The Common Misconceptions Thread

[Decepticon]

that all of the german soldiers in WWII were national socialists

[Ad Bot]

[Dodger]

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

Sub genres can have sub genres, I understand what he's most likely trying to say. Usually talking like that about metal is referring a subgenre being a component of a larger sub genre or genre

Heavy Metal is a pretty major sub genre of rock music

For a comparison, if Rock music was the Earth, Heavy Metal would be the Americas, and Canada would be Death metal. The Providences within that comparison Canada would be even more underlying sub-genres. Canada would be an American country.

[Clone v.117]

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.

Or so they say, but how do we know that this was not also someone trying to prove how easily false facts can spread?
/plot twist

[Wynd_Fox]

Sub genres can have sub genres, I understand what he's most likely trying to say. Usually talking like that about metal is referring a subgenre being a component of a larger sub genre or genre

Heavy Metal is a pretty major sub genre of rock music

For a comparison, if Rock music was the Earth, Heavy Metal would be the Americas, and Canada would be Death metal. The Providences within that comparison Canada would be even more underlying sub-genres. Canada would be an American country.

Yeah, I get what you're saying, I was just not sure if you got what Harm was saying, but it seems you do.

that all of the german soldiers in WWII were national socialists

I think that technically they were? But obviously not all followed Riddler's ideology.

[Kimon]

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

agh whatever I was close enough. Only blue light gets absorbed through the skin or something like that.

[Ceist]

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

You have one vein that carries oxygenated blood and one artery that carries deoxygenated blood. WHAT NOW?

[Night Fox]

agh whatever I was close enough

not really :I

[Mr. Jelly]

Misconception: New Jersey consists entirely of just one big Joisey Shore

I'm not orange


myth busted

[Decepticon]

I think that technically they were? But obviously not all followed Riddler's ideology.

From what i've heard and read about all these years, i'm talking mostly about the Wehrmacht. If I remember correctly, almost none of them were told about the mass killings of the innocent jewish people, and basically all they mainly did were follow orders and do what they were told to do. (In the name of honor, or however you call it.) Obviously, like you said, not all of them followed Riddler's ideology, and all of the ACTUAL national socialist members stayed in Berlin/areas around Berlin and paraded around. I've heard the SS (Schutzstaffel) were actually more crueler than the Wehrmacht, and another difference from the SS was that they were under command by Heinrich Himmler. Until 1945 I heard that the national socialists did try to fight against Russian troops whenever they stormed into Berlin.

Just saying, not all of that may be true. It's mainly based on what i've read/heard in the past years.

[Wynd_Fox]

Veins only look blue on white people, anyway.

[Decepticon]

Veins only look blue on white people, anyway.

oh great I just finished writing a paragraph about history and now my veins feel weird everytime I look at the,

[Jacob/Lee]

I love CGPGrey's videos.

[fawkes..]

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.

Really? That's incredible, nearly everyone I know prefers Tea over Coffee! I suppose a lot of people do buy Coffee from shops on the way to work though.

[Mounds Bar]

Blood is not blue inside your veins.

[Night Fox]

that buying an acre of moon land is a good idea