Myths and Misconceptions you would like to dispel?

sxt

There are no such things as "detox" diets that can remove impurities from your body. Your liver and kidney do this

tomwaterford

There's no such thing as the mayo curse in football


They've won several underage and wimmins all irelands

s4uv3

I think the idea of detox diet is that you eat really "clean" food so that they're not in your body in the first place, no?

Sue Pa Key Pa

You have no 'right' to a house/children/job/free speech.

McMurphy

The ability to have multiple orgasms is unique to ladys.

Are Am Eye

sxt wrote: »

There are no such things as "detox" diets that can remove impurities from your body. Your liver and kidney do this

Antioxidants can dispel free radicals?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

There is no perfect system of government.

Nobody has all the answers.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Napoleon was actually taller than most Frenchmen at the time.

On the other hand, Stalin was only 5 foot 3.

Sue Pa Key Pa

Are Am Eye wrote: »

Antioxidants can dispel free radicals?

The same free radicals that are planting bombs everywhere???

wakka12

sxt wrote: »

There are no such things as "detox" diets that can remove impurities from your body. Your liver and kidney do this

Thats not entirely true, you can choose diets with lots of anti oxidant rich foods which do fight free radicals within the body

Insect Overlord

The misconceptions about Limerick City are quite tired at this stage.

thelad95

That jet fuel can melt steel beams.

sxt

s4uv3 wrote: »

I think the idea of detox diet is that you eat really "clean" food so that they're not in your body in the first place, no?

Detox means removing toxic substances from the body, eating a detox cocktail doesn't remove toxins. Your body does

WoollyRedHat

That waking a sleepwalker is somehow dangerous and will turn them into white walkers...they'll be a bit confused but that's it. Just don't wake them up at the top of the stairs maybe.

For Forks Sake

Insect Overlord wrote: »

The misconceptions about Limerick City are quite tired at this stage.

*puts knife away and backs away slowly*

Irish Guitarist

Ever since Public Enemy released Fight The Power it's been popular to call Elvis a racist who stole music from black people. This makes no sense. If he was a racist why would he think black music was worth stealing? Not that he did steal black music, most of his biggest hits were written by white people. He did have black backing singers called The Sweet Inspirations in the seventies which he treated decently.

And Chuck D didn't seem to see the irony in rapping about musical theft over another musicians record that he hadn't gotten the rights to use.

LordSutch

"Doing it" standing up means she won't get pregnant.

Grayditch

Mamma Cass from the Mammas And Pappas didn't choke to death on a sandwich. She lost a third of her body weight in a short space of time and died of heart failure.

Anita Blow

That teachers have long paid holidays

archer22

That everything in Ireland is "best in the World" or "exceeds best international practices"....or that "lessons have been learned...going forward".

Hitman3000

thelad95 wrote:

That jet fuel can melt steel beams.

No but intense heat with jet fuel as an accelerant can with other combustible materials. Just saying.

Hitman3000

That people get 'free house's seems to be a staple claim of boardsies.

Widdershins

That people with piercings are deviant. That people with an alternative look are unique. They're neither. Just ordinary people with a different sense of style to what's mainstream.

That menstruation normally comes with crippling pain. It's not normal to be incapacitated and in agony and shouldn't be accepted as part of the burden of being female.

That women are tough for bleeding for five days. It shouldn't be that much blood loss.

That women are raging lunatics with PMS. If any of these things are true for a woman then she deserves medical attention.

FizzleSticks

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Fate and destiny are different things, not interchangeable terms.

One's fate is authored by a divine or all powerful hand.

One's destiny is influenced by the decisions and choices a person makes throughout their lifetime. Also known as kismet, a lovely word.

Oh, and that thing you think karma means? It almost certainly doesn't.

Ineedaname

That a Garda can't arrest you if he's not wearing his hat.

Genuinely amazes me how many times I've heard this quoted as fact.

Widdershins

FizzleSticks wrote: »

Myth that women shouldn't bleed for 5 days or more, anything between 2 and 7 days is considered normal :P[/QUOT

I meant that the notion that we survive *all that bloodloss* like indestructible superhoeros/martyrs is nonsense because it shouldn't be *that much* bloodloss, if it goes on for two days or seven, normally it's a matter of spoonfuls. Five days is just what I've heard it estimated as when people say it.

Huexotzingo

That the Holocaust was only Jews being sent to secret camps and gassed.

In fact many were shot and dumped in mass graves and massacred in pograms, often while civilians and German soldiers looked on.

The_Valeyard

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

On the other hand, Stalin was only 5 foot 3.

And he had a withered left hand.

Widdershins

Huexotzingo wrote: »

That the Holocaust was only Jews being sent to secret camps and gassed.

In fact many were shot and dumped in mass graves and massacred in pograms, often while civilians and German soldiers looked on.

That Jews were the only victims, or that they were only killed in that one way?

They were also starved, worked to death and experimented on. The female guards were brutal to the female prisoners.

The_Valeyard

Aliens did not crash at Roswell, get over it.



A rogue planet is not going to collide with Earth.



I am not a wolf.

Beanntraigheach

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Napoleon was actually taller than most Frenchmen at the time.

On the other hand, Stalin was only 5 foot 3.

Is that why Stalin always wore large boots - were there lifts in them?

Huexotzingo

Widdershins wrote: »

That Jews were the only victims, or that they were only killed in that one way?

