Parents Online Reveal 30 Little Lies They Tell Their Kids That They re Considering Parenting Hacks

Parents Online Reveal 30 Little Lies They Tell Their Kids That They re Considering Parenting Hacks

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Parents Online Reveal 30 Little Lies They Tell Their Kids That They re Considering Parenting Hacks

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BoredPanda staff Publish Not your original work? Add source While it's easy to judge parents for all of the wrongs they do when it comes to making their kids behave, it's once you become a parent yourself that you understand that there's a spectrum of what's actually wrong and what's still kinda sorta OK because otherwise you'd crack under the pressure of parenting. One of the many things that most parents resort to, though still with a certain degree of caution, is white lies, which are, if anything, cute and kind of a long-term investment that will end in laughs in the future. Image credits: Louisa Mac (not the actual photo) A tweeter by the handle of @Lhlodder shared one such lie that her friend uses to make her kids buckle up for the car ride, saying that the car won't start unless they are all wearing seat belts. This inspired others to share their white lies, whether they're the ones duping or the ones who were duped. Bored Panda has collected the best of the best tweets from the thread and created a neat little curated list for y'all to enjoy, so go vote and comment on them. And while you're at it, share some of your cutesy white lies in the comment section below! Image credits: Lhlodder More info: Twitter This post may include affiliate links. #1 MejiaWrites Report Final score: 277points POST Rick Rick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Also interchangeable with the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and Halloween Ghosts. 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 LauraLeigh85 Report Final score: 255points POST May May Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Let me guess - noisy toy? 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 SheilaCarson79 Report Final score: 248points POST Evil Hornet Evil Hornet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Not only their teeth will benefit from that good habbit ;) 39 39points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 SnowflakeWoke Report Final score: 246points POST Henry Russell Henry Russell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) also you dont want to poop in the middle of a routine 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 snowflakedunord Report Final score: 239points POST Soda the Snake Soda the Snake Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago So we sleep with our eyes open now? 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 that_toddler Report Final score: 236points POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I told my daughter she had to eat as much vegetables and fruit as she ate junk to counteract the junk food. She'd fill up on fruit and vegetables and be too full for any junk food. I think that's why she's a vegetarian now too 105 105points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 realllyanna Report Final score: 194points POST IsABELLA IsABELLA Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm writing this down 54 54points reply View more comments #8 SuperYoshi2000 Report Final score: 182points POST Henry Russell Henry Russell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago well at least thats a cute story 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Staccccy Report Final score: 177points POST Emerald Ocean Emerald Ocean Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Genius 29 29points reply View more comments #10 irish_mariah Report Final score: 164points POST Ragnhild Nilsen Ragnhild Nilsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago My girls were about eight before they could cross a street without holding the hand of an adult. They never asked about rules or anything, that's just how things ARE. 47 47points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 mollyburg1 Report Final score: 164points POST Terry Tobias Terry Tobias Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago 19?!! 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 _AllenStone Report Final score: 161points POST Evil Hornet Evil Hornet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago That is a clever one 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 Offside_referee Report Final score: 160points POST Solar_Eclipse Solar_Eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Ah, dad tax. Nothing better. 47 47points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 ShutterbugCrfts Report Final score: 137points POST Rachel Cobb Rachel Cobb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago My parents told me this one. ? 38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 ItsBenNotDan81 Report Final score: 121points POST Evil Hornet Evil Hornet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago That's actually cruel :P 123 123points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 StephanyWephany Report Final score: 114points POST Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Not too similar but made me think of it as I was the top bunk ( and the older) sister! Our mum used to tell me that it's really bad luck to go to bed with the wardrobes or the drawers in your bedroom left open. Like, you'd get nightmares or just bad luck the next day. So this seemed perfectly rationally to me well into my adult years (I guess as much as any other superstition would) A couple of years ago I asked her where that superstition came from and she said, "oh, it was just to make you tidy up and put everything away before you went to bed." And it bloody worked. I'm in my 30's now and still do it out of habit! Sneaky mum. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 YGamache Report Final score: 106points POST Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Granny Weatherwax had this issue, legitimate problem for some people. 4 4points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 kimberlykreis Report Final score: 105points POST Ellie Rosser Ellie Rosser Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Heaven forbid we just tell kids they are not allowed to watch tv whenever they want. 71 71points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 khanfar_sarah Report Final score: 99points POST Sofia Gonzalez Sofia Gonzalez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago That's precious 33 33points reply View more comments #20 jenradcliffe Report Final score: 97points POST PenitentEyeball PenitentEyeball Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Nah mate, that’s the button that makes the car explode ;) 49 49points reply View More Replies... 