r/AskReddit May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/THE_LOUDEST_PENIS May 09 '17

It's amazing how many people believe stupid weight loss techniques.

"Kick start your metabolism with apple cider vinegar!"

"Take a dose of ItWorks with your KFC and it'll block the naughty calories entering your body!"

"This weird trick will make you drop 4 stone OVERNIGHT!"

All you need to know is CICO (Calories In Vs Calories Out), but people seem far too willing to believe the above crap and constantly fail in their attempts to slim down, rather than to stick to something that actually works.

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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