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What’s your most insane belief?

407 replies

MeiganMcSeinna6 · 23/08/2021 23:25

as in , people would see as strange you would think that

I would say
Hollyoaks is world class.

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flowerbus · 26/08/2021 10:51

I believe in fairies. I believe in most stuff like that though. My family think I’m insane

disconnected101 · 26/08/2021 11:03

@Dottydoll

I believe there is always a certain amount of fat in the world and if someone loses weight someone else will put it on. Makes me stay away from people on a diet!
Have no fear! There IS always a certain amount of energy in the world - in physics this principle is called the conservation of energy - it cannot be created nor destroyed, but changed from one form into another. For eg. Chemical energy (maybe food or petrol) is converted to thermal and kinetic energy. Think of fat as a biomolecule made up of certain component parts which can be broken down, disassembled, then those parts reused elsewhere in different forms. You definitely can't 'catch' fat! Though I appreciate that logical explanations are not warranted on a thread for insane beliefs, so as you were.
disconnected101 · 26/08/2021 11:05

Meant to say that that conversion process us how we're able to lose weight in the first place! And, in reverse, gain it :/

CatJumperTwat · 26/08/2021 11:10

When I talk to my cats I often start to think they understand and get a bit annoyed that they don't answer me in perfect English.

GreenTortoise · 26/08/2021 11:18

I have this weird feeling come over me when I feel someone is sad that I know.

On many occasions I've reached out and said 'are you okay?' And they will reply shocked that I knew they were not okay.

It's just a sensation that I should check up on whoever I feel is sad at the time.

Also, I know some people don't believe but I've seen many spirits.
Once, we were driving late at night on a narrow country road and I said stop, the cyclist is waving you down. He had blood on him. We stopped and there was no cyclist. Googled the road and a male cyclist was killed on that road a month earlier. Weird.

AlfonsoTheMango · 26/08/2021 11:19

This thread is so much fun. I can't think of any particular odd beliefs I have but I do enjoy reading about other posters' ideas.

belinda789 · 26/08/2021 11:35

@RVN123 and
@WestendVBroadway

Someone on TV last year hypothesised that TRex was probably fluffy. If you want an example of an insane belief that’s it…..

SalsaLove · 26/08/2021 11:46

I think dark matter is the souls/spirits of all creatures, flying around and waiting to return to Earth for another life.

ManifestDestinee · 26/08/2021 11:50

@SalsaLove

I think dark matter is the souls/spirits of all creatures, flying around and waiting to return to Earth for another life.
Dark matter accounts for about 85% of the matter in the entire universe,,,,and you think it's only souls from EARTH? That's both highly illogical and incredibly arrogant and planetist.
SalsaLove · 26/08/2021 12:43

Lol, okay. Just me being me, ie, arrogant and planetist. 🙄

ManifestDestinee · 26/08/2021 12:44

Most humans are, I wouldn't worry about it.

DebHagland · 26/08/2021 12:44

I believe the Earth is flat
That the Royal family are all lizards
The Illuminati (a bunch of dead 18th Century intellectuals) are running the world, despite being dead.
Donald Trump is actually a cheaply/badly made robot "made in China" with a limited number if pre-recorded statements "Make America Great Again" being the one that keeps sticking on repeat mode.
OH and the the stupidest one of all - Boris is actually doing a good job of running the country

SalsaLove · 26/08/2021 12:51

@ManifestDestinee

Most humans are, I wouldn't worry about it.
I’m not worried at all. But your attitude, on so many threads, is breathtaking. Be well.
Treesandsheepeverywhere · 26/08/2021 12:57

@SalsaLove

Lol, okay. Just me being me, ie, arrogant and planetist. 🙄
You are not at all. People seem to forget the topic of this thread. Funny when they make out to be intelligent 🤣.
CatJumperTwat · 26/08/2021 12:59

@SalsaLove

Lol, okay. Just me being me, ie, arrogant and planetist. 🙄
Honestly I think that poster's reply to you is the most insane thing on the whole thread, and I'm a woman who has conversations with her cats.
Darlingx · 26/08/2021 17:17

MistyGreenAndBlue

Oh I feel for you I hope things line up so you can move out Flowers

ManifestDestinee · 26/08/2021 17:40

I’m not worried at all. But your attitude, on so many threads, is breathtaking. Be well

~In what sense?

Somethingsnappy · 26/08/2021 19:07

@ManifestDestinee

I’m not worried at all. But your attitude, on so many threads, is breathtaking. Be well

~In what sense?

In a non-complimentary sense, I should imagine, having read your comment.
coffeepleeease · 26/08/2021 19:22

Probably not that insane, but my most insane. That if I say/type, etc that things are going well, things will take a turn for the worse, like I'm jinxing it. Also I hate arranging days out, meet ups, etc because then I believe my daughter will be ill that day. If I have arranged something I can't bring myself to say (for example) "see you on Monday" I'll say "hopefully see you Monday". I do have severe anxiety around her being ill so maybe that has a lot to do with it.

coodawoodashooda · 26/08/2021 21:32

That photocopiers and computers sense that its me.

Mirw · 26/08/2021 22:05

Not mine, but other people believe that transwomen are actual women... Nobody can change sex, it is impossible to go from XY to XX. Biology and science rule.

ABitOfAShitShow · 26/08/2021 22:05

FFS, you’re all greeting magpies wrong!

It’s ‘good morning, mr magpie - how’s your wife and kids today?’ (complete with grammatical error). You also must salute. And if there are more than one, you must do these things for each one individually.

Otherwise, you’re playing a dangerous game with luck.

ABitOfAShitShow · 26/08/2021 22:05

Also - I have LOVED some of these. Thank you for cheering me up when I needed it!

quitecontrary123 · 26/08/2021 22:09

That this is the afterlife - we are living in hell.

MydogWillow · 26/08/2021 22:10

@ABitOfAShitShow

FFS, you’re all greeting magpies wrong!

It’s ‘good morning, mr magpie - how’s your wife and kids today?’ (complete with grammatical error). You also must salute. And if there are more than one, you must do these things for each one individually.

Otherwise, you’re playing a dangerous game with luck.

Smile Well in these parts it's:

Mornin' Mr Magpie, where's yer Missus? (You need to see the second one of course)

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