Gen X'ers are taking a trip down memory lane, sharing laughs and nostalgia as they recall the bizarre things they were told as kids. Get ready for a good laugh as we explore these outdated gems and don't forget to share if it reminds you of your own funny childhood moment.
29 Hilariously Absurd Life Lessons Gen X’ers Received as Kids
By
Sumaiya Ghani in
Real Life
On 28th July 2023
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Are you sure?
You won’t always walk around with a calculator in your pocket.
Unlearning to relearn
I had to unlearn everything i was taught about the age of exploration, and american history in general.
We had a serious problem with making heroes out of powerful, and very flawed, individuals while minimizing the experiences and suffering of others.
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Biggest lie ever
Just go to college and you’ll get a good job, your major doesn’t matter.
Still hoping for that day
Technology would give us so much free time in the future, that we'd only have to work 5 - 10 hours a week. And, we'd be able to do it from home, and employers would be on board with it.
That one still hurts.
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Voodoo Economics
Trickle down economics is a good thing and not at all a way to consolidate wealth to the top.
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Poor earth
Plastic bags will save the earth because we won't have to kill as many trees to make brown paper bags to carry groceries.
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It's one screen from another nowadays
Don't sit too close to the TV or you'll go blind! Then computers came and we would have to spend 8+ hours at work with a screen 5 inches from our eyes.
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False.
The food pyramid is a healthy way to eat.
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Still confused with this one
Eggs are bad for you. No, wait, they are good for you…hang on, are they bad again?
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And apparently sugar is fine
Eating fat makes you fat.
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If only we had a choice
Not on fire as much as I thought I would be. So much “stop, drop, roll” growing up.
Also, DONT GET IN A STRANGERS CAR!”
Currently sitting in an Uber.
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But with few conditions
The American Dream is achievable to anyone who wants it hard enough.
Neanderthals were smart not dumb
The human species evolved in a linear way. Neanderthals came before modern humans, and before that was one proto-human species after another, one at a time, as far back as turtles. Before that in deep time it's turtles all the way down.
Now we know of at least six human species coexisting all around Africa and Asia and Europe for a really long time, and sharing genes among them.
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Grandma wanted the best for us
Turns out I never got AIDS from a toilet seat GRANDMA.
Unlearning is the new learning
I took my son to a dinosaur exhibit, literally everything I learned about Dinosaurs is now wrong, including names of dinosaurs.
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You going good
I’m a HS teacher and use Lies my Teacher told me by James Loewen as a reference for American history.
It still makes sense
The metric system will be phased in by Junior High. I remember thinking how much sense it makes.
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It's still a problem though
Slightly foolish, but true lol
That quicksand would be a real life problem.
If fat's bad, sugar is badder
Fat is bad, sugar isn't that bad.
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Interesting
Columbus discovered America.
Speaking facts.
Memorizing geography. How many of those countries do not exist anymore? All of Yugoslavia, many countries in Africa, Burma, anyone?
Our time would have been better spent understanding the history of these areas, and not arbitrary lines set up by colonizers who didn't have an ounce of sense.
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Uh no, things taste the same no matter where you put them on your tongue
The tongue has a map of different taste buds that taste different things.
There must be a reason they said that
You have to wait a 1/2 hour after eating before you go back swimming or you'd get cramps.
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And this was universal
If I swallow gum it will take seven years to digest.
Agree with all five
My top five:
1. Shaming fast food workers was classist nonsense.
2. No need for memorization of maps. We have the GPS and Google now.
3. Weed is not as evil as they made it out to be. Turns out the devil’s lettuce will be legal even in Florida gas stations (for medical purposes only, but hey, it’s progress)
4. Boyz 2 Men were more talented than we realized. Just listen to “it’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday” and tell me you don’t need a hug.
5. Snackwells, Crystal Light, and Snapple were never actually “healthy.”
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All lies
Ulcers are caused by stress.
The amount of sugar in the daily recommended diet.
A world where everyone is able to communicate with everyone else will be a paradise of kindness and peace.
Concussions are no big deal.
I so wanted the moon part to be true
Dinosaurs walked with their tails dragging on the ground.
The Civil War was fought over "States Rights."
We'd be living on the moon with permanent bases by now.
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Well pans are safe and unsafe at the same time
Non stick pans are safe.
Only if the person they support wins
Almost all Americans are committed to democracy.
