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Children are creative powerhouses, since they often take in new information daily, without being given any clear explanations about the “why” and “hows” of the world. The result is what some adults deem “kid logic” where they take a shot at working out the mechanics of the universe. 

So one netizen asked the internet to share their own examples of bizarre and hilarious things they believed as kids. From the universe being black and white until the 60s, to various theories on how babies are made, people delivered stellar cases of “kid logic.” So get comfortable as you scroll through and be sure to upvote your favorite posts. 

#1

“I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought that bands lined up at the radio station waiting their turn to play their song and then went to the back of the line.

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Faramir10
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me of the tiny people who lived in the tv set.

Huddo's sister
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was how they used to make ads- everyone was in the studio and read it out loud (unless that was only in tv series rather that real life)

LapCat
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s hilarious! 😂

Dynamite Samurai Koala
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

once i thought that when i played spotify the singers would play the sing i was listening to and i though "man tokyo machine is gonna spend a lot of time in the spotify building today"

Mr.G86
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember thinking the same thing around 2nd grade 🤣

Yaprak
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When the national public radio was established the singers and players were really on stage and their performances were actually broadcasted alive. My late grandfather ha

Mark Stanley
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always wondered how they got across town so fast so they could play at other stations.

Mark Stanley
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always wondered how they got across town so fast, so they could play it another radio station.

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    #2

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ Way back in the 70's I thought my Grandpa had a car that told him where to go, like GPS today. As he was driving a green arrow on the dash would start flashing to the right. He would then turn right. Then another arrow flashed to the left. He would turn left. I was totally blown away.

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    Stardust she/her
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what my UKG teachers used to tell us

    tullotoe underfoot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Says a lot about his parents driving habits.

    Annie Persson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad could turn traffic lights green at his command. .... of course, later I realised that he just paid attention to the rythm of the lights, and gave the order juuust before they were turning green anyway

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But today you must feel glad to know that he remembered to signal before turning.

    Mark Stanley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes perfect sense, especially if your parents did not use their turn signals.

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    One can’t just blame ignorance and leaps in logic on some of the things we sincerely believed as a child. Many parents (fathers in particular) have a penchant for having a little bit too much fun inventing and spreading disinformation. Or, perhaps equally as common, some parents refuse to reveal that adults don’t actually know everything about the universe and will simply make some facts up. 

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    Regardless, this often leads to some amount of normal “magical thinking,” the process when a person imagines connections between things that are simply not true. As a kid has a lot less information to work with, can happen all the time, i.e. “if it works like that in my family, it must be true everywhere.” 

    #3

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ i thought that every time i played with a toy the person who bought it for me would get money. i used to try and play with all my toys equally so everyone would get the same amount of money.

    robarazzi2 , cottonbro studio Report

    Surenu
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is so wholesome lol, I'm going to show that to the person who said kids are cruel

    Rwby Couch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids CAN be cruel, but not always. It all depends on how they were raised. If I ever have kids I'll make sure they don't turn out like a**holes

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    Lunakadi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Along similar lines, I thought my stuffed animals had feelings and I piled all of them in my bed with me every night for fear of making them sad by leaving them out.

    lonesoul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same! I used to try and take them all on vacation because I was afraid they'd feel left out

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    The Starsong Princess
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought my toys would get their feelings hurt if I didn’t play with them so I tried to play with them all equally so it would be fair.

    Marin Arri
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was about 6, I would throw the clam shells back in the ocean so other mollusks could have a home.

    DadManBlues
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You invented the subcription model as a kid. Now it's reality: you use the seat heating in your Bimmer (that you already paid for - don't think they lose a single cent if you don't subscribe) and the factory gets your money again. And again, and again...

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    #4

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ That your blood was a finite amount you had throughout your life and obviously that means old people die when they lose too much of their blood. I was terrified every time I got a cut or scrape, and as a bonus I was/am still clumsy as all hell. At 6 I got hit by a car. I was lucky that it was a side street and slower moving cars. I crawled to the curb after, noticing my elbows and knees were busted up and bleeding. I was crying and panicking and trying to cover the bleeding with my shirt when my mom arrived (I was just down the street and a watchful neighbor phoned my mother.). I got carried back home where an ambulance was waiting. I got patched up and the lovely EMT gentleman patching me up let me know that people make their own blood, so my "big boo-boos" weren't as bad as I thought. (BLESS YOU, SIR! Wherever you are now, I thank you. It's been 30 years and I never forgot his kindness and how he humored a small 6yo girl.)

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    Susan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So nobody's going to react to the part where it sounds like a 6 year old was the victim of a hit and run?

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm anyone noticed that she got hit by a car 🤷🏽‍♀️

    meow point1
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And she was a girl! Glad that was cleared up before she hit puberty!

    Brian Droste
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's probably retired by now. But thank you for remember his kindness,

    Moriah Wood
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was little if I was bleeding I would lick off the blood even though it was gross I thought it went back into your body lol.

    blobby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TIL that your blood is not finite.

