Is it true what the old folks say "What you don't know can't hurt"? I do believe what you don't...

In my experience, it hurts a lot more when you find out that someone who you thought was a friend is talking about you behind your back.

hartfire

Not true even slightly.
Ignorance can be lethal - literally one can die due to not knowing countless things.
Or one can just suffer unnecessarily.

Ontheroad · M

Mostly not true... I'd say 99% of the time it's the more you know, the better off you will be.

MichaelDemiboy · 51-55, M

Ask any blind person who broke his leg stepping off a ledge he didn't know was there.

bijouxbroussard · F

Depends entirely on the subject. In most cases the saying "knowledge is power" is more accurate.

HermannFegelein · 26-30, M

Perhaps in some cases. For some reason I’m imagining someone eating a cannibals’ favorite dish but not knowing that what they’re eating is human flesh.

SW-User

Well, I'm an "old folk" and I don't say it.

😀

SW-User

High blood pressure calls bullshit..

Iwillwait · M

True

Renaci · 36-40

People used to not believe in germs. That hurt millions.