*** Dispelling the Myths thread ***

[CuriousAndy]

Post anything that is widely believed to be true but it's not.

I'll start with one:

"Don't read under a dim light, it's bad for your eyes"
"Don't play games too much, your eyes will go bad"
"Don't watch TV upclose, your vision will get diminished"
"Don't watch TV upside down, it's not good for your eyes"

You hear those things from your parents or you even say them yourself to others. The truth is that your vision is totally irrelevant with those things. Your eyesight is unaffected by such factors, you can watch TV an inch away from it all day and your vision won't get diminished or degrade.

Your vision is only, I repeat, only affected by your genes.. It's all genetic.

I heard this from three different optical doctors.. A myth dispelled.

This, of course, excludes physical harm to the eyes: such as getting it cut, staring directly at the sun..

now's what's urs?

~moO

 

[pulse8]

No matter how long you make that face, it won't stay that way.

 

[Sluggo]

<< you can watch TV an inch away from it all day and your vision won't get diminished or degrade. >>



Your vision would be fine, its the brain I would be concerned about under those circumstances.

Oh Yeah, no matter how much my Mom threatened to do it, she never tore off my arm and beat me with the bloody end of it.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

GWB is a moron. Graduated from Harvard with honors...I wouldn't call him a &quot;moron&quot;...

/edit: Okay, I mispoke, hmmm, seems he graduated from somewhere with honors , yale? Masters degree at harvard...

 

[Viper GTS]

If you rub it, you'll make a mess.

Actually, that one turned out to be true.

Viper GTS

 

[CuriousAndy]

Oh yea, I have another one:

Cracking your knuckles and fingers will NOT cause arthiritis in the future. The cracking is a sound of cardondioxide being relieved from the joint. It is not harmful.

There's further studying on this and it was posted on ATOT previously by someone else.. do a search yourself.

~moO

 

[GasX]

Masterbating will make hair grown on your palms

 

[Sluggo]

<< Masterbating will make hair grown on your palms >>



Thats not true? :Q


You mean all this time I could have been jer......... BRB

 

[yellowperil]

Smoking banana peels does not get you high.

I think.

 

[Burn]

All the breast-feeding myths dispelled...lol Linky

 

[pulse8]

<< Masterbating will make hair grown on your palms >>



It also won't give you pimples, make you go blind or send you to hell.

 

[Burn]

Masturbation myths dispelled.
Linky

 

[Ameesh]

<< GWB is a moron. Graduated from Harvard with honors...I wouldn't call him a &quot;moron&quot;... >>



He graduated from yale with a c average you freakin moron

 

[Maetryx]

Maetryx here,

Eating hot peppers does *not* burn the germs out of your system. My mom taught me that nonsense.

 

[Ameesh]

<< Maetryx here,

Eating hot peppers does *not* burn the germs out of your system. My mom taught me that nonsense. >>




hahah who told you it in the first place?

 

[OS]

<< Eating hot peppers does *not* burn the germs out of your system. >>



Even if it did, that probably wouldn't be a good idea anyways. E coli naturally resides in your intestines and aids digestion.

 

[GasX]

It doesn't burn the germs so much as make them fly out of your ass at high velocity

 

[supadupapunky]

&quot;You'll shoot your eye out!&quot; In response to you wanting a BB-gun rifle for Christmas.

This was dispelled when it was shown that he did not, in fact, shoot his eye out but his glasses instead!

 

[datalink7]

the crust of a piece of bread is the most healty part

 

[RossGr]

<< Bush Graduated from Harvard with honors >>



He only claimed a C average, How is that with honors.~^

 

[thraashman]

George W Bush is at fault for the current financial decline of the nation as well as rising gas prices.

How could that even be, he hasn't been in office long enough to really make an impact. Most things a president does don't make much impact until late in their term. So basically Clinton screwed us over. Plus most of these problems began a couple years ago and are just getting worse.

 

[Moonbeam]

George Bush won the election.

 

[Amused]

<< George Bush won the election. >>



Yes, he did. Every independant recount in FLA has supported his win as well.

Myth:
George Bush did not win the election.

 

[Moonbeam]

See!

 

[maxoi]

Myth:
Most people voted for GWB.