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    #5

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ When I saw a character die in a movie I thought the actor sacrificed themselves and died in real life for the sake of the film.

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    Mohsie Supposie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought there were two (or more) of each actor. If one died in a movie, then the other one would continue acting, while the first one was sent to the hospital to get fixed, and then return to acting.

    Liz Siemens
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha, along these lines, my cousin used to think that when the film said "10 years later" they actually waited 10 years to continue filming. Lol

    Poppy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that if someone was shot in the leg then that character would die for certain. I just thought any shot anywhere (it could be from a gun shot or an arrow etc) that meant certain death.

    Dr Robert Neville
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of Bill Hicks on euthanasia.

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i used to think that when someone died in a movie they actually had super enhanced ai that would remove parts of an image with pinpoint accuracy so that the actors didnt cry

    Mr.G86
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would suck 🤣 🤣 🤣

    Red PANda (she/they)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean that’s happened a few times, I think in some Indiana Jones movie or smthn

    Adrian Perlman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i thought this because my mother told me that.

    Duckie Measles
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to my dad, my great grandmother thought this as well and was terrified when one of her children wanted to try becoming an actor.

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    A child has to learn everything for the first time but is often limited to what their physical senses can “detect.” So, as one might notice, the majority of “kid logic” listed here featured the physical appearance of something having an exaggerated effect on it. This often has comical results, where “superpowers” are attributed to items of clothing and, for example, the color of a car. 

    #6

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ My grandparents on one side of the family have a house in our state and a cabin in another that we would spend weekends at growing up. For some reason, when I was really little, I didn't really get how that worked. Since you can go to Grandma's house or Grandma's cabin, I just assumed I had two identical grandmas, and one just lived at each house. To make it worse, I understood that I only had the one grandpa and just assumed he was married to two identical grandmas. My family still mentions this in jest occassionally.

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I often wonder whether dogs think like this. My furry friend is coming to visit tomorrow, but the last time she saw me was at her house, and now she is coming to mine. :D

    Karen Krause
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember living in Europe until I was 6. Back in those days, you would stop a the border, they would check your passport and on you would go. When we were going back to the states, I just thought it would be a longer car ride, and they would check passports at the border. I couldn't fathom going across the ocean, even though we were shown maps in 2nd grade of the world. Guess I wasn't paying too much attention, because that information didn't drop.

    2x4b523p
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely could not phantom the distance I covered when I was on my first flight. I was about 14 flying to visit my grandfather in another country. But it felt like I am in next town over the whole time because it only took 2 hours flight to get there. The confusion between short travel time vs different climate/language/culture/food of foreign country weirded me out.

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    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    brilliant... confused young minds are hilarious and genuis

    Jim Wyatt-Lees
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Grandfather lived with my Aunty Annie and at some age below four I asked my Mum if Grandad and Annie-Annie were married. In my defence I am the youngest of four and people forget after the first three things STILL need explaining. In church I thought the priest was GOD! I'm glad he wasn't as Canon Hourigan was a white haired giant and a fearsome man.

    April Pickett
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A kid's mind is a wonderful thing.

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    #7

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ My son asked me that question when he was little. "When you were little, was the world in color?" I was born in 1981.

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    Irishwoman abroad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you think that's bad, I used to start lots of questions to my mum with, "in olden times, when you were young..." - I once even asked her if dragons were still alive when she was young! She cracked up laughing

    SleepSycho
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born in 1981 and all my childhood photos were in color, usually Polaroids, but my kids make me feel like I was born in 1881 cuz I’m from another century

    Richard Michael
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was very young I asked my father when the world became colorful.

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Natural question, when you always see pictures from old times in black and white only.

    cryssH
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother asked our mom around 1953 if she came before or after the last of the dinosaurs.

    any rei
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kid didn't say that as a question, more like a statement. When you were a kid colour wasn't invented yet. I was born in 1979.

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes,my younger brother did this and I still use it as a reference to long ago "way back when the world was in black and white"

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    #8

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I genuinely thought you could hear the actual ocean anywhere you wanted by listening to a sea shell.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm embarrassed to admit that I was way too old when I learned this wasn't an actual fact. I grew up on a man made island, natural peninsula and it was just common knowledge that you learn at a young age. I'm pretty sure there's quite a few older locals that still think this is factual.

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I too was a naive child who believed everything older kids told me

    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's what adults told me. How was I to know they probably didn't know it themselves?

    Richard Nichols
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember wondering if it was true when I was little.

    ISAAC ROSSIL
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine it was true, and you put your ear to the sea shell and hear a beach shooting

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    However, the desire to understand “why and how” tends to only really develop around the age of eight. Once a child starts to get a bit more independent, they might turn away from bombarding their parents with questions and will instead try to “figure it out” themselves. This list has just a few examples of the hilarious logical paths that they take. 

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    #9

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought the chalk outlines from crime scenes were residue left by souls leaving the victims’ bodies.

