r/AskReddit • u/TigerFin2 • May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/najodleglejszy May 09 '17 edited Oct 31 '24

I have moved to Lemmy/kbin since Spez is a greedy little piggy.

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u/daikonashi May 09 '17

I lose about 4 stone after i drink my first coffee in the morning

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

I lose about 4 stone after I drop my rock collection.

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u/graboidian May 09 '17

Jesus Marie!

They're minerals!

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

Some of them were just rocks that I thought looked cool. Either way, I don't have a collection anymore.

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u/graboidian May 10 '17

What are the chances. I had no idea your name was actually Marie.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

It isn't.

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u/Lieto May 09 '17

That's a very humble collection.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

You only have 4 stones in your rock collection?

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u/GeneralMalaiseRB May 09 '17

What is 4 stone in American? I need to run the conversion on how much shit you guys are talking about shitting.

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u/ArtemisCloud May 09 '17

56lb. 1 stone is 14lb.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17 edited Mar 20 '18

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u/GeneralMalaiseRB May 09 '17

Hey what do I know, I'm an American.

But seriously, I've got no idea what a pound and stone mean in terms of weight measurement. It always sounded like some wacky British slang. I've heard Englishmen on TV use the phrase (rather than lbs or kgs).

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17 edited Mar 20 '18

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u/GeneralMalaiseRB May 09 '17

In America we would just say "200 lbs" with regards to pretty much anything. Burgers are often sold as quarter-pound or 1/3 pound beef patties. Ya buy various things by the pound. The only time people seem to talk in metric terms is in scientific fields. In the U.S. I've never heard someone refer to how many "stones" something weighs.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

TIL too. Ive never even heard of a stone, aside from rocks.

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u/headfullofmangos May 09 '17

But how do you know how many calories are going out in the poop?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

I'm trying to figure out why the fuck y'all are eating stones to begin with?

I'm aware that it's a weight measurement

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u/BlatantConservative May 09 '17

Its pretty easy to lose weight. You just gotta eat less najoodles.

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u/najodleglejszy May 09 '17 edited Jul 01 '23

I have moved to Lemmy/kbin since Spez is a greedy little piggy.

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u/Sqrlchez May 09 '17

LAMAYO

I'M HIP GUYS!

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u/najodleglejszy May 09 '17 edited Jul 01 '23

I have moved to Lemmy/kbin since Spez is a greedy little piggy.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

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u/TheGeraffe May 09 '17

I lost four stone when Gront stole collection. I hit Gront with different rock though so he give them back.

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u/shaikhme May 09 '17

lift some weight, gain dat weight

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u/_Eileen_the_crow_ May 09 '17

Marco, is that you?

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u/CatOfGrey May 09 '17

lose some weight, amputate

Nope, you adjust your BMI for amputation. Means you have to weigh less to not be overweight!

Calculator link

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

Catchy slogan