health

If you just keep doing something you learned in childhood without any self reflection, you might end up doing some stupid things for way too far into your adult life. Sometimes song lyrics or figures of speech don't make sense until you see them in writing. People are often wrong, even about their own health, but what sucks is when you're publicly, idiotically wrong for waaaaay too long.

Two of the most interesting developments in recent years are the rise of Anti-Vaxxers, and the amazing popularity of memes. It only makes sense the two would collide. Memes just spread so fast, it's crazy. And we all know how good Anti-Vaxxers are at helping spread anything that's going viral.

If you grew up believing that sniffling would kill your brain cells, or crossing your eyes ran the risk of them remaining like that; then, you might benefit from this list. Parents are capable of filling our childish, unknowing minds with all manners of misguided, outright dishonest tidbits of "knowledge." If we're lucky, we grow up, and discover the truth for ourselves through that good 'ol life experience. 

There's a lot of people in the world, so it's a statistical certainly that some really, really, ridiculously rare crap is gonna happen to someone out there. Whether it's getting struck by lightning, something worse, or just winning some weird sweepstakes, there are some crazy unlikely stories out there.

We've all encountered that spine-tingling sensation that just makes us squirm, uncomfortably, and not out of pain; but something else. It's bizarre and you might find yourself grinding your teeth in unexplainable tension halfway through this list!

Some pieces of trivia can stick around in cultural consciousness for way too long, especially if they're untrue. It can be tempting to repeat a myth just because it sounds shocking and "unbelievable." There are oodles of misconceptions that people have about the past and future that just never seem to die.

During a measles outbreak in the state of Washington brought on fully by parents opting out of vaccinating their children for easily preventable, potentially life-threatening diseases, one dullard went to a public anti-vaxx group to ask how she could prevent her child from getting the Measles. People frustrated with this kind of BS were not kind in the comments.

The manager made some serious assumptions on this one...

Those beloved pastimes like self-diagnosing using WebMD, or living on social media, or talking to people before having coffee, are amazingly coming at a cost to your health! Who'd have thunk it. 

These facts and figures really go to show the number we did on these charming little animals. If you didn't like pugs already, consider this more ammo for your anti-pug stance. If you love pugs, then we're sorry about this.

This may come as a shock to hear, but having some basic understanding of biology is important. Thank doctors and nurses, at least someone knows what's going on.

Multi-Level Marketing companies employ people to target friends over social media. These companies are basically pyramid schemes that have their employees/victims sell health and beauty products like essential oils, supplements, and makeup. Knowing they are being targeted, some people have chosen to fight back through the fine art of trolling.

And they are all being completely serious.

This the kind of shit that makes us want to scream!

Compared to a hundred years ago, life right now is pretty great.

Find some peace of mind in these displays of utter stupidity. There's a whole lot of reasons that doctors are doctors....so don't go trying to be one on yourself....unless you are.