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    MaximumKarmaSaint
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine is somewhat similar, I thought that by the time they got there, the body had decayed (because I HEAVILY overestimated how fast things decayed), and that was their conceptualization of where it was and how it was sprawled out.

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the chalk lines only exist in the TV and film world, just like the hitting of the judges gavel to pass sentence

    Chris Landrum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    imagine if you did not see an outline, meaning the soul was still there!

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That could be why it’s there like “look out you might get possessed by this soul”

    Jen Mart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what if there was no outline?

    Walter Brameld
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to think that souls were real too.

    #10

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ My dad had a gay younger brother named Mark, my mother also had a gay younger brother named Mark. When I was 5 years old my dad told me if your name is Mark that means you're gay.... I didn't realize he was joking until I was like 14.

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    Mark Fuller
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm gay. And Mark. Damn... is this a conspiracy?

    Catman (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know a gay person. Oh no! It is a conspiracy! Wait no, their name isn't Mark. Sorry, false alarm.

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    glowworm2
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother’s name is Mark. He isn’t gay. At least as far as I know.

    Fish Fingers
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know a married couple who are both called Mark.

    Clarf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, according to Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias) "All gay men are named either Mark, Rick, or Steve."

    Tempest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can think of another Mark who is gay (Mark from the Westlife band). Maybe your dad was right ;)

    Bored something
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm, my mums partner has a son named Mark who is gay. I was also friends with a Mark at school who is gay.

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    Twinbowser
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad’s name is Mark… how should I break the news to my mum? 🤔

    Crescent 3
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My name is Marc, but I'm not gay. Maybe it's because I spell my name with a "c". LOL!

    Paul Richards
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That must have confused the hell out of you if you went to church

    maddie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do know a gay person named mark...

    Ralph Watkins
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just had to think of who I knew growing up named Mark. They both turned out to be gay. Who knew.

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    #11

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I was absolutely certain that if somebody got a 100-plus year prison sentence, they would leave their drying bones in there until the full sentence was completed.

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    Lizz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, and a 3x life sentence meant they had to spend 3 lifetimes in prison

    Catlady6000
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's happened. Usually right out where everyone could watch the decomp process. And smell it

    Yayaboobo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They would if they could believe me.

    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not so strange. I was often wondering how they would complete a longer-than-life (or double life-)sentence

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe........................................

    Xitxarel•lo Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I m not sure if in one place at world that must be true

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    If you did something when u were a newborn u might actually survive the 100+ yr sentence

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    This is a result of working with bad assumptions. While elements of a kid’s logic may be solid, they tend to often not recognize that just because something is true for them, doesn’t mean it’s universal. You can actually discover a lot about a child’s internal thoughts and family life just by seeing what they assume is the baseline. 

    #12

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ Lions are boys and tigers are girls just like dogs are boys and cats are girls. Horses are boys and cows are girls and so on.

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    Oais Wright
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wym technically? Cows ARE girls, and bulls are boys.

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    tullotoe underfoot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you live in a gendered language area, you are probably right.

    Cora Han
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would go by breeds for dogs, e.g. all german shepherds were boys, and all cocker spaniels were girls.

    Heather Talma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worry for the kids who think this because they clearly have never been around animals.

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was around 5 or 6 I remember my dad telling me that cardinals and robins were the same bird just one was a boy and one was a girl...

    Green
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of these are completely true if we speak of the gender of the nouns in my language

    Hippopotamuses
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even though I know better, somewhere in my subconcious, I stll believe lions are male and tigers are female.

    Xitxarel•lo Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just go to jungle and say that to a tiger if you dare XDDDDDD

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    Elizabeth Butler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My MIL knew better but still always thought of dogs as boys and cats as girls. Used those pronouns.

    Laura Williams
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the dog and cat one but not any of the others

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    #13

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought putting sticky tape on torn paper would repair it. So like most kids, I was told putting a bandaid on a cut made it better. Which made sense because when you took it off the cut had started healing. Well I figured that sticky tape must do the same thing right? I used to pull tape off of things to check if it was "fixed" yet 🤦🏽‍♀️ 

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    BavaRikus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your theory is fundamentally not bad. But unfortunately it is wrong.

    two-sided llama
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i read torn paper as porn tape i need sleep

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    #14

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ When I was little I thought gunpoint was a street so whenever I saw the news that someone got robbed at gunpoint. I would think to myself why would people go there if they're just going to get robbed?

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a quote from a first season episode of "Friends", "The One with the Ick Factor".

    Cloakred_Is_Bored
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do people even do this, what’s the point?

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    Appalachian Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why did Batman's parents take a detour down a street that was literally named "Crime Alley"? lol

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They mispronounced the name of the alley they intended to visit when they used the flue powder

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    Laura Osborne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always wondered what Will had done when the order "fire at will" was shouted.

    Mammie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was little I thought the only certain thing in life was death in Texas. So ya... I wondered why people went there.

    INGi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Waaaaaaaaay overused joke.