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View more comments #24 aliciamcg1 Report Final score: 74points POST El muerto El muerto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago in elder days before Netflix and tablets, primitive men, would posses hard copies of movies and music. this primitiv people would sometimes go places were there was no signal and nobody knew what parents and their children did for hours...it was a short and brutish life 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 inliterarylove Report Final score: 69points POST Kanuli Kanuli Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Ehm. There actually are cakes which are sensitive to vibrations, no? Loud noises and especially stomping can make them deflate, or am I mistaken? 63 63points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 KimberlySBelle Report Final score: 60points POST Soda the Snake Soda the Snake Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Evilly perfect 13 13points reply View more comments #27 grantdude Report Final score: 56points POST Chintan Shah Chintan Shah Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I don't even see the point of this lie.. he could have just as easily pointed to the engine temperature gauge and said when the car is "in the warm area"... 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 OyVeyLady Report Final score: 54points POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Eyes in the black of my head trick worked for a while. She would be amazed especially in the car. She did not know i could see her in the rearview mirror. Even when she was still backwards in her car seat. 31 31points reply View More Replies... 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If you want to be able to trust your kids, you need to trust them. If they're old enough to ask the question, they're old enough for a truthful answer at an age-appropriate level. All of these entries smack of sheer laziness on the part of the parent to do actual parenting. Parenting is two things: helping the animal you gave birth to to become a human being, and teaching that human being how to manage life without you. Lie to them, and they'll learn that lying is a valid tactic. 36 36points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago I agree. The one where they said the main character of the TV show was asleep or they don't make batteries for that toy anymore really annoys me. I can't believe people would do that to their children. 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) I only half agree with you. My parents were always 100% honest with me and my sister as kids, to the point where our mom especially would way, way overshare. My sister and I learned to be excellent liars, because we were expected to be transparent about every single little thing. Nothing teaches a kid to lie faster than a parent who won't give their kids enough space and privacy. Honesty is a very good policy, but within reason. 8 8points reply Memere Memere Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, and if you want your kids to trust you & feel safe in confiding in you, they need to know that you are trustworthy. Once they figure out that you've been telling them "little white lies" just to shut them up (and they WILL figure it out!) then they're going to wonder what else you've lied about. 5 5points reply BAN CAPITAL LETTERS BAN CAPITAL LETTERS Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Most of these lies aren't bad, though. For example, the little kid who is visited by a bird at night if he sleeps in his bed; that just helps keep the child well-rested in bed. How else is a parent supposed to keep a stubborn child in bed? Strapping them down? Many of them are still too young listen to reason. Plus, I strongly doubt that he's going to cut off connections with his parents once he finds out that's untrue -- if he does, it means there are other serious relationship problems completely unrelated to the lie. The kid will most likely fondly look back on these memories when he's older. 5 5points reply Jessica DiSalvo Jessica DiSalvo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago These are glimpses of random lives. They are creative and resourceful responses to what they perceive as challenging situations. You don't have to assume they are smacking of sheer anything. I drove my parents crazy with my tenacious curiosity, and it's no crime to screw with your kids sometimes. 2 2points reply ChickyChicky ChickyChicky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago So did you do Santa, Tooth Fairy, etc? 2 2points reply royal_antelope royal_antelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago not a parent, but to a certain point i understand white lies. in theory i agree with you, but kids are so exhausting, i get why it's someone's easier to tell them fairy tales to make them clean their room. -1 -1point reply H G H G Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Just shut the hell up. How do people like you even make it through life? -7 -7points reply Chris Scritchfield Chris Scritchfield Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Honesty does get you through life until your caught lying then no amount of honesty helps. Hopefully that explains it for you hg 0 0points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm going with the late great Terry Pratchett on this one - we tell children small lies to prepare them for the big lies they will have to swallow as adults 22 22points reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Taken out of context. Please don't insult Pratchett like this. And it wasn't Pratchett, it was one of his best (and most unhuman) characters who said it. "All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THAT PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE, MERCY, DUTY, THAT SORT OF THING." 7 7points reply Load More Replies... ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago That is the worst explanation I have literally ever heard. There is no such thing as "preparing for big lies." You don't have to lie to children to prepare them for the so-called "big lies," you can educate on the bad people that will lie to them. 1 1point reply Stephanie Keith Stephanie Keith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Ima cat, I don't know why you're getting down voted for not only telling the truth but for advocating for people to tell the truth. I know we all definitely lied at one time or another in our lives. It's definitely not good to lie in any case. I do understand why we do it sometimes, as innocent as it may seems. It just makes me wonder why people are okay with dishonesty at any time? I definitely don't ever want the be lied too. So I agree wholeheartedly with what you've said. It's never a bad thing to stand up for what's right and to want to guide others in the best possible direction. It just sucks that it's not received well by others. Kind of interesting when you think about it. 3 3points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Very true Stephanie, a very nice addition to my comment. 3 3points reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Seconded. 1 1point reply Kai David Kai David Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Santa clause, easter bunny, tell them mommy is in the bathroom, no more batteries are all examples of little lies that you tell your children 3 3points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Yes, but Santa Claus is one of the lies that will bite you in the ass sooner or later when your kid tells you that everyone bullied her for saying Santa Claus was real. 1 1point reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago So you're saying tell kids there's no such thing as Santa? Really? 1 1point reply Linouchka Linouchka Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago So what ? I grew up knowing that Christmas is about the love we have for each other and that we give each other gifts to symbolize this love. Christmas is about God and Christ and love between all fellow humans. Who needs Santa for that ? It definitely didn't harm me... 0 0points reply Yoga Kitty Yoga Kitty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, exactly. 0 0points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Don't put words in my mouth. I never said that, thank you. -2 -2points reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago That's pretty much exactly what you are saying... 3 3points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Ok, but why the "Really?" Why is it so surprising to tell children Santa Claus is fake? It definitely would have saved some tears from people that I knew in kindergarten. 2 2points reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Jesus...what happened to you? 2 2points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm so sad kids in your kindergarten got bullied for believing in Santa. Poor things. I assumed when you mentioned it before you were talking about teenagers. 0 0points reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago It's Santa... 1 1point reply Katie Lutesinger Katie Lutesinger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment has been deleted. 1 1point reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago (edited) Oh my god there's another one. He was not CYNICAL. It's SATIRE and there is a BIG difference. 6 6points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Still a bad explanation. 1 1point reply Michaela Michaela Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Y'know, with all the lies we're told when we're children, it's amazing we believe anything is true when we're adults... 18 18points reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago I'm wondering if there is a link between conspiracy theorists and their parents/caregivers lying excessively during their childhood. 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Saira Khan Saira Khan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I make more then $12,000 a month online. It’s enough to comfortably replace my old jobs income, especially considering I only work about 11 to 12 hours a week from home. I was amazed how easy it was after I tried it…GOOD LUCK.. ===))> ?­­­?­­­?.?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?.?­­­?­­­? -19 -19points reply Sleazy Weaver Sleazy Weaver Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago (edited) that right there is a lie that NOBODY believes. 14 14points reply Load More Comments POST Nikki Sevven Nikki Sevven Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I strongly disagree with lying to your children as a parenting technique. If you want to be able to trust your kids, you need to trust them. If they're old enough to ask the question, they're old enough for a truthful answer at an age-appropriate level. All of these entries smack of sheer laziness on the part of the parent to do actual parenting. Parenting is two things: helping the animal you gave birth to to become a human being, and teaching that human being how to manage life without you. Lie to them, and they'll learn that lying is a valid tactic. 36 36points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago I agree. The one where they said the main character of the TV show was asleep or they don't make batteries for that toy anymore really annoys me. I can't believe people would do that to their children. 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) I only half agree with you. My parents were always 100% honest with me and my sister as kids, to the point where our mom especially would way, way overshare. My sister and I learned to be excellent liars, because we were expected to be transparent about every single little thing. Nothing teaches a kid to lie faster than a parent who won't give their kids enough space and privacy. Honesty is a very good policy, but within reason. 8 8points reply Memere Memere Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, and if you want your kids to trust you & feel safe in confiding in you, they need to know that you are trustworthy. Once they figure out that you've been telling them "little white lies" just to shut them up (and they WILL figure it out!) then they're going to wonder what else you've lied about. 5 5points reply BAN CAPITAL LETTERS BAN CAPITAL LETTERS Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Most of these lies aren't bad, though. For example, the little kid who is visited by a bird at night if he sleeps in his bed; that just helps keep the child well-rested in bed. How else is a parent supposed to keep a stubborn child in bed? Strapping them down? Many of them are still too young listen to reason. Plus, I strongly doubt that he's going to cut off connections with his parents once he finds out that's untrue -- if he does, it means there are other serious relationship problems completely unrelated to the lie. The kid will most likely fondly look back on these memories when he's older. 