Current Events > Debunk common myths.

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Lemmings don't actually commit suicide.
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So...are you going to debunk it or not?
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Frankenstein was the professor, not the monster
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The sun is actually a hologram of the sun to keep people from worrying that the sun blew up 12 years ago. But the hologram is really bright so it does the job.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Frankenstein was the professor, not the monster

Frankenstein was the real monster
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uluru is in fact completely hollow on the inside
black holes are actually more of a purple than black
it's a myth that we only use 10% of our brains. It's closer to 14%
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bevan306 posted...

it's a myth that we only use 10% of our brains. It's closer to 14%

Wrong, the words in this picture are clearly pointing to at least 27% of the brain

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Actually, we use almost 100% of our brain :3
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the world really ended in 2012, and each following year has been an echo/facsimile of existence, until everything finally winds down
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boxington posted...

the world really ended in 2012, and each following year has been an echo/facsimile of existence, until everything finally winds down

What kinda freaks me out about this is that it almost seems true. Some days I have major deja vu. Like not just a few seconds of "wow that seemed familiar", but full on Persona 4 reliving the same day in the fog kinda same.
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Blue_Dream87 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Frankenstein was the professor, not the monster

Frankenstein was the real monster

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"White Privilege" is bullshit. When I ask people what is white privilege I get three general responses:

1) Income inequality
2) Systemic racism through the Criminal Justice system
3) Generic capitalist policies that benefit white people such as band-aids being the skin tone as white people or hotel shampoo is more suited to white people hair.

Lets tackle the first point; income inequality. There are three basic principles for people to follow to not be permanently poor.

1) Graduate high school
2) Don't get pregnant before marraige
3) Get a job

The first point is the graduation issue. There are no white people forcing black people to not graduate high school. School, for all intensive purposes, is free. Not only is school free; individuals that live within its jurisdiction is mandated to attend the provided free educational facility or enroll in private or home school. The drop out rate of black youth is about seven percent and for white people it is about five percent.

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16

Don't get pregnant before marriage. This is an issue that is prevalent in the black community. The rate of black unwed mothers is at about 72%

http://www.blacknews.com/news/black_unwed_mothers101.shtml#.VxvZI3qbFoM

In comparison the rate of single white mothers is about 32%.

http://www.actrochester.org/children-youth/family-support/single-parent-families/single-parent-families-by-race-ethnicity

White people are not causing this. There aren't white people that are making black people have sex with other black people, then forcing one of them to abandon the other. In no place in America is this happening.

The third issue is to get a job. Black unemployment is at 9.2% with the contrast of white unemployment being at 4.2%

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/black-unemployment-rate-92-more-double-white-unemployment-44

The percentage of black families that have both parents that live below the poverty line is 12%.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/25/fathers-disappear-from-households-across-america/?page=all

Whereas white single mothers are at 33%

http://www.familyfacts.org/charts/329/poverty-rates-are-higher-among-single-mother-families-regardless-of-race

Where is all this white privilege for these white single mothers?

Systemic racism through the Criminal Justice system:

The first thing that gets attention is the differential treatment of crack verses powder cocaine. There is the widespread belief that the behind the scenes white supremacist super villain emperor of the United States is creating legislation to hurt black people. While that is a very compelling argument that many would fear to challenge because of its ironclad reasoning, I'm willing to question this idea.

The reason for heavy sentencing in crack cocaine is because crack is easier to distribute, easier to manufacture, and easier to get high off of. This is a drug that to this day devastates black communities. And it was actually black legislators in inner cities that pushed for the harsher sentencing in an effort to get the drugs out of their communities. This has nothing to do with white privilege. White people didn't even have anything to do with this.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/312823-black-leaders-once-championed-strict-drug-laws-they-now-seek-dismantle/

Meth has the same sentencing as crack, and yet meth is predominantly a drug used by white people. Where is all the white privilege for the Kentucky trailer park hillbillies?

http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking06/Meth-Crack.html
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Nomadic View posted...

"White Privilege" is bullshit. When I ask people what is white privilege I get three general responses:

1) Income inequality
2) Systemic racism through the Criminal Justice system
3) Generic capitalist policies that benefit white people such as band-aids being the skin tone as white people or hotel shampoo is more suited to white people hair.

Lets tackle the first point; income inequality. There are three basic principles for people to follow to not be permanently poor.

1) Graduate high school
2) Don't get pregnant before marraige
3) Get a job

The first point is the graduation issue. There are no white people forcing black people to not graduate high school. School, for all intensive purposes, is free. Not only is school free; individuals that live within its jurisdiction is mandated to attend the provided free educational facility or enroll in private or home school. The drop out rate of black youth is about seven percent and for white people it is about five percent.

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16

Don't get pregnant before marriage. This is an issue that is prevalent in the black community. The rate of black unwed mothers is at about 72%

http://www.blacknews.com/news/black_unwed_mothers101.shtml#.VxvZI3qbFoM

In comparison the rate of single white mothers is about 32%.

http://www.actrochester.org/children-youth/family-support/single-parent-families/single-parent-families-by-race-ethnicity

White people are not causing this. There aren't white people that are making black people have sex with other black people, then forcing one of them to abandon the other. In no place in America is this happening.

The third issue is to get a job. Black unemployment is at 9.2% with the contrast of white unemployment being at 4.2%

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/black-unemployment-rate-92-more-double-white-unemployment-44

The percentage of black families that have both parents that live below the poverty line is 12%.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/25/fathers-disappear-from-households-across-america/?page=all

Whereas white single mothers are at 33%

http://www.familyfacts.org/charts/329/poverty-rates-are-higher-among-single-mother-families-regardless-of-race

Where is all this white privilege for these white single mothers?

Systemic racism through the Criminal Justice system:

The first thing that gets attention is the differential treatment of crack verses powder cocaine. There is the widespread belief that the behind the scenes white supremacist super villain emperor of the United States is creating legislation to hurt black people. While that is a very compelling argument that many would fear to challenge because of its ironclad reasoning, I'm willing to question this idea.

The reason for heavy sentencing in crack cocaine is because crack is easier to distribute, easier to manufacture, and easier to get high off of. This is a drug that to this day devastates black communities. And it was actually black legislators in inner cities that pushed for the harsher sentencing in an effort to get the drugs out of their communities. This has nothing to do with white privilege. White people didn't even have anything to do with this.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/312823-black-leaders-once-championed-strict-drug-laws-they-now-seek-dismantle/

Meth has the same sentencing as crack, and yet meth is predominantly a drug used by white people. Where is all the white privilege for the Kentucky trailer park hillbillies?

http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking06/Meth-Crack.html

Holy shit, you sound mad af.

Also lol @ "intensive purposes"
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Frankenstein was the professor, not the monster

https://m.imgur.com/t/funny/DPgY43u
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