    MaximumKarmaSaint
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's like asking why somebody would go to the most urban part of Baltimore...

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I USED TO THINK THAT TOO LIKE "yeesh you'd think they learn their lesson"

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    While many of these ideas fall apart as new evidence is gathered, some bits can remain for an embarrassingly long time, often becoming an inside joke for the entire family. So if you want to keep exploring the hilarious chaos of “kid logic,” look no further, Bored Panda has another article on the best of bizarre ideas children have put together. 

    #15

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ When I was really young, I used to think people had different accents because the air in their country made their voice that way.

    TheOtherMother91 , Mizuno K Report

    lonesoul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't the altitude have to do something with people's accents, though?

    Gemini
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats Hilarious, lol, I do love a good accent Though

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    #16

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought condoms were for boys periods!!

    Debsrugs , cottonbro studio Report

    Jett Holthouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    anyone gonna talk about the blue tutti frutti flavoured condom in the picture

    Lo Kindred
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    never mind that weird a** fingernail polish. Looks like she has an infection.

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    Jill Rhodry
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, in a weird, roundabout, drawing a really long bow, they are, sort of?

    Scented Candle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there is blood coming out of someone’s peen, they should see a doctor

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    SadieCat17 (she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure transphobic people think about trans people more than trans people themselves @BavaRikus

    cryssH
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's exactly what they are for and boys have far more periods than girls.

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is with those nailsss

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    #17

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought wearing green during day time gave us extra energy since plants are green and made energy that way. I even wore green clothes every time there was a sports event assuming it made me faster and stronger. Now i realise chlorophyll is different from green dye and its an entirely different concept of biochemistry.

    SuDi10298 , RDNE Stock project Report

    Walter Brameld
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not far removed from gullible adults thinking that eating chlorophyll has health benefits.

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hey, if it gave you more energy - that works too!

    Brian Droste
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was younger I thought that having a pair of tennis shoes would make you run faster.

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it would make you run faster than many other shoes would.

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    cal has returned (they/them)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bro I must be the only one who thought of Green Day the band lmao

    Jen Mart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    works for Packers and their fans!

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish. I guess that's why mine craft creepers are green to have more exploding energy

    #18

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought hamburgers were called hand-burgers. Since you eat them with your hands 🤚🍔🤚

    SlugGirlDev , Marta Dzedyshko Report

    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Question. Why are they called HAMburgers if they're traditionally made out of beef?

    HeavyMetalHeart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they originated in the town of Hamburg in Germany.

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    TTorrest Author
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, no, no. They are steamed hams and the Aurora Borealis is in my kitchen.

    Roxy Eastland
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid, pre-McDonalds coming to the UK (although we had our home grown Wimpys) hamburgers at home were served exactly the same as sausages at home, with potatoes and veg and gravy. I kinda miss it. And I also remember people sitting in the Wimpy eating their hamburger **in its bun** and chips with a knife and fork. I had picked mine up with my hands, and the people I worked with were all using their cutlery. I felt like a mucky kid, LMAO.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    rookie cannibal mistake

    Nikki Angulo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was teaching once and a student was talking about making something out of “pucksiglass” and I was like, “you mean plexiglass” and he said, “oh Ithought it was called pucksiglass because it stops puck from going into the stands!” He was actually a very smart kid, (and also a hockey player,) so I was surprised that he made that mistake!

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    #19

    Quick, before BP staff notice it’s postable! Know you are such an amazing person. And the world is incredibly lucky to have you. You. Are. Loved.

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    Martine Borge
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I needed this today ❤️

    Steve Hall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I believed that as a child too.

    Moosy Girl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awh man, yeah, I think I used to believe this too when I was little. ;)

    Linouchka
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aaaaaw, that's so sweet ! 🥰

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    #20

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought that when films had a character as both a child and an adult (flashbacks, time lapse, etc.) that it was the same actor filmed years previously. I thought it must take forever to make a film and that's why they were so expensive.

    snoozy_sioux , Jakayla Toney Report

    Hey!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought this and also when they use pictures in frames.

    HistoryLover(she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes they do use actual pictures of the actors when they were young, so you aren’t entirely wrong.

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    El Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they actually did this for a film recently. Can't remember the name of it..

    Paul Navarrete
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boyhood. It was pretty good for what could have easily just been a gimmick.

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My nephew knows very well that this isn't the case, as he played a boy at a certain age in a flim, with several other boys of varying ages playing earlier and later in the child's life.

    Sylvi Ann Børsheim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have seen a film, where that is true. I do not remember the title, but it took about ten years to make the film.

    Sova_Likes_Spoons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes I still catch myself thinking that even though credits

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    #21

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought there was a huge warehouse-like building, with hundreds of big red buttons lined up with one person at each button. During commercial breaks, whoever pressed theirs fastest got to play their commercial next. Sometimes commercials get cut off by another commercial and I thought that was someone pressing their button before it was time. No idea where I got this idea from

    aBucketOfRats , cottonbro studio Report

    KOTLC_Fan 🇺🇦
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that the commercials were filmed in the same place as the movie specifically for the movie, I was fascinated at how they always acted them out exactly the same with no mistakes when it was the same commercial for a different movie

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and the curtain parts revealing the foundation of commercialism

    Tamara
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That should be a real thing!

