Ridiculous/laughable things I've heard.

TattooedNici
TattooedNici Posts: 2,141 Member
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Here are a few things in my lifetime I've heard and wondered why people actually believed this:

Apparently, if you put Purell hand sanitizer in your eyes, it'll cure pinkeye.
Babies (especially, newborns) cry a lot because they're experiencing growing pains while growing.
Your nerve endings are located behind your eyebrows and they cause you to sneeze each time you pluck your eyebrows because they're connected to your sinuses.
Mustard comes from crawfish (hence, the yellow stuff you see when you peel them).

There's more, but I'll end it here for now. Now, it's your turn to share!
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  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
    I have a ton of those from some interns I have. But just yesterday at grocery store I overheard the manager talking to one of his supervisors recasting one of the employees calling in because her phone was dead.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    Humans are full of toxins that must be flushed to survive.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Eating after 7p makes you fat.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    Eating toilet paper and sponges = diet.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Just read MFP forums today, you'll have a lifetime worth of material.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    You can lengthen your muscles!
  • Shnookington
    Shnookington Posts: 16
    When I was young my mother told me that spilled toothpaste attracted cockroaches. So I would sneak out and squirt toothpaste onto the counter top to feed them.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    That a calorie is not a calorie! :laugh:
  • sugaspice999
    sugaspice999 Posts: 164
    Eat low fat everything and you'll lose the fat and see those abs. Crunches don't give you the 6-pack.

    6 meals a day for a ridiculous metabolism.

    Of course, all the stuff about raspberry ketones and the acai berry diet.

    AGAVE NECTAR hype -_-
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    That crunches will give you a 6-pack.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    That crunches will give you a 6-pack.

    I thought. You said. *high five*
  • dianeb613
    dianeb613 Posts: 121 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.....LOL


    It just takes up less space but a ton of steel and a ton of feathers weighs the same, a TON.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Don't eat anything after 3 pm, and then even if you eat a crazy amount of food between waking up and 3 pm you will lose LOTS of weight.

    There's no reason for people to get married if they don't plan to have children together.

    It's ok to have kids when you are on drugs, under eighteen, and/or in severe poverty because "Jesus will find a way to raise your baby right"
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    - you can lose weight as long as you skip breakfast and dont worry about the rest of the day.
    - anything you eat after 7 turns to additional fat

    You can lengthen your muscles!
    my gym has a new barre class and they have it written on the poster that barre elongates your muscles :mad:
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
    My mom always told me growing up that I would only be able to eat one meal a day in order to keep the weight off since I am so short. I hate my mom!!!
  • Blessed9jaBeauty
    Blessed9jaBeauty Posts: 504 Member
    "Only Celebrities can REALLY look good after having children. Regular people a rarely that fortunate" :huh: Well then you can call me a celeb, cuz after I bare children I plan on being FIT AND FABULOUS :wink:
  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
    My favorites:

    Your uterus will fall out if you run a marathon
    women can't lift heavy weights
    Women shouldn't exercise when pregnant, especially lifting
    If you lift weights as a woman you will bulk up
    Cardio is the only way to burn calories
    Eliminate carbs and you will lose weight

    Oh there are so many more, but these are some of my favorites.
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
    -Don't swallow your gum cause it'll get stuck in your stomach (won't digest) and you will clog up your intestines.
  • sunnshhiine
    sunnshhiine Posts: 727 Member
    -Don't swallow your gum cause it'll get stuck in your stomach (won't digest) and you will clog up your intestines.

    wait... this isn't true?!!?

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  • annagraceholt
    annagraceholt Posts: 1 Member
    The worst is 'cut out carbs and you'll lose weight'. Such a load of crap. You may drop loads of weight to begin with but carbs will sure as hell find you again. If you're working out regularly you NEED carbs; you just have to make sure that you're eating a balanced diet and that you're eating good carbs!!!!
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    You can only eat "clean foods" to be healthy, anything else and you will die of toxins/chemicals, etc.!!!! :laugh: :laugh:
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    That how you *plan* to look after having a child will necessarily be how you *actually* look.

    That how you *look* after having a child is on the Top 100 List of Things to Worry About.

    That there is such a thing as "good" (and "bad") carbs.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    That how you *plan* to look after having a child will necessarily be how you *actually* look.

    That how you *look* after having a child is on the Top 100 List of Things to Worry About.

    Yep. I'm never even having children (by my choice), and I still find that stuff disturbing and weird.

    I've also heard a lot of stupid things among my own (childfree by choicers) like having kids will result in your marriage failing, going broke, ruin your career, and you'll pee a little every time you move or laugh. Yeah that stuff has happened to some moms. Not all!
  • TattooedNici
    TattooedNici Posts: 2,141 Member
    Here's a few more memorable things I've heard:

    An ex once told me that brushing your teeth before going to bed is actually bad for you.
    I was told by someone I went to school with that having sex on your monthly will cause it to stop by a day or two.
    And, I was told by my ex fiancée's sister that the reason why my newborn son (at the time) cries at night because he has GERD.
    The reason why your hips aren't widening is because you're having bad sex.
  • CMB1979
    CMB1979 Posts: 588 Member
    Drinking water makes you fat. My host family (including a doctor) in the Republic of Georgia told me this.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    Feel free to correct me on this one, I thought it was ridiculous, but I am not a medica !professional ... My husband told me that eating too much fiber will cause constipation. (My son was 'backed up' the dr said for us to increas his fiber, my husband explained why that was a bad idea)
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    Feel free to correct me on this one, I thought it was ridiculous, but I am not a medica !professional ... My husband told me that eating too much fiber will cause constipation. (My son was 'backed up' the dr said for us to increas his fiber, my husband explained why that was a bad idea)

    To much fiber can cause constipation when you go from low fiber diet to a high one quickly. But if you increase the amount slowly, it shouldn't cause any issues.

    Thanks
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Here are a few things in my lifetime I've heard and wondered why people actually believed this:

    ...

    There's more, but I'll end it here for now. Now, it's your turn to share!

    I got one.

    Climate change is fake.

    I don't really know how far ones head has to be crammed to believe that.
  • jamiek917
    jamiek917 Posts: 610 Member
    your eyes will stay crossed if you cross them too often

    a women's fitness magazine had a deadlift to curl move- using 3 lb dumbbells. dont we just LOVE DLing with 6 lbs?!?

    that chick peas and garbanzo beans can be used to make delicious desserts, like brownies/blondies. i cant bring myself to try it.

    and the worst- the US Government planned 9/11. that infuriates me more than anything.
  • hellakitties
    hellakitties Posts: 27 Member
    When I was young my mother told me that spilled toothpaste attracted cockroaches. So I would sneak out and squirt toothpaste onto the counter top to feed them.

    Once you get over the ickiness of cockroaches, that is pretty darn adorable.

    As for me, my mom used to tell me that if someone goes to bed with wet hair, they would wake up blind.

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