Stupid Myths

I am always fascinated by what people choose to believe. Superstition, myth, legend....its all basically some dumb story that if you ever stopped to think about it would make absolutely no sense. But, for some reason, people are gullible enough to think they are true.

Some examples.

Chain emails. The idea that forwarding or not forwarding a simple piece of electronic mail will have any affect on your life one way or the other is absurd. And if you don't immediately call 10 people in the next 5 minutes and tell them this, your hair will turn purple. Seriously. My friend's roommate's cousin's uncle's mechanic had it happen to his wife.

Black cats. Cats of any color do not cause bad luck, they are just really annoying and pretty much useless. Also, if you let a cat cross your path without kicking it you deserve bad luck. The same goes for walking under ladders, breaking mirrors, etc....all bunk.

Free (insert random popular product here) just follow this link! If you subscribe to the age old theory that time is money, then right off the bat this is flawed. Clicking on a link to obtain something free takes time, time is money, money equals cost therefore your item is not free. If you don't agree with that motto, then have fun filling out the multiple subscriptions and offers you will be led to and the countless junk emails that will follow all in the name of a free (probably refurbished) bit of techno gadgetry that may or may not ever actually materialize. Bottom line: if it were truly free it would just show up on my doorstep.

Googling Google on Google will break the internet. Really? Wow, if you believe this then its quite possible you may be beyond help. I can tell you with certainty that it will not break the internet. I'm sure Al Gore would have thought of that before he created it.

Rebooting will fix your problem. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks Microsoft.

Step on a crack, break your momma's back. I am fairly confident that if this were true kids would never be allowed to leave the house.

Elvis is alive. No, he isn't.

Don't open an umbrella inside. It's not bad luck, you will just have a harder time getting out the door.

The Tooth Fairy. First of all, this is just plain freaky. Why would you want a kid to believe that some magic sprite comes into your room at night and takes an old piece of your body that you have stashed under your pillow? (Side note: if something falls off my body it either needs to be a: re-attached immediately or b: thrown away if its no longer of use. I would never think it appropriate to put it under my head and go to sleep.) Secondly, why would the T.F. pay you for an old tooth? What does the T.F. do with them? Make dentures? Sell them on the black market? Harvest them for DNA to make clones? Think people. Think.

Everyone has a doppleganger. This is the notion that somewhere in the world you have a double or a look alike. Somewhere out there, there is duplicate you. Preposterous! These doubles are simply the clones the T.F. made from your tooth DNA. :D

Amazing what people will believe.

Got a good stupid myth? Do tell.

Later everyone!