    Ben
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to know why this person would have thought this? Unless he or she had a crazy vivid imagination.

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    #22

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ When I was in Elementary school we all thought we'd die from getting stuck in quicksand one day or by disappearing into the Bermuda Triangle. It was such this weird bubble of fear that was omnipresent. Now? Literally nobody talks about the BT or seems to care about quicksand. My younger nephews didn't even know what quicksand was and they're almost 12 lol. Yeah I guess it's not quite the same thing as the original question posed but man...as an adult...bills are far more terrifying

    Hovertical , JACK REDGATE Report

    lonesoul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I completely forgot about the existence of the Bermuda Triangle. They used to tell us crazy a*s stories of sea monsters and people disappearing into different dimensions over there.

    Beachbum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the quicksand fear came from Gilligan's Island, they were always running into quicksand....

    El Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happened on Morecambe Sands a few years ago so IF you have quicksand near you then you really DO need to watch out..

    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before I was an adult, I never even heard of the Bermuda triangle and maybe once saw quicksand in some movie, didn't give it any more thought

    any rei
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And swamps... Artaaaaaaax......

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where do u even find quicksand

    3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m mean… I’m 14 and was so damn scared of the burmuda triangle

    Ani-87
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s funny how this is Universal in people born in the 80’s

    Terry Tobias
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even before the 80's. I blame the kind of movies that were on during Saturday afternoons. Someone was always trying to escape the jungle, or keep piranhas from attacking the unsuspecting settlement downriver.

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    Binny Tutera
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cartoons made us ALL think quicksand was everywhere!

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    #23

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought when you got to the age where you had to have a job, you got a letter in the mail that told you what your job was. I was terrified my job would be to sit in the underground room where the streetlights switches were. I didn’t want to watch traffic through the periscope and flip the switch at the wrong time causing an accident.

    Thiscatstinks , John-Mark Smith Report

    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much wrongs it hilarious. Kids' minds are interesting

    Notmary
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first days after a summer camp are always so dull.

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    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah at like 5 years old I thought that there was an underground place like the tunnel under the thunderpath and people flipped switches and I hated that job idea bc I might cause an accident and go to jail.

    Darby
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude this is pretty much City Of Ember in a nutshell

    Steve Hall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like you may be referring to draft notices.

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TBH, I'd kinda like that job as long as I was the only one down there.

    Roxy Eastland
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The whole 'being offered' a job confused me as a child. I think I visualised it as being like what we call headhunting, and couldn't understand how 'they' knew you were perfect for the job before they approached you.

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    #24

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought that Gatorade was made by squeezing the juice out of alligators. It was so disgusting I couldn't comprehend anyone wanting to drink it.

    Mary_9 , Shayna Douglas Report

    Catman (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought Gatorade was alligators pee. I was disgusted whenever my brothers drank any.

    Red PANda (she/they)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unsweetened Gatorade actually tastes like pee, that’s part of the reason why there’s so much sugar in it lmao

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    Violet Jensen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was another word for gasoline until I was TWELVE

    Sandy Lynn Johnson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now that's funny and I haven't heard that one.

    Amy Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be one crappy job! Gator Squeezer

    Jack Harris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Less disgusting than what it's actually made of, tbh.

    RAM31280
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, it was made to aide the gators to victory

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I couldn't comprehend how people could want to eat white bread since it had been BLEACHED.

    Steve Hall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I too think it is disgusting and don't understand why anyone would drink it.

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    #25

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ My father had me convinced that if I unscrewed my belly button, my bum would fall off. ... until I tested the theory.

    samanthasgramma , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

    Amy Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to tell my kid this! Hilarious

    Lunakadi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m so curious how you tested this exactly.

    Rinso the Red
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was told we deflate and zip around the room

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't need to unscrew it. Just push it in far enough and it unlatches.

    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your dad definitely had a good laugh at that.

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    picking ones nose and one's brain would fall out....I do recall the belly button one too....eating the whole apple,seeds and all and a tree would grow out my head

    Mary Tonningsen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my brother was about 4 he heard a joke from somewhere about this same thing. No one else in the family was familiar with it. One night on vacation, he was telling this joke in a restaurant and it got us laughing so hard! So he told it a few times and we just kept laughing (he was a really adorable kid and got a lot of attention, which he loved). The old man in the next booth got up to leave and he gave my brother $1 and thanked him for the entertainment. So, wouldn't you know, every restaurant we ate in for the next week, my bro would tell that joke over & over at the top of his lungs hoping to make money! God, he was so cute. He's 66 this year, still cute and still funny! <3

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn’t this in diary of a wimpy kid

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    #26

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ i was raised catholic and went to catholic school, and until i was about 10 years old, i thought there were only two religions: catholic and public.

    some-dork , cottonbro studio Report

    Serenity Now!
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, some Catholics still think theirs is the only religion.

