# Big Fat Lies. (we tell kids). **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997 "2010-09-08T01:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/41 "2010-09-10T04:57:10Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > > I was told that thunder and lightning come from clouds bumping into each other. > > > > Believed that for years, I did. > > Oh lord, here we go. You mean…it doesn’t? > > I know it’s silly, but I just realized I never made the effort to graduate from that childhood explanation. Of course it does. What else could it be? I think **purplehorseshoe** is having us on. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/42 "2010-09-10T05:01:16Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > > [@moejoe](#): > > > > Oh lord, here we go. You mean…it doesn’t? > > > > I know it’s silly, but I just realized I never made the effort to graduate from that childhood explanation. > > Of course it does. What else could it be? I think **purplehorseshoe** is having us on. :rolleyes: You’re right. Of course you’re right. Thanks for clearing that up. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/43 "2010-09-11T20:01:46Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > And rain was angels crying because somebody sinned. If that was the case the midwest would make Las Vegas look like the Vatican. Quick run and fuck your married neighbor before the corn wilts!!! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/44 "2010-09-11T20:19:19Z")
Life is fair. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/45 "2010-09-11T22:44:19Z")
Hard work never hurt anybody. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/46 "2010-09-11T23:18:03Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Hard work never hurt anybody. That’s a big one! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/47 "2010-09-11T23:19:13Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Life is fair. Not me. My kids know that fair is where pigs compete for ribbons. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/48 "2010-09-11T23:23:50Z")
Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/49 "2010-09-11T23:59:49Z")
They say for every boy and girl, there is just one love in this whole world. The perfect boy or girl? Hows that for forcing someone to live up to high expectations? ---
**Author:** ![serious\_lark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@serious\_lark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/serious_lark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/50 "2010-09-12T19:22:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > God never closes a door without opening a window. Oh yeah, I detest that one almost as must as the one that says: God/life only gives us challenges that we can cope with, so that we can develop abilities/strengths whatever. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/51 "2010-09-12T19:38:15Z")
Hoh-kay! Some of the stuff here seems like some folks are just really bitter. Another thing: I never thought “You can do anything” was meant to be taken literally. If so, it is most certainly a lie. I’ve always interpreted it as “More things are possible than you think, if you have undying determination.” Maybe they should phrase it that way, then, I guess. That said… > [@Mahaloth](#): > > - Cheaters never prosper A lie to end all lies. > [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > One person really can make a difference. Not without the help of a shitload of other people, they can’t. > [@Dogzilla](#): > > As far as big fat lies I was told: > •That will go down on your permanent record. No kidding. I was kind of a little monster in junior high school, but in my defense, can you name one junior high aged girl who isn’t? I was constantly told that my behaviors would doom me permanently, and they almost certainly would have _had I continued them_, but they kept making it seem like everything I did in 7th grade would haunt me for the rest of my life. Everything was going on some permanent record somewhere. Well if there is some record, no one I know has ever seen it. Suck it, Mrs. Krebs! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997/52 "2010-09-12T21:26:28Z")
Yeah, the “permanent record” thing is bunk! (not that I did anything that’d be on one) It seems to be jsut a threat to keep us on the straight and narrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-lies-we-tell-kids/552997.md?page=2)