unfounded conspiracy theories about everyday things

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A theory I have is that cars don't need the oil changed every 3000 miles.  Who came up with that number?  My guess is Big Oil.

[steve dave]

electronic devices on airplanes on takeoff and landing. They just want you to pay attention to the seatbelt bs and to get your crap packed up to speed the unloading process.

[meow meow]

change your toothbrush every 4 months....LOL, 5 months...MAYBE!

[puniraptor]

Lotion dries out your skin so you need more lotion

[WillieWatanabe]

chapstick dries out your lips so you need more chapstick.

[sys]

A theory I have is that cars don't need the oil changed every 3000 miles.

old cars do, new cars don't.

[steve dave]

My car says every 8k but the guys at the dealership put a sticker on it reminding me to come back in 3k. lol, NOPE!

[sys]

chapstick dries out your lips so you need more chapstick.

i've said this many a time, but i don't know how our ancestors didn't all die out of dry lips generations ago.  lip balm is probably my most important possession.  i guess they must have used rendered mammoth fat or something.

[sys]

My car says every 8k but the guys at the dealership put a sticker on it reminding me to come back in 3k. lol, NOPE!

those sonsofbitches.

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change your toothbrush every 4 months....LOL, 5 months...MAYBE!

This reminds me of my theory that dentists are getting rich by lying to us and telling us all these problems with our teeth and performing expensive "preventative measures" that aren't really preventing anything.  If my feet feel fine and don't hurt at all I don't go to the podiatrist and have foot surgery to make sure they keep not hurting.  Nice try dentists, not falling for it.

[TheHamburglar]

chapstick dries out your lips so you need more chapstick.

i've said this many a time, but i don't know how our ancestors didn't all die out of dry lips generations ago.  lip balm is probably my most important possession.  i guess they must have used rendered mammoth fat or something.

If I put a drop of Carmex on my lips I'll be addicted for 6 months. 

[steve dave]

porno backscatter scanner at the airport. Doesn't find crap but looks impressive to scare terrorists and show wieners. They just got all taken down thankfully.

[kim carnes]

True story.  I've gone 20k miles using Mobil 1 synthetic with a high mileage car.  Never had any probs.

[sys]

porno backscatter scanner at the airport. Doesn't find crap but looks impressive to scare terrorists and show wieners. They just got all taken down thankfully.

at omaha?  i had to go through one there last week, which cost me time and money.

[steve dave]

porno backscatter scanner at the airport. Doesn't find crap but looks impressive to scare terrorists and show wieners. They just got all taken down thankfully.

at omaha?  i had to go through one there last week, which cost me time and money.

crap, didn't read this thoroughly enough

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/frequentlyflying/2013/05/31/no-more-airport-nude-o-scope-images-in-the-us-are-you-still-opting-out/

[puniraptor]

porno backscatter scanner at the airport. Doesn't find crap but looks impressive to scare terrorists and show wieners. They just got all taken down thankfully.

at omaha?  i had to go through one there last week, which cost me time and money.

You still have to go through I thought they were just all replaced with anatomically ambiguous stick figure displays.

[sys]

You still have to go through I thought they were just all replaced with anatomically ambiguous stick figure displays.

so what can the machines detect with the new display?

[steve dave]

You still have to go through I thought they were just all replaced with anatomically ambiguous stick figure displays.

so what can the machines detect with the new display?

Nothing, just like before

[sys]

Nothing, just like before

well sonofabitch.  looks like i cost myself time and money.

[ben ji]

electronic devices on airplanes on takeoff and landing. They just want you to pay attention to the seatbelt bs and to get your crap packed up to speed the unloading process.

Actually sat next to a pilot on a SOUTHWEST flight and asked him about this. He said it had to do with back in the day when people would listen to AM/FM radios, apparently some of the channels pilots use are close radio channels and if someone was listening to a radio station on 107.9 and the pilot was trying to talk to the control tower on 108.1 it would interfere with the pilots radio signal sometime. Not really an issue with modern electronics but they still have the rule in effect.

[CNS]

Stupid rules still in effect for no good reason would be a good thread.

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[Emo EMAW]

A study proved the lip balm thing, but only for a certain lip balm.  Was either Carmex or Burt's Bees.  Cant remember which.

[420seriouscat69]

"Monthly contacts", more like 3 month contacts, amirite?

[Cartierfor3]

Organic Vegetables are healthier.

[Shacks]

Stupid rules still in effect for no good reason would be a good thread.

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Oh boy, MLB blackouts would go great in that thread