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“Vaccines work, thoughts and prayers don’t help, Darwin was right”

“That just because an opinion is popular doesn’t mean it is correct.”

“My SO and I are not having kids because we don’t want them.

That’s it. I’m sick of explaining why to people. Now we just repeat “We don’t want them”.

> But everyone has them!

We don’t want them.

> But who will take care of you when your old

We don’t want them.

> But lifes purpose is to reproduce

We don’t want them.

> But you’d make such good parents

We don’t want them.”

“That snow in the winter doesn’t mean global warming is a lie. Weather and climate are not the same thing!”

“I’m not a “househusband” because I’m lazy and don’t want to work. I chose to stay home and support my wife while she brings in the bread. I’ve accepted this and you should look past societal stereotypes and stop with the condescension.”

“That old people aren’t technologically illiterate. We invented the stuff.”

“You DO NOT have to “alpha” your dog. They’re not wolves. Wolves don’t even do that. Stop it.”

“Astrology and Astronomy are not the same thing. Astrology is an archaic form of divination, Astronomy is a science.”

“That air thermals cause airplane condensation trails. Not chemicals being spilled into atmosphere by “them”.”

“That gluten isn’t actually the devil for people without celiac disease or an allergy.

Also, what gluten is.”

“Evolution. It exists, it works, and yes, we’re related to apes (as well as cats, dolphins, spiders and amoebas – if you dig deep enought).”

“Climate Change / Global Warming is not about ‘Saving Planet’ its actually about saving Humanity. Our planet will be fine.”

“That and explaining the difference between climate and weather. Every time we have subzero temps I hear people say things like “how can anyone actually think the earth is getting warmer”. I don’t even bother to explain anymore. Trying to educate the willfully ignorant is silly.”

“Everything is a chemical. Food is made of chemicals. You are made of chemicals.”

“”Alternative medicine” doesn’t exist. If it works, we just call it “medicine.” If it doesn’t work, it’s at best stupid and expensive and at worst dangerous or deadly. Homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic, autism “cures,” reiki, on and on and on…they confer the placebo effect. But the placebo effect won’t treat your f*****g cancer. Don’t be dumb.”

“Obesity is not a character flaw. It is a far more complex health issue than many people realize.”

“That the correct phrase is “couldn’t care less” and *not* “could care less”.”

“I have PTSD and you won’t believe how many times I have to say that people with PTSD don’t always have flashbacks. It’s not a Vietnam war movie.”

“That per unit of energy produced, nuclear power is one of the safest forms of energy production.”

“Climate change is not a hoax, it’s been proven over and over again, it is a real, impending danger that needs to be taken seriously.”

“For the last time people, there *is* gravity in space! It’s amazing how many people don’t understand this.”

“Memory and hard disk space are not the same thing.”

“That we’re actually more or less safer nowadays than ever before. Crime rates have dropped quite a bit in the last few decades. We only think that there’s been an increase in crime because of the 24 hour news cycle reporting this stuff all the time, thus keeping it fresh in our memories.”

“OCD doesn’t specifically mean germaphobia or being overly organized.”

“Hair does not grow longer and thicker because you have shaved it. It grows longer and thicker because you are no longer 11 years old.”

“You shouldn’t fully drain batteries to make them last longer. That was old info that only applied to nicad and not modern lithium batteres or nimh.”

“Aspartame is one of the best studied food additives in the world. It’s not dangerous, it doesn’t cause cancer. And it’s not some mysterious “chemical” (whatever it is that layman health nuts think that word means), it’s a peptide: An itty bitty protein. Our body is perfectly able to digest it, our tongue just thinks it’s insanely sweet so we don’t need much of it.”

“All that said, it’s still not good for you either. It encourages your appetite so you eat more and as a result still gain weight while consuming it.”

“That you don’t catch a cold simply from being cold.”

“Freedom of speech only protects you from the government, not other people.”

“Wasps are important pollinators aren’t aren’t just stinging jerks. Some plant species are pollinated exclusively by single wasp species.”

“That antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viral ones. No, antibiotics won’t help your cold.”

“To be able to suck it up and forget about it is physically impossible with PTSD.”

“GMOs and MSG are not bad for your health.”

“Chrome and IE are just browsers, like cars that are used to drive on the internet. Neither of them is “the internet.”.”

“Freedom of speech means you can’t be arrested for what you’re saying (within reason – you can’t yell “fire” in a crowded theater.) Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can say what you want without other repercussions.”

“That when you earn more money that puts you “into a higher tax bracket” only the amount above that bracket gets taxed at the higher rate, not your entire income.”

“That you can’t specifically lose belly fat by doing sit-ups. Yes, the sit-ups will strengthen and tone your abs, but the definition won’t show through the fat. And you’ll still have a belly.”

“Just because you were spanked as a child and “turned out ok” does not mean you should spank your child. There is a ton of hippocracy in telling children not to hit and then spanking them when they make a mistake. Explaining something to kids is much more effective in the long run than spanking is.”

“That losing weight really is just calories in vs calories out.

No fad diets or gimmicks are going to work in the long run.”

“Flamingos don’t have “backwards knees”, those bits are their ankles.”

“Schizophrenics do not have multiple personalities. That would be Multiples Personality Disorder or as it is known now in the DSM, Dissociative Identity Disorder. TV shows and movies seem to have trouble with this one a lot.”

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