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same for many religions... only they are the way

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    realenancy170
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to catholic school in the 60"s. Everyone in our neighborhood was catholic. The nuns told us it was ok to play with kids of other religions but we should try to convert them.

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is how I feel with anyone who believes in god for some reason because I have no religion so it’s just awkward

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    Darby
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in California and people say they don’t think about the other states, which is why I’m not surprised about a memory I have about when I was little asking my dad “what language does Virginia speak?” “What language does North Dakota speak?” And so on 😂

    I heart Boo-BI-es
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure some Catholics still think this.../s

    Samsquatch & Monko
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to think it was catholic schools and violent schools

    Rahb in Oz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good point. If indoctrination in a particular religion makes you think that specific religion is 'right', then how come there are any other religions? EG: Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Shinto, etc - so they CANNOT all be true! Martin Luther was on a good thing, and meant well, when he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church. Bertrand Russell just took it a step further.

    Mikkel Sørensen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, some Catholics still think that there is a magic man in the sky.

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah at first I only about Christians and bhuddism so I thought you had to choose between Jesus or bhudaa at birth

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    #27

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought ATMs were just machines that gave you unlimited money lol. I wish :(

    xmephistax , Liliana Drew Report

    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It seems a lot of people believed this as kids

    Karen Krause
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are some adults that seem to believe this.

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    Lunakadi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The other day I was at a gas station that had a sign in the parking lot that said “ATM Machine Inside.” My husband and I concluded that this must be where ATMs are made.

    Karen Rutland
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many people believed that if you still had checks, you still had money in the bank…

    Lisa Delgado
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that writing a check to pay for something meant that you were getting the item for free. I didn't realize you had to have money to cover the check!

    Omima mimi miki
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my daughter thinks this now - just go get more money mom ... lol ok!

    Mac
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is super common. I thought this in the 80s and my son did too 15 years ago.

    Spittnimage
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought you only had to pay 65¢ or whatever the fee was for a money order and the cashier would give you $100.

    Ru Bee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell I went to university with some spoiled people who this was true for.

    Ann Jeppesen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my sister told my nephew something was to expensive, he was convinced she could just use her bank card. He was too young to know about limits to said card.

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    #28

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ As a small child, I was convinced that [jerk] people are [jerks] because of certain bacteria that are unique to them and if I interact with them, I will catch their bacteria and become an [jerk] myself.

    CartanAnnullator , Buro Millennial Report

    Oais Wright
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, he's correct in some way. Being around jerks as a kid might infect you with this jerk disease

    Jill Rhodry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean cooties? - yeah, they're real🤣

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes that is true. Jerkgerms, also known as Karenitis, are rapidly spreading, causing people like the guys that down vote all my posts.

    TS Rhodes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think you were that far off.

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure it's genetic vs bacteria but both end up with the same end result

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Avoid the jerk sauce ... it leads to barb - e - cues.

    Darby
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did u grow up to be an introvert

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jerkococci Idiolium... dreaded bacteria!

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    #29

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I used to believe that in order to get pregnant and have a baby, you had to eat A LOT so that your stomach would get bigger and the food would transform into a small human being 😂

    a_jill_g , Yan Krukau Report

    shawn mckinney
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My pregnant neighbor ate a lot of candy. The adults around us laughed when I told her the baby was going to be born multicolored (blue, orange, red) because of all the sweets she consumed

    lonesoul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew my mom got pregnant from my dad. But I thought it was done by touching. Like he would touch her arm with his fingers and she would get pregnant. I also thought you had to pray to god and he would put a baby in you.

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once thought that once you got married you immediately became pregnant and I hate kids so I think to myself "I guess I'm just having a long term bf instead of a husband"

    Stormblessed
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that their was always a baby inside the mother's stomach and the more the couple loved each other, the bigger the baby would grow until it was born

    Ralph Watkins
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew about pregnancy but I still thought parents had to go to a hospital & buy a baby. I watched a TV show (The New People) where people crash land on a mysterious island. The young, unwed mother suddenly having a baby blew my naive young mind. That TV show was what "Lost" was inspired by.

    Walter Brameld
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, that's basically what happens. The only part you left out was starting with a zygote.

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    #30

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought if it was raining, it was raining all over the world.

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    DB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only if you listen to ELO.

    Hey!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many times when I was a kid, and now as an adult, I've seen rain in the backyard and sunny skies in the front or vice-versa.

    Crescent 3
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to Brook Benton, If it's a rainy night in Georgia, it's raining all over the world.

    Geoffrey Scott
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always had a fear raindrops would develop up to an inch across

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    kind of like people thinking that global warming/climate change is only evidence in their yard... and forget there is another 99.999999% of the planet out there cooking.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the world cries for everyone

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    living in the UK it's not unusual if it's raining in one place then it's raining allover the UK

    Walter Brameld
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe you heard the song "Showdown" by Electric Light Orchestra.

