Misconceptions you hate!
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I'm a vegetarian so I hear these phrases fairly often; 'how do you get your protein?', 'is that why you're so pale/thin?', 'nothing vegetarian tastes good' and the always hilarious 'if you love animals so much, why do you eat all their food?'
That last one's not really a misconception but it stills earns my hate.
That last one's not really a misconception but it stills earns my hate.
That the phrase 'I could care less' is just what stupid people say when they mean 'I couldn't care less'. 'I could care less' implies that you care very little, but you probably could care a bit less. It's a bit like sarcasm, it's difficult to get across via writing.
I don't like how people get their firearms mixed up. There is a difference between submachine guns, assault rifles, and machineguns. A lot of people will just call all of the stated a machinegun. Also, it's annoying when people call any rifle with a scope a sniper rifle. It's not that complicated, seriously.
People from the United States are the only "Americans" in the world. There are two Americas each with multiple countries yet only people from the United States seemed to be Americans.
You also need to remember that Tesla designed a few things for Edison and Edison promised money...the spud said:
Said funds never arived (funds were back then $50 000{according to the interwebs so well...}).
So Tesla is a great chap and Edison is not (no suprises really). Also as an Australian it makes me happy that one of the greatest inventors (in my opinion) was born a Serb and NOT American (Not to knock America but it is nice for a change{also alot of inventors are not but are rarely noticed in common knowledge hence why I singled out Tesla}).
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Also I am sick of people thinking all Punks and Goths are Emo...
Don't ask why just trust me that it pisses me off!! (I am not part of said subcultures)
EDIT: I AM ADDING THIS
Really?snowpuppy said:
In my studies I have observed that Islamic people are just as nice as Christians (and just as hostile as the case may be). The problem in my opnion is the media. It is merely a small number but as the culture is so different it ends up like trying to compare Romans to Gauls. They are simply two different cultures that have a bad history; and as a member of one there is a bias associated with the other.
/rant
looking back on it now I may have gone off topic..
basic point is, is that both religions have different ethics and do not allways agree. As a result some of the more extreme people on either side get see only the negatives of the other and then push their own opinions far to strong. And these people although few are the ones the media interview.
The misconception that we merely have 5 senses.
http://harvardmedicine.hms.harvard.edu/fascinoma/fivesenses/beyond/extra.php
That everyone east of Germany speaks russian, and russian only... though that misconception seems to be receding these days, thankfully. I mean it has been twenty years or so since the collapse of the USSR, one would imagine that's plenty of time to find out that there are languages other than russian spoken in these parts, and that not all of them are slavic languages.
The common misconception that penguins cannot fly.
Strap a jetpack to 'em and they'll fly. With ease. Hur hur hur.
That irregardless is a word. It isn't.
http://harvardmedicine.hms.harvard.edu/fascinoma/fivesenses/beyond/extra.php
That everyone east of Germany speaks russian, and russian only... though that misconception seems to be receding these days, thankfully. I mean it has been twenty years or so since the collapse of the USSR, one would imagine that's plenty of time to find out that there are languages other than russian spoken in these parts, and that not all of them are slavic languages.
The common misconception that penguins cannot fly.
Strap a jetpack to 'em and they'll fly. With ease. Hur hur hur.
That irregardless is a word. It isn't.
This. This was going to be my answer. I mean, really guys? One single god created us and everything? Ok. :|Haagrum said:
That being past the age of physical maturity means you're emotionally mature and intelligent.
That being under the age of physical maturity makes you a emotional child who's stupid as all hell.
That being physically mature means that you know best and everyone who's younger than hyou is a stupid sheep waiting for you to educate them.
That being under the age of physical maturity makes you a emotional child who's stupid as all hell.
That being physically mature means that you know best and everyone who's younger than hyou is a stupid sheep waiting for you to educate them.
I hate the fact that every thinks the US treats immigrants poorly, compared to almost every other country in the world, (damn Canadians are polite), the US treats them almost apologetically.
I went to Canada and I must say I have never met such a polite peopleSolo-Wing said:
