What are things you were taught as a child that you took as gospel back then but you now know is bullshit

'you will need to write cursive everyday!'

...they werent WRONG. Im just the only dumbass who took this literal.

[–] sidewalker_Principle 0 points (+0|-0)

It is kind of sad because I think we were the last generation that will be taught cursive. It is basically latin now.

my friends cant read my handwriting.

I plan on homeschooling my children so I can teach them. It might be that 'one thing' that sets them apart from a candidate for a position in the future.

[–] asg101 3 points (+3|-0)

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We were all taught that Capitalism and the USA were the best of all possible systems/countries ever. Never a word about how capitalism depends on keeping a certain percentage of us jobless and homeless to scare workers into conforming. Nothing about how a consumption based economy depends on subjugating weaker nations and turning the planet into burned out resource stripped rubble. Nothing about how it would require several planets for everyone else on earth to have the same standard of living as Americans.

Civics class "how a bill becomes law" completely left out the fact that most laws are written by corporations, pushed by their lobbyists, passed by paid off politicians, enforced by crooked cops and upheld by corrupt judges.

[–] wizardofeyes [OP] 3 points (+3|-0)

good points some and this is why I don't understand forced immigration/diversity shit.. so take people with almost no carbon footprint and make them american consumers, it's just not sustainable.

Capitalism has brought more people out of poverty and relieved hunger more than any other system ever and life is better now that it has ever been. Doesn't mean it is sustainable or we can't do better but it's not fair to ignore the good parts or capitalism too. I am more into politics not economics but I am learning and open minded and they have intersectionality.

[–] sidewalker_Principle 1 points (+1|-0)

This is a good point, and one that a lot of us in the West simply ignore.

[–] pembo210 3 points (+3|-0)

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Masturbation makes your palms hairy

[–] sidewalker_Principle 1 points (+1|-0)

WTF? I have never heard of hairy palms. I've heard things like masturbation makes you go blind, drains spinal fluids, causes heart disease. But never hairy palms.

[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0)

cursive is necessary.

oh and that time we all had to dress up as conquistadors for spanish class in elementary school and i went as hernán cortés. kinda awkward when i later found out he was less of a george washington and more of a... idk... real conquistador...

[–] sidewalker_Principle 1 points (+1|-0)

Yea he was the Master Rape Marshall of the southern hemisphere lol.

[–] KillBill 1 points (+1|-0)

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Anything a scientist said anywhere.

You can trust Father McInerney.

5 food groups/Food pyramid

Women are trustworthy by virtue of being women alone.

[–] sidewalker_Principle 0 points (+0|-0)

The blatant brainwashing about the Holocaust that was shoved down our throats every single year from fifth grade to graduation.

I'm not saying it was a complete hoax, I'm not agreeing with /pol/ to the extremes of their beliefs, but when you step back and look at the whole thing with an open mind it starts to get a little odd. The holocaust is not the most recent nor the most significant genocide in world history, yet it is the only one you are not allowed to question and it is the only one public education focuses on. There's an entire network of propaganda built around instilling one specific view point and silencing any questions. Seems a bit off to me.

What are things you were taught as a child that you took as gospel back then but you now know is bullshit

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