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Common Misconceptions
« on: February 07, 2012, 04:40:44 PM »
There are a lot of little sayings or commonly accepted things that just flat out aren't true (like people only use 10% of their brains). I love hearing about these, so let's better educate the DTF community by posting some of our favorite (or most hated) misconceptions. Go!

1. Seasons are caused by the Earth's changing distance from the sun as it travels around its elliptical orbit. Nope. It's from the difference between more and less direct sunlight caused by the tilt in the Earth's axis. The actual change in the Earth's distance from the sun doesn't do much at all.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 04:48:02 PM »
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2012, 04:52:53 PM »
That's one way to ruin the fun.  :lol
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 05:02:38 PM »
I didn't ruin anything. Now this thread has served its purpose and we can move on to discussing more important things, like global warming, or boobs.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2012, 05:16:35 PM »
2. I'm good at making threads.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 05:20:40 PM »
 :rollin
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 05:21:27 PM »
3. That chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons are monkeys. They're apes, but it seems that 99.9999999% of the time people see a chimp, they call it a monkey. For some reason, this is like my biggest pet peeve because I like animals a lot and this mistake is so widespread. We should at least be able to identify our closest animal relatives!
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2012, 05:23:45 PM »
People don't seem to know how to use the word "irony" properly, which drives me nuts.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2012, 05:27:24 PM »
It is a myth that one is able to skate on ice because the pressure on the ice by the blades lowers the freezing point of the ice to the point of melting. What actually happens is that ice has a minuscule film of stuff that is both liquid and solid at the same tine, and that's what you glide on.

Also:
Myth: Some people think the plane won't take off.
No myth: Those people are idiots.

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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 05:27:53 PM »
Quote from: Rina on February 07, 2012, 05:23:45 PM
People don't seem to know how to use the word "irony" properly, which drives me nuts.

I totally came in here to post this. Thank you so much! I'm so tired of people either being too lazy to look it up, thinking it's a synonym for coincidental, or knowing the difference but choosing to say the wrong word any way because they think it sounds cooler/more intellectual/whatever.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 05:29:17 PM »
Quote from: lonestar on February 07, 2012, 05:20:40 PM
:rollin

Ah, yes. Just the man I wanted to see. Have any cooking advice for this thread?
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2012, 05:31:28 PM »
Duck butter does NOT go into veloute.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2012, 05:35:04 PM »
Contrary to popular belief, people proficient at math are not calculators.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2012, 05:35:36 PM »
Quote from: black_floyd on February 07, 2012, 05:27:53 PM
Quote from: Rina on February 07, 2012, 05:23:45 PM
People don't seem to know how to use the word "irony" properly, which drives me nuts.

I totally came in here to post this. Thank you so much! I'm so tired of people either being too lazy to look it up, thinking it's a synonym for coincidental, or knowing the difference but choosing to say the wrong word any way because they think it sounds cooler/more intellectual/whatever.

Exactly. Not the same meaning as "coincidence".   :)
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2012, 05:36:05 PM »
Quote from: rumborak on February 07, 2012, 05:27:24 PM
Also:
Myth: Some people think the plane won't take off.
No myth: Those people are idiots.

rumborak

But if the conveyor belt and the wheels are moving at the same speed but opposite directions, it won't move at all!!
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2012, 05:36:34 PM »
Quote from: Rina on February 07, 2012, 05:35:36 PM
Quote from: black_floyd on February 07, 2012, 05:27:53 PM
Quote from: Rina on February 07, 2012, 05:23:45 PM
People don't seem to know how to use the word "irony" properly, which drives me nuts.

I totally came in here to post this. Thank you so much! I'm so tired of people either being too lazy to look it up, thinking it's a synonym for coincidental, or knowing the difference but choosing to say the wrong word any way because they think it sounds cooler/more intellectual/whatever.

Exactly. Not the same meaning as "coincidence".   :)

Haha, ironically I was thinking the same thing.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2012, 05:38:09 PM »
Quote from: Jamesman42 on February 07, 2012, 05:36:34 PM
Quote from: Rina on February 07, 2012, 05:35:36 PM
Quote from: black_floyd on February 07, 2012, 05:27:53 PM
Quote from: Rina on February 07, 2012, 05:23:45 PM
People don't seem to know how to use the word "irony" properly, which drives me nuts.

I totally came in here to post this. Thank you so much! I'm so tired of people either being too lazy to look it up, thinking it's a synonym for coincidental, or knowing the difference but choosing to say the wrong word any way because they think it sounds cooler/more intellectual/whatever.

