brain. Even when we're sleeping, our brain is incredibly active - arguably more so than when we're awake, as it has to process EVERYTHING that occurred the day before and heal itself.

I think the myth came from a real fact, though. That fact is higher brain function comes from roughly ten percent of our brains. But the idea that at any one time our brain is essentially "off" is completely false.

They tested that on Mythbusters, and they learnt that even at rest doing absolutely nothing, the brain is between 15-20% active

 

[nYuknYuknYuk]

My personal biggest beef is that everyone thinks it is okay to believe that something exists without any empirical evidence to support it.

Here's a tip: It's not.

That some people feel it's their place to dictate to others what it's OK for them to believe and what it's not.

Here's a tip: It's not.

If you have no real evidence to support something existing, then you shouldn't believe it exists in the first place.

How is that illogical?

If people believe in somethings existence, they (logically) must also personally believe that the evidence is substantial enough to warrant that belief. A believer interprets that same evidence differently from a non believer. Just like people's bodies are naturally different, so are our brains. So it's actually logical that our different brains interpret evidence differently and come up with different morals and beliefs. So here's a tip for you: No one believes in something without enough evidence, empirical or otherwise. Empirical evidence is no more "true" or "factual" than any other kind and the value of evidence is in the eye of the beholder.

In short, people naturally have different beliefs, and its not up to you to tell them who or what they should believe in.

 

[Rutskarn]

Every thought you've ever had, someone has had before you. Every. Single. One.

Actually, no. For example, I just thought, "Winnebago cream cheese olive spike marlin cancer pig warship." Statistically speaking, the odds that anyone has thought that before are astronomical.

Here's another beautiful snowflake: "Nick Caravetti, the man I am friends with, has been acting strangely since he and Megan had their messy breakup over him being an Orthodox Jew and her uncle being a big pork baron. I wonder if I should play some MAID with him to see if he needs cheering up?" Nobody in history has had that exact situation crop up, with these exact people with these exact histories, and beliefs, and interests. Nobody has had my life before, and nobody will, ever again.

 

[Djaevlenselv]

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that, roughly explained, causes you to see and hear things that aren't there.

It has absolutely nothing to do with dissociative identity disorder or any other understanding of the term 'split personality'.