The Common Misconceptions Thread

[Doomonkey]

could've just said that "blood doesn't turn red when exposed to oxygen because your blood carries oxygen"

Veins don't carry much oxygen. Arteries and capillaries do.

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[Momentum]

Not to 100% capacity though. But a lot more than 10% capacity.

like a decent cpu

[SiliconCactus]

i hate north carolina and i hate living there
thats not a misconception its a fact but
wow interesting videos!!

wanna meet up and ride a train to africa

[Jairo]

Veins don't carry much oxygen. Arteries and capillaries do.

they carry enough oxygen to disprove the conception

[Doomonkey]

they carry enough oxygen to disprove the conception

But vein blood does change colors when exposed to more oxygen; from dark red to bright red.

[Harm94]

[Decepticon]

what topic is that from? i've been looking for it recently nvm

[TheLegomaster]

Not all dutch people are stoners.

[fawkes..]

Not every English person spends all day drinking tea and eating scones

I get that all the time

[sir dooble]

Not every English person spends all day drinking tea and eating scones

I get that all the time

I'm not sure if it's still the case, but a couple years ago Coffee sales overtook Tea sales in the UK (or atleast England) for the first time since the introduction of Tea and Coffee to Britain.

[Nightmare-Duckie]

Also the "You swallow 8 spiders a year in your sleep thing" was made up by someone trying to prove how easily false facts can spread through email.

[Harm94]

what topic is that from? i've been looking for it recently nvm

Yuki's original Firearms misconceptions thread and TomGunn's revival thread.
Also Screamo and Death is not Heavy Metal.

[Dodger]

Also Screamo and Death is not Heavy Metal.

Screamo is not simply any music with heavy vocals, as contrary to popular opinion. You are wrong and always will be if you keep thinking this

Screamo is a very underground sub-genre of hardcore punk and emo

Death is a sub genre of heavy metal

You are partially right in saying Screamo is not metal, but Death is. I think another misconception is that simply disliking a band or sub-genre and saying it isn't a part of the major genre that relates to music you like somehow does disqualify it from being part of the major genre.

[Wynd_Fox]

I think Harm is saying that Death Metal isn't the same as Heavy Metal (subgenre).

[Night Fox]

was that sarcasm
because veins are blue because of light diffraction and stuff.

apparently a misconception? it isn't because of diffraction...