The most disappointing thing you learned as a kid?
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-That-Vangaurd227 said:
I understand you...
Another dissapointment of mine was when I found out that you cant get to hell through your fire place... Mhm.
The amount of times I used to sit and stare at my Granparents fireplace waiting for a peek at a big firey throne room or something...
I was a messed up kid.
I found out my mother and father are racists when I was about 10; my dad is also sexist. They might not be extremely racist, but the fact that they utter slurs and the like makes me furious. I was always taught in school to respect others, and so I have for many years now. So, at least I owe one thing to the public school system.
Colliding with other cars is dangerous. Up until I was four, or five, I thought there was no risk at all in doing that stuff. I was fairly annoyed whenever I asked my dad to drive into other cars, and he didn't do it.
I've always thought that rule was really retarded... I remember the first time I went to America as a kid, my dad got in an argument with a member of the shop staff because they charged us more than was on the price tag. Here in the UK, tax is included in the stated price. Why do you guys not do that? It's not as if people are going to be bothered calculating what they have to add on! It's basically hiding he real price.Belated said:
Back to the original question though: my biggest disappointment was to find out that the men in my family (my dad, grandad etc.) are not the superheroes I used to think they were. It used to be that they could fix any problem for me, but then I came to realise they were deeply flawed and most suffered from clinical depression. An ailment they passed on to me. Boo.
(Not depressed any more mind, just want to make that clear!)
When I realized the concept of god as an loving being doesn't make any sense when you think about it and look around you. I was about 6 I think.
When I realized that my dad cared more about sports than he did about me and my siblings. Really, he can hardly remember when my birthday is but he probably knows more about the Ohio State Buckeyes than he knows about himself. Once when I was younger I got tired of him taking the tv away from me just so he could watch the highlights of a game he just finished watching so I blocked all the sports channels. I had never seen him so angry, there's nothing wrong with liking sports but he takes it way to far.
Edit: Also, when I learned that placing a fan facing a heater would not cause a tornado. Oh how disappointed I was that day.
Edit: Also, when I learned that placing a fan facing a heater would not cause a tornado. Oh how disappointed I was that day.
Anit-climaxes.
In primary school we had this librarian who each week would teach us literary trends/tropes etc by enacting them. I honestly can't remember any of the other things except this day. He told everyone we'd learn about anti-climaxes and that there would be MacDonalds for everyone. For an hour he strung everyone along, even sending me to the office to check that it was coming (they were playing). Then five minutes before lunchtime he came in grave faced and told us that the MacDonalds wasn't coming and that was an...anti-climax. I think half the kids broke into tears.
In primary school we had this librarian who each week would teach us literary trends/tropes etc by enacting them. I honestly can't remember any of the other things except this day. He told everyone we'd learn about anti-climaxes and that there would be MacDonalds for everyone. For an hour he strung everyone along, even sending me to the office to check that it was coming (they were playing). Then five minutes before lunchtime he came in grave faced and told us that the MacDonalds wasn't coming and that was an...anti-climax. I think half the kids broke into tears.
When I was told I was never going to get to play in the NBA. Hasnt stopped me trying. I make my money hustlin' the locals at 3 v 3 
He was actually a good teacher, but he was kind of too enthusiastic, some of the stuff he taught us was pretty cool, but it's all blended together in my memory. I think he just didn't think the stunt through properly.Use_Imagination_here said: