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What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Merlu@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.

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[–] fool@programming.dev 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Premises:

My family watches the news for [weather] and [ye local murder].
My friend says: his dad says: "the news lies."
Parents are trustworthy, and cops can't lie to the news.

Conclusion:

They lie about the WEATHER!?

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

They frequently do! Like when they report on catastrophic flooding by finding a stopped up drain and standing in it ankle deep and shouting about how awful it is as cars drive by behind them on the slightly wet roads.