Exactly. Not the same meaning as "coincidence".   :)

Haha, ironically I was thinking the same thing.



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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2012, 05:39:03 PM »
Quote from: Fiery Winds on February 07, 2012, 05:36:05 PM
Quote from: rumborak on February 07, 2012, 05:27:24 PM
Also:
Myth: Some people think the plane won't take off.
No myth: Those people are idiots.

rumborak

But if the conveyor belt and the wheels are moving at the same speed but opposite directions, it won't move at all!!

I already made that hideous thread.

And along the lines of ironic, per se doesn't mean what most people think it does either.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2012, 05:50:42 PM »
Hey Rina, I think that pic is on the verge of becoming a forum meme :lol
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2012, 06:17:05 PM »
Quote from: theseoafs on February 07, 2012, 05:02:38 PM
I didn't ruin anything. Now this thread has served its purpose and we can move on to discussing more important things, like global warming, or boobs.

You could fill a thread solely with misconceptions about global warming and boobs.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2012, 06:18:13 PM »
Common misconception: That I fucking care about anyone.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2012, 06:22:13 PM »
Quote from: snapple on February 07, 2012, 06:18:13 PM
Common misconception: That I fucking care about anyone.

OMG dude.







We have the same misconception.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2012, 06:23:26 PM »
Quote from: TioJorge on February 07, 2012, 06:22:13 PM
Quote from: snapple on February 07, 2012, 06:18:13 PM
Common misconception: That I fucking care about anyone.

OMG dude.







We have the same misconception.



I don't fucking care.


























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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #23 on: February 07, 2012, 06:27:16 PM »
Common misconception: When I wear a condom.

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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #24 on: February 07, 2012, 06:31:14 PM »
"Avatar was just a CGI wank fest"
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #25 on: February 07, 2012, 06:33:41 PM »
Quote from: Chino on February 07, 2012, 06:31:14 PM
"Avatar was just a CGI wank fest"

It was also a blatant money grab by James Cameron. (not a misconception).
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #26 on: February 07, 2012, 06:37:55 PM »
Oh snapple
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #27 on: February 07, 2012, 06:55:19 PM »
Quote from: black_floyd on February 07, 2012, 05:50:42 PM
Hey Rina, I think that pic is on the verge of becoming a forum meme :lol

It's better than my face palm picture, lol.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #28 on: February 07, 2012, 07:35:06 PM »
myth: hefdaddy is a god
fact: hefdaddy is god
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #29 on: February 07, 2012, 07:39:39 PM »
Quote from: Implode on February 07, 2012, 04:40:44 PM
(like people only use 10% of their brains).
I think we only use 10% of our hearts.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #30 on: February 07, 2012, 08:03:28 PM »
Quote from: GuineaPig on February 07, 2012, 06:17:05 PM
Quote from: theseoafs on February 07, 2012, 05:02:38 PM
I didn't ruin anything. Now this thread has served its purpose and we can move on to discussing more important things, like global warming, or boobs.

You could fill a thread solely with misconceptions about global warming and boobs.
Fact: Boobs, if we learned to harvest their power, could reverse global warming.
Quote from: Chino on February 07, 2012, 06:31:14 PM
"Avatar was just a CGI wank fest"
That's right, it was not just a CGI wank fest. It was the world's most expensive CGI wank fest.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #31 on: February 07, 2012, 08:04:23 PM »
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 07, 2012, 07:39:39 PM
Quote from: Implode on February 07, 2012, 04:40:44 PM
(like people only use 10% of their brains).
I think we only use 10% of our hearts.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #32 on: February 07, 2012, 08:05:08 PM »
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 07, 2012, 07:39:39 PM
Quote from: Implode on February 07, 2012, 04:40:44 PM
(like people only use 10% of their brains).
I think we only use 10% of our hearts.


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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #33 on: February 07, 2012, 08:10:28 PM »
Quote from: rumborak on February 07, 2012, 06:27:16 PM
Common misconception: When I wear a condom.

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Nothing will top this.
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Re: Common Misconceptions
« Reply #34 on: February 07, 2012, 08:18:18 PM »
Quote from: Dark Castle on February 07, 2012, 08:10:28 PM
Quote from: rumborak on February 07, 2012, 06:27:16 PM
Common misconception: When I wear a condom.

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Nothing will top this.
That's the point.
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