There recently was the news of plastic recycling not being plausible and people were surprised.

I myself met so many men having sex with men who don't know what PreP is, who kept fearing HIV when they could've gotten supply for months for 10 euros.

What is an important thing you think people don't know or are misinformed about you wish more knew about?

  • sisatici [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions Here is a good list

      • sisatici [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        Wikipedia is ok for non political and non historical entries. They are undeniably making propaganda on those subjects

        • CTHlurker [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          I can highly recommend reading the english language entry for the Ministry of State Security (chinese intelligence service). Filled to the brim with either embellishments, straight up unsourced claims or just very flavourful descriptions of how such a service would function in a country that is actively being sabotaged by the english speaking world.

    • Zezzy [she/her]
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      10 months ago

      A lot of these have sources that actively contradict the claim, or are technically correct on the most redditor-esque of ways?

      Banana-flavored candy was not intended to mimic the taste of a formerly popular variety of banana. It tastes different from bananas because it is mainly flavored with only one of the many flavor compounds a banana has, isoamyl acetate

      Links to this article.

      Remember how isoamyl acetate is the chemical compound primarily responsible for banana flavoring? Gros Michel contains more of that compound than the Cavendish. In fact, isoamyl acetate was one of the first chemical compounds used in artificial flavors that was confirmed to exist in the actual fruit as well. So, when you’re biting into a piece of banana Laffy Taffy, you’re getting a taste of the bananas of the past.

      Or

      It is not illegal in the US to shout "fire" in a crowded theater.

      Knowingly false statements of fact are often constitutionally unprotected — consider, for instance, libel, fraud, perjury, and false light invasion of privacy. That would presumably apply to knowing falsehoods that cause a panic.

    • Elon_Musk [none/use name]
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      10 months ago

      Astronauts in orbit are weightless because they are in free fall around the Earth,

      uh doesn't that imply that they would not be in freefall and thus not weightless if they weren't in an orbit. This seems very poorly worded

    • PointAndClique [they/them]
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      10 months ago

      The "AR" in AR-15 stands for "ArmaLite Rifle", reflecting the company (ArmaLite) that originally manufactured the weapon. They do not stand for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle".[5][6]

      Wrong. Just wrong.

        • keepcarrot [she/her]
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          10 months ago

          It's a running joke here that AR-15 stands for Assault Rifle that shoots 15 bullets, as we coyly play the fool in order to be funny.