    El Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This seems like a sensible conclusion when you're a kid..

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    #31

    I thought "Skyscrapers" were airplanes, and not "Tall Buildings" until I was about 10... Here is how that happened: I went to the park with my mom as a little kid. The park was located on the outskirts of the big city where some tall buildings could be seen in the distance. "She said look at the sky scrapers, can you see them?" So, I looked around and saw a plane... It had a white trail behind it... I assumed the plane was "Scraping the sky".

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    Emotional Support Velociraptor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It really does. Skyscrapers just stab the sky and stay there. Scraping is a verb, and it implies that there is movement involved, like a plane scraping along the sky.

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    El Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was originally the name for tall sails on sailing ships..

    ShaZam Beaubien
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My boys thought the white trail was Iron Man flying ....

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I may have confused skyscrapers with sky writers (planes that used smoke to write a message in the sky) when I was a wee lad.

    Brian Droste
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was trying to clean the sky of all the pollutants.

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    #32

    My dad told me “Watch for Falling Rocks” signs were signs to keep a lookout for a lost Indian brave (who’s name was Falling Rocks) who got lost while out hunting to win the hands of the chief’s daughter. Every time we passed one of those signs I’d look all around to see if I saw him. I was in my teens before I realized that was stupid. 😂

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    PHOTOBOB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gullible? Not even a real word. I wish people would stop using made up words. As for Falling Rocks, we always said it was proof of how much natives loved their children. After all these years they are still looking for him.

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    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Falling rocks! No it doesn't! It hurts! Ow!

    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a sign in the UK that reads "Heavy plant crossing". Our family refers to it as "Watch out for big dandelions on road". :D

    the_avenging_knight (her/she)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bf has a little sister and I am totally telling her this!😂

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think your father was stupid not to teach you why the signs were really there. You might have been hit by a rock while looking for the Indian brave.

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and it kept you from bugging him while he was driving...

    Barbara Kayton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our Dad told us this same story! We never believed it, but it was cute that he'd always tell it.

    HolyDiver
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a common story. I was told this when I was a kid in Nevada decades ago.

    Ralph Watkins
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think most of us feel for that one back in the day.

    Jeff Lynn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    M6 grandfather used to tell me the same thing! Crazy

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    #33

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I used to run away from home as a kid quite often to go adventuring. Countless times upon being found or returning after said adventures, my mother would try and remind me if the dangers of me being by myself at such a young age and I wasn't worried because I was convinced Superman would come out of nowhere and save me if anything happened. Luckily I didn't have to learn the hard way that it simply wasn't true.

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    Serenity Now!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I thought if I got in any trouble at all, an angel or two would bail me out. I guess we'll never know if that was true or not.

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suppose the picture common in many places where you see two children crossing a rickety bridge with one of the slats broken or ready to break and a guardian angel preventing it didn't help...

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    Ryyde Cade
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was 11 my teacher told us this story of a young woman who decided to cut through a dark alley on her way home and that she prayed to be protected as she walked it, she passed a guy in the alley who looked at her and then away, the next day the was an article in the newspaper about another young woman who was robbed and killed going down the same alley after her by the man who she saw. So the young lady went to court and when she could she asked the man why he didn't hurt her when she walked past him and replied that there had been 2 huge guys walking next her as she walked - teacher told me they were angels - about 10 yes later when I moved and lived on my own I use to walk around at night, secure in the belief that I was safe, that I had angels walking next to me. I was never harmed and always felt safe. I use too walk through the park at night and the dock yard. I still believe that now as I'm driving around that I am protected this way

    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard this story a few times. It's nice to think about

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    #34

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought girls were born from women, and boys were born from men. It made sense at the time.

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    AzzyIsHere (They/he xenos)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐎𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭, 𝐀𝐎𝟑 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰.

    SadieCat17 (she/her)
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You and your little victim complex since you have to *gasp* be nice to people different than you, BavaRikus, is very pathetic

    Jeremy Bolanos
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My uncle convinced me that boys came from one testicle and girls came from another.

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm is that when you got the talk

    BavaRikus
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    2 years ago

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    Nowadays men give birth to children. If you disagree, you could end up in jail for transophobia. :-)

    #35

    I thought teachers lived at the school & remember feeling confused that they didn’t. I also was deeply offended when I saw my Mom pay our babysitter. I thought she played with us because she just liked us!

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    Huddo's sister
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are both very common misconnections

    shawn mckinney
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assumed my teacher stepped into a closet at the end of the day and stayed there until we arrived again the next day. I was blown away when he told us he had an adult daughter and the family vacationed in Europe every summer.

