The Dumb Stuff You Believed As a Kid

[The Rogue Wolf]

We were all dumb as kids. We didn't know any better! I'm sure that a lot of us thought that the world was black and white in the past, because why else would photos be that way? And we all did our best to avoid cooties and not swallow watermelon seeds, because then you'd have watermelons growing in your stomach. What particularly silly things were you convinced of when you were young?

I'll start off: When I was a kid, I waited for the toilet to stop flushing before running the sink to wash my hands, because I was certain that otherwise the toilet water would come out the faucet.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

That adults were smart and knew what they were doing.

 

[Dalisclock]

The Millennium Falcon used to have a cockpit on the left side to match the right. I'm not sure why I believed that but I think it has to do with the weirdness of having the cockpit being completely off center like that.

It still does beg the question of how the Falcon flies through tight spaces in ROTJ and TFA so well despite having a massive leftward bulk that needs to be accounted for.

 

[Drathnoxis]

True love.

 

[Baffle]

Teachers.

 

[Worgen]

That adults were smart and knew what they were doing.

Looks like I got snaked.

 

[Ghostrick Dorklord]

I really thought that Dr. Eggman was gonna blow up the Earth in Sonic Adventure 2.

I got into a fight with my sister about it too. Now I feel so silly about it.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I thought my eldest sister invented the word 'shit', because she's the first person I ever heard say it. I even proudly declared it at the dinner table, and let's just say a lot of half chewed chicken was flying around that evening.

 

[SilentPony]

That adults were smart and knew what they were doing.

It does feel like reality ghosted us, doesn't it?

 

[Dalisclock]

That adults were smart and knew what they were doing.

I believed that you had to hold a minimum level of competence to hold a high political office. At least in an ostensibly first world nation.

Yep......