• 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
  • Brekky@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Mine used to say if I ate too much cucumber I’d get a stomachache. Which is such an odd thing to restrict for an 8 year old…

    • psud@aussie.zone
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      18 hours ago

      A not a lie: “if you eat too many carrots you’ll turn orange” I did eat too many and I did turn orange. I wonder if I only ate so many carrots to test the statement. Mum said I never believed stuff they told me