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What Popular Wisdom Is 100% Wrong?
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:17 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface I might undertake a project to dismantle some of this dumb shit, because it's gotten to the point where it's genuinely ruining our country
What shit do you hear people say that is almost inverted relative to reality and in need of a fucking reality check?
Examples from my end:
1. defense spending makes us safer 2. "thank you for your service" 3. violence has no place in modern society 4. the idea of a "fair share" that is somehow tied to a bright line, uncontextualized thing, like a specific gross income
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:26 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface Going to add shit here to keep track of it:
--Don't judge a book by its cover
--Lending rules (when/how borrowing actually makes sense)
--"health" shit
--A possibly satirical take on the desirability of drinking alcohol all the time (like back when potable water was rarer)
--"true love" / "perfect matches" / etc.
--crime/problems are spread equally across society rather than concentrated in a small and particularlized group of shitbags |
Date: October 15th, 2026 5:22 PM Author: soul-stirring crusty set “don’t judge a book by its cover” - not great, cuz the outside is a representation of the inside, and is meant to be viewed / analyzed (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191143) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:34 PM Author: Peach party of the first part (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191178) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:08 PM Author: Nofapping school people with shitty phenotypes say this (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191295) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:22 PM Author: Crawly Drab Hairy Legs Taking a mortgage instead of putting 100% down is "financially literate" Alcohol has health benefits |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:24 PM Author: Seedy Cracking Patrolman >Taking a mortgage instead of putting 100% down is "financially literate"
Explain because the math does not support your assertion. A 20% down, 30 year fixed rate mortgage is one of the greatest wealth generating tools in human history |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:24 PM Author: Crawly Drab Hairy Legs See what I mean (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191150) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:32 PM Author: Startling Fuchsia Deer Antler Office (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191172) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:34 PM Author: Peach party of the first part (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191181) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:35 PM Author: Crystalline potus People underestimate the value of leverage for a prole household who scrapes together a 20% down payment. Principal appreciation occurs against the entire asset, not the Equity, fwiw. Whereas with equities it’s against the…. Equity. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191183) |
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Date: October 16th, 2026 6:27 PM Author: Seedy Cracking Patrolman Also, being short dollars (via fixed interest rate) is a great trade when the fed is printing to cover for the social security ponzi scheme (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50192902) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:34 PM Author: Peach party of the first part (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191180) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:45 PM Author: Pea-brained macaca Alcohol is poison full stop (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191193) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:30 PM Author: Crystalline potus A lot of people act like AAA Games are the only Games. They’re not. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191166) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:23 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface Shit that people still play religiously, like the binding of isaac and the first spelunky (the updated graphics one) make me question whether anyone actually thinks that only AAA games are relevant (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191326) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:32 PM Author: Crystalline potus A lot of people oversimplify why PS1 outsold N64. CDs are part of the story, but N64 was also hard af to develop for, similar to — but not as bad as — Saturn. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191171) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:33 PM Author: transparent rough-skinned institution prateek bhopale being taller than zelensky (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191175) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:37 PM Author: Crystalline potus Zelensky is like 5’5, Bhopale like 5’3 afaict (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191185) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:33 PM Author: Peach party of the first part eating honey regularly helps w allergies (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191177) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:36 PM Author: Crystalline potus The Bond market being a poor investment choice for LeanFIRE (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191184) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:21 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface It's not too bad at 5%, but at ZIRP or NIRP... (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191323) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:06 PM Author: Stimulating location fanboi customer service does not service the customer, its a method of plausible presence until the agents next coffee break (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191292) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:20 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface I feel like there's something potentially interesting here, but I'm a dumb lawyer and would appreciate a deeper elaboration or a hypo (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191320) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:25 PM Author: Brussels Sprout (Apropos of the Wet Snow) there is actually somebody out there who cares about you-- nope, lies, pure lies (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191327) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:32 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface My take on this is the topic of "true love" / "perfect matches" / etc. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191334) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:35 PM Author: Brussels Sprout (Apropos of the Wet Snow) absent some financial obligation/dependance or quid pro quo-- we are all alone (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191343) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:40 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface I think this is much more true than people are comfortable acknowledging. But how do you explain those people who stand by a spouse who is slowly withering away in a hospital even though they're only paying out
Psychological defect(s)? Too insecure to be judged by society for leaving? |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:48 PM Author: Brussels Sprout (Apropos of the Wet Snow) guilt, performative obligation, being trapped, helplessness-- even pity: better him than me (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191363) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:34 PM Author: Nofapping school (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191340) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 7:36 PM Author: wild razzmatazz parlor associate any discussion of 'root causes' with respect to reducing crime. in reality, something like 'propensity to be a shitbig criminal' is NOT an even distribution across the population, and locking up the most violent 1.5% of men (like El Salvador did) can lead to a 98% reduction in violence.
"the brain doesn't mature until 25" - literally no evidence for this. it was just made-up bullshit. the most important later phases of cerebral development seem to take place around puberty.
"god don't make no junk" - if only. |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 8:06 PM Author: ferengi the idea that there's some correct timeline for living your life, or that you're trapped on your current path and don't have infinite possibilities at any point (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191400) |
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Date: October 15th, 2026 8:30 PM Author: lemon coffee pot NO FATE (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913022&forum_id=2#50191453) |