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Common misconceptions universally accepted

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  • 15-09-2009 11:36am
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    dlofnep
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    Was just reading a racism thread on here, and I noticed the Lauren Hill "I'd rather have black children starve, than white people buy my album" comment. I've read and heard this a million times over, so I looked into it a while back and found out that it was completely inaccurate. The comment wasn't challenged at all, because it's become universally accepted. It just goes to show how little we question certain things when we should.

    What other misconceptions are universally accepted?


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    AnonoBoy
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    dlofnep wrote: »
    What other misconceptions are universally accepted?

    Jim Corr is mental.

    He's actually a very clued-in and astute political commentator.


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    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,164 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    That the world is flat? Oh no, that was disproved!:D


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    TobyZiegler
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    Pretty much every random thing I've ever known has been proven wrong by QI! Great programme.


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    m@cc@
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    TobyZiegler wrote: »
    Pretty much every random thing I've ever known has been proven wrong by QI! Great programme.

    Including the below post.
    walshb wrote: »
    That the world is flat? Oh no, that was disproved!:D

    No one ever thought the world was flat.


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    me_right_one
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    Apparantely the Neil Armstrong "One small step..." speech is wrong!?! He's supposed to have said "thats one small step for A man.....", but people just say "for man"


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    That_Guy
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    m@cc@ wrote: »
    No one ever thought the world was flat.

    The lads back in time did until Copernicus showed up and kicked ass and disproved those mutha's!!!


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    me_right_one
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    That Dublin is the true capital of Ireland. Its actually Tara, Co.Meath


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    dlofnep
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    m@cc@ wrote: »
    No one ever thought the world was flat.

    http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/


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    me_right_one
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    I wonder is the one about Tommy Hilfiger telling Oprah Winfrey that he hopes no black people buy his clothes true?


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    indough
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    m@cc@ wrote: »
    No one ever thought the world was flat.

    yes they did

    the myth is that it was the generally accepted belief


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    biko
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    No-one ever said "Play it again Sam" in Casablanca.


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    luckylucky
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    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Including the below post.



    No one ever thought the world was flat.

    In the history that I studied, pre-Columbus europe pretty much did think it was flat. Unless you're saying we've all been fed some massive lie? :confused:


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    I.S.T.
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    dlofnep wrote: »
    What other misconceptions are universally accepted?

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran saying he wanted to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.


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    markok84
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    toothpaste doesn't actually get out those sort of stains :(


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    Agamemnon
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    No-one ever said "Beam me up, Scotty" in Star Trek.


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    dlofnep
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    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran saying he wanted to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.

    True. The transcripts stated that he wanted Zionism (an ideological belief) wiped from the page of time.


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    Fratton Fred
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    GAP (As in GAP Clothing) does not stand for Gay and Proud as is commonly believed.

    It was named after the generation gap.


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    m@cc@
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    luckylucky wrote: »
    In the history that I studied, pre-Columbus europe pretty much did think it was flat. Unless you're saying we've all been fed some massive lie? :confused:

    Fraid not. You can blame the Christians for ponying that myth.


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    AnonoBoy
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    GAP (As in GAP Clothing) does not stand for Gay and Proud as is commonly believed.

    That's the first time I've ever heard that. Ever.


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    Húrin
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    That_Guy wrote: »
    The lads back in time did until Copernicus showed up and kicked ass and disproved those mutha's!!!

    No, the ideas that most people in medieval Europe thought it was flat is a myth perpetrated by the Victorians. The world was demonstrated to be round by both the Indians and the Greeks over 2000 years ago.


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    oeb
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    blah blah 10% of your brain blah cliché blah organic foods blah alternative therapy blah


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    dlofnep
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    Agamemnon wrote: »
    No-one ever said "Beam me up, Scotty" in Star Trek.

    Interesting!


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    #24
    Wazdakka
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    The lamp is a lie


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    dyl10
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    walshb wrote: »
    That the world is flat? Oh no, that was disproved!:D

    What are you talking about?
    The world is flat...


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    walshb
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    m@cc@ wrote: »


    No one ever thought the world was flat.

    Really?:confused:


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    Euro_Kraut
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    De Valera never used the phrase 'comley maidens dancing at the crossroads'. It is widely misquoted from his 1943 St Patrick's Day speech.

    He mentions 'happy maidens' not comley and does not call upon them the dance.

    http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t09b.html
    .. The Ireland that we dreamed of would be the home of a people who valued material wealth only as a basis for right living, of a people who, satisfied with frugal comfort, devoted their leisure to the things of the spirit – a land whose countryside would be bright with cosy homesteads, whose fields and villages would be joyous with the sounds of industry, with the romping of sturdy children, the contest of athletic youths and the laughter of happy maidens, whose firesides would be forums for the wisdom of serene old age. The home, in short, of a people living the life that God desires that men should live. . . ."


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    #28
    dyl10
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    Those immigrants aren't stealin' er jabs!


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    Fratton Fred
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    That's the first time I've ever heard that. Ever.

    ignorance is bliss;)


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    m@cc@
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    walshb wrote: »
    Really?:confused:


    Well, I'm sure someone did/does but not as many as you would think.


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    NedTermo
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    Agamemnon wrote: »
    No-one ever said "Beam me up, Scotty" in Star Trek.

    Robbed my one.


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