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Lies you were told as a kid? (lemmus.org)
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  • Most outrageous / unbelievable lies
  • Most offensive / dangerous lies
  • Most "adult meant it as genuine advice but it's laughably out of touch" lies
  • Lies you wish you still believed
  • Lies you took as truth and didn't question it until you were way too old
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[–] 59 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
  • It's illegal to turn the interior light on in the car while driving.
  • If you make that face, it'll stay like that.
  • Sitting too close to the TV will give you square eyes
  • If you lie, you get spots on your tongue (would then ask to show you your tongue when they asked you if you telling the truth)
  • The Square box in that corner (the maximize window button on a PC) is a camera and we can watch what you do.
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  • [–] 20 points 3 weeks ago*

    If you lie, you get spots on your tongue

    Oh lmao the spots on your tongue thing is ancient. Transient lingual papillitis, also called "lie bumps". Ton of cultures share the myth that you get them from lying - we don't know what causes them (and fuck do they hurt) and they're rarely talked about, so it's always weird to run into that in the wild; it seems so absurd you'd never expect it to be as widespread as it is.

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