20 people share the dumbest thing someone ever tried to convince them was true.

If you've ever had someone try to convince you to believe in something incredibly dumb, then you already know what it feels like to smile and nod until your neck hurts.There is something truly incredible about sitting there while someone tries to proselytize you into a belief you'll never latch onto, and while it can be amusing, it can also be depressing to witness what people get sucked into believing.In a popular Reddit thread, people shared the dumbest thing someone has ever tried to convince them is truth, and it's a wild ride.1. From Thomas56544: That chickens don’t drink water. 2. From froatfish: You hear the sound of thunder before you see the lightning. They were convinced this was true...I told them to google it! 3. From RealHot_RealSteel: Back when he was 8, my oldest son went through a phase where he would steal food from the fridge and lie about it. The lying got so bad that I set up a camera to monitor the fridge. One night, the camera caught him sneaking downstairs, grabbing a spoon, opening the freezer, and taking out a pint of ice cream. But of course, his back was to the camera so I couldn't actually see what he was doing with it. He stood there for a while moving the arm with the spoon, obviously eating the ice cream. He then put back the pint and went back to bed. The next morning I checked the freezer and found an empty pint of ice cream. I confronted him about it and showed him the footage from the camera. Straight-faced, he told me "I took it out of the fridge but I didn't eat it. I just held it for a while." There are lies, and then there are just insults to your intelligence. 4. From ZRX1200R: That it's because of air pollution we are able to see stars at night. 5. From DeliPickleSalty: That the dust on the side of roads after winters is mostly dog poo. I was just speechlessly thinking about the huge army of stray dogs invading all the streets and roads every winter night to poo and disappearing to the woods at summer... 6. From ProgKitten: It's hard to choose just one so I'll share some of my favorites all from one person: "Oh I'll never let my kids watch Spongebob. I saw a study on Facebook about how each episode permanently reduces the viewer's IQ by 30 points." "Gluten causes brain damage and isn't in natural foods. It was added into American foods after WWII as a way to control us." "Oh, I can't eat non-organic meats, they contain gluten because the animal ate wheat or corn and that changes their DNA." "Children can't be genetically screened. They don't have any DNA until adulthood." "Those idiot doctors don't know what they're talking about, I've done my research and I'm a mother! It's not that hard to Google it." (She "diagnosed" her child with a rare genetic disease based on a mommy group and google.) 7. From sump___erson: Two come to mind: Someone tried to convince me that he had this "revolutionary" idea. Essentially, he wanted to use a car battery to spin a DC motor that is coupled to an alternator in the trunk. I explained why that was not a very efficient idea, and that it would be better to just eliminate the alternator altogether and run straight from the battery (short periods of time, like 1320ft at a time...) He couldn't understand why it wouldn't work. On an 8-figure project, I had a boss who had apparently seen too many sci-fi movies. He had this bizarre idea that a specific technology worked like it did in the movies, and somehow sold that idea to one of our largest customers. I tried warning said customer, but my boss continually lied and eventually won the customer over. Of course, the project was a complete and total disaster because of it. I even told the CEO of the company "well, when you have idiots running around sharing plots from sci-fi movies as if it's commonplace reality, these sorts of things are bound to happen." The company lost their a*s on it, and the customer suffered major losses as well. My name is on a subpoena list somewhere, but my employer purposefully kept me out of it because they knew I would side with the customer on the basis of simple morality. 8. From fluffypinkblonde: That cocaine was better for you than cannabis. 9. From ConfusedFanGirl0502: My father trying to console me on the way to the hospital saying it's just a sprain when I was staring at my bone. 10. From Rokurokubi83: In a professional setting, in a very well-paid job a colleague was convinced that the clouds were moving quickly (due to an oncoming storm) because the Earth was spinning faster. 11. From gizmosbutu: Someone tried to convince me that dragons were real. I have two dragon tattoos and this lady tried to point out the anatomical inconsistencies of my dragons. I tried telling her that dragons are fake animals and have never existed to which she replied that there are historical records proving otherwise. I caved and asked her to cite her evidence. She asked if I ever watched Game of Thrones and the Desolation of Smaug as if she's suggesting that the storyline and fantastical creatures were evidence enough that these beasts existed. I couldn't help it. I should've just walked away but I kept egging her on like saying things like "oh yeah I can see Daenerys totally doing that" or "yeah why wouldn't Smaug want to keep all those coins." It went on for an hour. 12. From Zbignich: Jellyfish are not alive, they are a mineral. 13. From NicNoletree: That Joe Biden is dead, and there is an imposter acting the part. 14. From Rick_C-420: I convinced my roommate Garfield was going to be in Smash Bros. 15. From fluffy_samoyed: My mother argued with me to the point of screaming and tears over which city I live in. She kept insisting I was wrong about where I live as if I somehow didn't know. The city she is so adamant is several hours away. I think she was just upset because the other city has more prestige and she likes to boast to people that I live there, even if I don't. At some point, she must have convinced herself of it. 16. From Madison54345: Her: Oh my gosh you spray your cat with water? Me: I don't want her on the counter. Just a light spray. Her: Why?! Do you know that water actually hurts them right?" She then went on to explain that pure H2O actually really agitates the skin and it is very painful for the cat. I started chuckling because I thought she was trying to be funny but she kept a straight face. 17. From SnooChocolates1178: I middle school the smart kid in class, the kind to show it off, told me if I held my breath while running the mile I could run as fast and far as I wanted because "it uses no oxygen." I said "no way" because that made no sense and asked him to show me. He was reluctant then basically ran like 100ft then basically passes out lmao. 18. From soviet_uwunion: My parents used to think keyboards were invented by a guy named Qwerty. When I was a kid I believed it too until I said "wait, that's a really weird name" and decided to google it. 19. From yellowaterisgood: Someone told me that pansexual means you are in love with children. 20. From SnooSprouts3480: That periods were unnatural and are caused by having a non-vegan diet.