# Ever been shocked at what some people believe?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-believe/622369>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-believe/622369 "2012-05-18T22:14:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-believe/622369/262 "2012-06-16T19:09:38Z")

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I’m not saying they were right. I’m saying that’s what we were told as kids.

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**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-believe/622369/263 "2012-06-18T07:10:01Z")

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> [@zoid](#):
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> I find this belief pretty shocking
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> Dear lord, I have a friend who believes;
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> COP = constable on partrol  
> Golf = gentlemen only, ladies forbidden  
> fuck = fornication under consent of king
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> and probably a dozen more of these type of fake word origins.

Professor Robert Lustig of the University of California San Francisco is makes a rather convincing argument about the effects of sugar.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM)

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**Author:** ![cooky173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@cooky173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cooky173)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-believe/622369/264 "2012-06-18T13:40:59Z")

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I recently had an argument with my Uncle\* about how water runs downhill, and therefore water runs south.

\*Not by blood thankfully

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