Parents lie. It starts with Santy Claus and Easter Bunny. Then comes Mr.Policeman is your friend, the boogeyman will get you, you can be anything you want to be, doing your homework will get you a good job, work hard and you can retire in style, and on it goes....and the lies don't stop with the parents either. The gullible are easy marks their entire lives, and when they get old, along comes Dr. Mbootee from Nigeria to fleece them out of their nestegg. There’s a sucker born every minute!
Yeah it's weird. I threw all that crap out when I woke up in my 20's. Seeing people still push Santy claws / Easter bunny / tooth fairy etc just boggles my mind. There is so much we accept as agreed lies to propagate. Because it's fun for the kids? Seriously, WTF?
Needless lies propagated from one generation to the next are the worst. Now the stuff about 'work hard' and 'be loyal to your boss' was true once upon a time, ain't no longer, but still it's passed on as if it was. Wishful thinking, or self-delusion?
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