They were also starved, worked to death and experimented on. The female guards were brutal to the female prisoners.

Sorry, I meant the common misconception that Jews were killed only in the gas chambers. Many people don't know about the Einsatzgruppen or the Lvov pogram etc.

wakka12

Huexotzingo wrote: »

That the Holocaust was only Jews being sent to secret camps and gassed.

In fact many were shot and dumped in mass graves and massacred in pograms, often while civilians and German soldiers looked on.

I dont get how the first point and second are related?

Hitman3000

Huexotzingo wrote:

Sorry, I meant the common misconception that Jews were killed only in the gas chambers. Many people don't know about the Einsatzgruppen or the Lvov pogram.

The Einsatzgruppen were equal opportunity killers, they didn't just restrict themselves to the murder of the Jews. The Soviet peasentary suffered greatly at their hands during the war.

Are Am Eye

The_Valeyard wrote: »

And he had a withered left hand.

He had a fine mustache though - to balance the books.
Must have combed it several times every day

Lickin2me

That **** will make you go blind

Corkgirl18

If you shave a body part, the hair grows back faster and thicker.

We only use 10% of our brains.

It takes 7 years to digest swallowed chewing gum.

ArnoldJRimmer

Chicago is not called the Windy City due to the breezy weather. Its because back in the day, their politicians wouldn't shut the fcuk up about how great the place was, and therefore the people were seen as 'full of wind.'

Are Am Eye

Lickin2me wrote: »

That **** will make you go blind

Huh? Who said that?

CFlat

Are Am Eye wrote: »

Huh? Who said that?

Stevie wonder, but then he was very superstitious.

Martina1991

Widdershins wrote: »

That menstruation normally comes with crippling pain. It's not normal to be incapacitated and in agony and shouldn't be accepted as part of the burden of being female.

That women are tough for bleeding for five days. It shouldn't be that much blood loss.

Many women who experience extreme pain/ significant blood loss don't realise it isn't normal. When its all you've ever experienced how would you know any different.

I've read many a women's article of women have diagnosed endometriosis or severe anaemia.

Widdershins

Martina1991 wrote: »

Many women who experience extreme pain/ significant blood loss don't realise it isn't normal. When its all you've ever experienced how would you know any different.

I've read many a women's article of women have diagnosed endometriosis or severe anaemia.

Exactly. I'm not criticising people for suffering and thinking it's normal..I think women accept it as the hand they've been dealt. Maybe if there was a bit of a publicity campaign informing people of the above conditions, and PCOS and Fibroids and things like that, what kind of help they could get, women wouldn't suffer on with it.

Not only to help women in terrible pain but because some of those conditions can endanger fertility, and other very serious long term problems.

Are Am Eye

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

If you shave a body part, the hair grows back faster and thicker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuboJiAUMd8

Corkgirl18

Widdershins wrote: »

Exactly. I'm not criticising people for suffering and thinking it's normal..I think women accept it as the hand they've been dealt. Maybe if there was a bit of a publicity campaign informing people of the above conditions, and PCOS and Fibroids and things like that, what kind of help they could get, women wouldn't suffer on with it.

Not only to help women in terrible pain but because some of those conditions can endanger fertility, and other very serious long term problems.

The problem is for many of these conditions there isn't a massive amount that can be done to relieve the pain.
I've endometriosis and there's very little that can be done to help me and many others that have the same condition. Its not like there's a cure for it.

Noveight

Many people believe that Lidl and Aldi are run by 2 brothers. Not true.

Aldi itself was founded by 2 brothers who subsequently split the company after they couldn't agree on whether or not to sell ciggies.

Widdershins

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

The problem is for many of these conditions there isn't a massive amount that can be done to relieve the pain.
I've endometriosis and there's very little that can be done to help me and many others that have the same condition. Its not like there's a cure for it.

At least there are treatments that help some people to some extent, better than not even knowing whats wrong. Then you can avail of proper pain relief. There's schemes to help with the cost of going to England for proper specialist excision surgery which nobody seems to be able to do in Ireland, and they will not tell you about that surgery here-it's the gold standard! It seems to offer a chance of the endometriosis not recurring, or at least minimises it.

Plus if adhesions glue the bowel or other organ to something else you could need surgery and the sooner people catch that kind of thing the better.

Even if all else fails, at least people might be understanding instead of assuming women are complaining about something natural.

mahamageehad

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Aliens did not crash at Roswell, get over it.



A rogue planet is not going to collide with Earth.



I am not a wolf.

Lies Valecub.

mahamageehad

That there's no wimmins on the Internet.

_Dara_

wakka12 wrote: »

Thats not entirely true, you can choose diets with lots of anti oxidant rich foods which do fight free radicals within the body

No, it's completely true. If your liver isn't up to the job of detoxification, you're in big trouble and no diet will save you.

Are Am Eye

_Dara_ wrote: »

No, it's completely true. If your liver isn't up to the job of detoxification, you're in big trouble and no diet will save you.

Whilst the op's sentiment and your supporting post are broadly speaking on the right track the point stands that technically there are substances that when introduced to the body eliminate harmful substances. These exist in many foods and have an antioxidant effect on harmful free radicals.

It goes without saying that eating a pure or clean diet to begin with is the ideal approach.

However the OP's contention that no substance introduced to the body could have a detoxifying effect is factually incorrect.