Any common misconceptions that you know of?

Common misconception #2: Some people think moderators are censors.

That low-cost PCs are functionally equivalent (or even superior) to Macs.

BTW, Crapper did invent the ballcock.

Heh. I used ballcock in a sentence.

Celphones cause gas station fires.

Grandmothers drive slow…

Coffee somehow negates alcohol and makes you less-drunk.

Common misconception #2: Some people think moderators are censors.

also

World of Warcraft players are all useless and living in their mother’s basement.

Misconception: Normality.

@squirbel you were beginning to remind me of someone I know and with that WoW comment you solidified the connection :).

lol!

good or bad thing?

Mmm. He’s a good guy. We just broke up though.

Common misconception #8: Astronauts on space shuttles are weightless because they are in space.

Real reason: The astronauts move at high speed which creates tremendous centrifugal forces. The Earth’s pull on the astronauts is still pretty strong. They would fall back onto Earth.

That centrifugal force is the same as centripetal force.

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Sorry, @mattbrowne, couldn’t resist. ツ

@robmandu – No need to hold anything back. The question was about misconceptions.