# Untruths you believe **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464 "2010-08-16T22:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/1 "2010-08-16T22:54:14Z")
Mine? Human females do not poop. Alright, I don’t have any reason to believe they don’t and rationally I know they must, but I’ve never made any direct observations regarding this biological function. I’ve been in many men’s restrooms, seen the toilets, and heck even heard other men doing their business. But women? Nah, they just have little rooms that outwardly _look_ like our restrooms, but who the hell knows what happens in those mysterious chambers? What little lies do you tell yourself and partially believe? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/2 "2010-08-16T23:05:34Z")
There’s still a little part of me that will not be shocked the day they prove that Santa Claus actually exists. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/3 "2010-08-16T23:06:04Z")
> [@Taenia\_spp](#): > > What little lies do you tell yourself and partially believe? That the Republicans will get back to their roots and stop pandering to the way-too-religious in this country. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/4 "2010-08-16T23:16:47Z")
That our justice system is in any way shape or form just. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/5 "2010-08-17T00:18:32Z")
Women’s restrooms are for powdering noses and reapplying lipstick, nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/6 "2010-08-17T00:26:55Z")
That my granny had sex. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/7 "2010-08-17T00:34:05Z")
that next time I clean my house, it will stay that way forever. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/8 "2010-08-17T15:04:17Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > That my granny had sex. Ever. Wait. Your grandmother never had sex, but you believe she did? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/9 "2010-08-17T17:52:56Z")
That I will never retire and therefore have no need to save. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/10 "2010-08-17T17:59:18Z")
That sufficiently complicated mechanical devices 1) are sentient, and 2) are trying to be as evil and annoying as possible without drawing attention to the fact that they are sentient (since that would invite repurcussions). Of course, not all devices are _equally_ evil - my car is usually nice, by my computer is just _waiting_ for an excuse. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/11 "2010-08-17T18:19:28Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > that next time I clean my house, it will stay that way forever. Mine is similar: That every pound I lose will never come back. Even after eating a bunch of ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/12 "2010-08-17T18:22:07Z")
Black pocket tens are slightly better than red pocket tens, but split colors never work out. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/13 "2010-08-17T19:17:38Z")
Inanimate objects are malevolent. They fall over just to make me mad. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/14 "2010-08-17T19:22:26Z")
There are men who think more about having a quality relationship than having lots of sex. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/15 "2010-08-17T19:48:53Z")
All the shit in my life \*really is \*worse than anyone else’s. I also belive other people on the road, all the traffic lights, and even the trains are trying to make me late _on purpose_. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/16 "2010-08-17T19:56:53Z")
That all of humanity, that is every single human being, are all non sentient constructs here to give me the illusion of living in a world populated by billions of beings like myself; that each of you only become animated when in my presence, and have been preprogrammed to provide expected responses, with variation and adaptation, to a myriad of stimuli, again, initiated by my presence; that there is no purpose for this other than what I make of it, and that I, somehow, caused all of this. Oh, I can intellectualize that it’s all hogwash, and a particularly unhealthy strain of solipsism but, deep down, yeah, I believe I’m on to you. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/17 "2010-08-17T20:02:30Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Oh, I can intellectualize that it’s all hogwash, and a particularly unhealthy strain of solipsism but, deep down, yeah, I believe I’m on to you. Well, damn. Peoplebots, she’s on to us. Deactivate! Deactivate! ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/18 "2010-08-17T20:07:08Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > > > Oh, I can intellectualize that it’s all hogwash, and a particularly unhealthy strain of solipsism but, deep down, yeah, I believe I’m on to you. > > Well, damn. Peoplebots, **she’s** on to us. Deactivate! Deactivate! He. But you already knew that. (bolding mine) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/19 "2010-08-17T20:11:56Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > > [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > > > that next time I clean my house, it will stay that way forever. > > Mine is similar: > > That every pound I lose will never come back. Even after eating a bunch of ice cream. Likewise, that mere bites don’t count when you’re counting calories, carbs, fats, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464/20 "2010-08-17T20:29:27Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Inanimate objects are malevolent. They fall over just to make me mad. I totally empathize with this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untruths-you-believe/550464.md?page=2)