5 5points reply Jessica DiSalvo Jessica DiSalvo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago These are glimpses of random lives. They are creative and resourceful responses to what they perceive as challenging situations. You don't have to assume they are smacking of sheer anything. I drove my parents crazy with my tenacious curiosity, and it's no crime to screw with your kids sometimes. 2 2points reply ChickyChicky ChickyChicky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago So did you do Santa, Tooth Fairy, etc? 2 2points reply royal_antelope royal_antelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago not a parent, but to a certain point i understand white lies. in theory i agree with you, but kids are so exhausting, i get why it's someone's easier to tell them fairy tales to make them clean their room. -1 -1point reply H G H G Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Just shut the hell up. How do people like you even make it through life? -7 -7points reply Chris Scritchfield Chris Scritchfield Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Honesty does get you through life until your caught lying then no amount of honesty helps. Hopefully that explains it for you hg 0 0points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm going with the late great Terry Pratchett on this one - we tell children small lies to prepare them for the big lies they will have to swallow as adults 22 22points reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Taken out of context. Please don't insult Pratchett like this. And it wasn't Pratchett, it was one of his best (and most unhuman) characters who said it. "All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THAT PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE, MERCY, DUTY, THAT SORT OF THING." 7 7points reply Load More Replies... ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago That is the worst explanation I have literally ever heard. There is no such thing as "preparing for big lies." You don't have to lie to children to prepare them for the so-called "big lies," you can educate on the bad people that will lie to them. 1 1point reply Stephanie Keith Stephanie Keith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Ima cat, I don't know why you're getting down voted for not only telling the truth but for advocating for people to tell the truth. I know we all definitely lied at one time or another in our lives. It's definitely not good to lie in any case. I do understand why we do it sometimes, as innocent as it may seems. It just makes me wonder why people are okay with dishonesty at any time? I definitely don't ever want the be lied too. So I agree wholeheartedly with what you've said. It's never a bad thing to stand up for what's right and to want to guide others in the best possible direction. It just sucks that it's not received well by others. Kind of interesting when you think about it. 3 3points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Very true Stephanie, a very nice addition to my comment. 3 3points reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Seconded. 1 1point reply Kai David Kai David Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Santa clause, easter bunny, tell them mommy is in the bathroom, no more batteries are all examples of little lies that you tell your children 3 3points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Yes, but Santa Claus is one of the lies that will bite you in the ass sooner or later when your kid tells you that everyone bullied her for saying Santa Claus was real. 1 1point reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago So you're saying tell kids there's no such thing as Santa? Really? 1 1point reply Linouchka Linouchka Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago So what ? I grew up knowing that Christmas is about the love we have for each other and that we give each other gifts to symbolize this love. Christmas is about God and Christ and love between all fellow humans. Who needs Santa for that ? It definitely didn't harm me... 0 0points reply Yoga Kitty Yoga Kitty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, exactly. 0 0points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Don't put words in my mouth. I never said that, thank you. -2 -2points reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago That's pretty much exactly what you are saying... 3 3points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Ok, but why the "Really?" Why is it so surprising to tell children Santa Claus is fake? It definitely would have saved some tears from people that I knew in kindergarten. 2 2points reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Jesus...what happened to you? 2 2points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm so sad kids in your kindergarten got bullied for believing in Santa. Poor things. I assumed when you mentioned it before you were talking about teenagers. 0 0points reply Thenatural Thenatural Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago It's Santa... 1 1point reply Katie Lutesinger Katie Lutesinger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment has been deleted. 1 1point reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago (edited) Oh my god there's another one. He was not CYNICAL. It's SATIRE and there is a BIG difference. 6 6points reply ima cat ima cat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Still a bad explanation. 1 1point reply Michaela Michaela Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Y'know, with all the lies we're told when we're children, it's amazing we believe anything is true when we're adults... 18 18points reply 13 13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago I'm wondering if there is a link between conspiracy theorists and their parents/caregivers lying excessively during their childhood. 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Saira Khan Saira Khan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I make more then $12,000 a month online. It’s enough to comfortably replace my old jobs income, especially considering I only work about 11 to 12 hours a week from home. I was amazed how easy it was after I tried it…GOOD LUCK.. ===))> ?­­­?­­­?.?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?­­­?.?­­­?­­­? -19 -19points reply Sleazy Weaver Sleazy Weaver Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago (edited) that right there is a lie that NOBODY believes. 14 14points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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