    Andy Frobig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One teacher did live at one of my schools: it had one apartment. Not sure how he got it. The was also an apartment building across the street where teachers had lived in the past, and the story was that there were tunnels between the building and the original school building that had been demolished, so they nearly did live at the school

    Ann Jeppesen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work with helping parents with mental health issues. One thing was to wake the kids and take them to and from school. One time one of the kids asked what I did for a living. She was so used to me being there and compensating for her mum that she didn't realise that it was me working. A win in my book.

    Moosy Girl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My neighbour’s youngest was super confused and a little worried when I knocked on their door one day, because her mom introduced me as their sibling’s teacher, and teachers are NOT supposed to leave the school, let alone come to your home, lol.

    CanadianDimes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents were teachers so growing up, I thought everyone's parents had summers off.

    rnaD86
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet parents worldwide would absolutely be in favor of that.

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    Jeremy Evans
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.google.com/search?surl=1&safe=active&sca_esv=588643820&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1071US1071&q=Calvin+and+Hobbes+school+teacher+in+a+coffin&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi948z-3vyCAxVAg4kEHXgFDgYQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1405&bih=794&dpr=2#imgrc=3zvYfUByi-nN3M

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The babysitter propably did like playing with you, but still needed to get money for food and whatever.

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    #36

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought you get pregnant when you kiss at your wedding.

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    Lara Verne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a kid, I heard that you get pregnant by sleeping with someone. I thought it meant actually sleeping next to person of opposite sex.

    Juliette Deroulede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believed it until I learned different and then I heartily wished that it actually had been true...

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    Cricketgeeklol
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being religious I thought that God sent us babies at random. Until people started telling me it was a choice. My little brain was blown

    SincerelyMeesh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think a lot of fundi Christians believed this due to bad health education.

    ISAAC ROSSIL
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it happened when they put the wedding ring on your finger. I even had a scientific explanation. I thought that the ring triggered a nerve that then told your body to get pregant.

    Me
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandmother used to believe she was pregnant after her first kiss. When she cried and confessed it to her mother she was laughed at for being so naive. Well, WHO told her those lies?!

    Daniel Nilssen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was told you get pregnant from being hugged

    Heather Talma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid I was told by another kid that when grown-ups kiss for a really long time they're trying to make a baby.

    David A Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fraud. I knew someone who believed this until they were 17 or 18 years old.

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    #37

    My daughter learned something about evolution and asked me, what it was like, when daddy and I were monkeys.

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    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, sit down, let's grab a banana and I'll tell you!

    Mikkel Sørensen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once asked my mom if they had doctors during the stone age, when she said they didn't, I replied: "Good thing you didn't get sick then".

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    … Here we come, walkin' down the street We get the funniest looks from every one we meet

    Rahb in Oz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It just means peanuts or bananas.

    Steve Hall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are all monkeys in out teenage years. No, wait, baboons, teenagers are baboons.

    Rinso the Red
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    Then she was about it poorly. If nothing else, "monkeys" should never have come up.

    #38

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ Since breastfeeding from my mum gave me milk then I should breastfeed from my dad to get chocolate milk. Luckily that was shut down pretty fast and I did not get far enough to find out.

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    Sandy Lynn Johnson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my mom was breastfeed my sister, I asked her what she had in there and she said milk. I asked her if she had Coke in the other one? And before she could stop laughing to answer, I said if you do, can I have some. LOL

    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could've been worse. Could've been the cream. ;-)

    Hey!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The breast "knows" if the child needs water, milk, or cream depending on how it sucks. Same with the age, it won't give much cream to a 2 y.o. but more to an infant.

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    Kimmer Rock
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to tell my kids when they saw me breastfeed that one was milk and the other was chocolate milk. I have 6 kids (their ages at the time were 11 down to 1) the 11 and 10 year olds knew better but kept quiet about it, but the younger ones thought it was true because I breastfeed the youngest ones til they were each 2 1/2.

    Duckie Measles
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where does the strawberry milk come from?

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    #39

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ If I listen to the Superman theme song every day, then I would turn into Superman one day. I’m still hoping 🙏😆

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one by John Williams, I hope!

    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *starts listening to Spider-Gwen's theme song daily*

    Paulsible deniability
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, I did the something and turned into Mighty Mouse.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Avoid the decadence of later Wager compositions. _Friedrich Nietzsche

    Patrick Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a VHS of me banging out the John Williams Superman theme on my toy keyboard (not even close) as a kid and singing the melody as the words, "Superman, man, man, man, Superman, Superman!" over and over again.

    Rahb in Oz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not unless you were born on Krypton! But I suspect it was EVERY little boy's *dream* to be able to fly; preferably with the cape, and the underwear on the outside.

    #40

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I believed only kids make mistakes.

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    Surenu
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids break vases, adults break nations.

    Lalalallal
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is toxic parenting all humans make mistakes trust me I feel your younger self

    lonesoul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one hits hard. Now that I'm an adult myself, I realise that adults haven't as much a clue about what they're doing. And that some of them are actually more immature than literal children.

    El Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought when I grew up I'd know everything and that other adults would be all sensible and grown up and not be a******s. SUPER WRONG!!

    Sandy Lynn Johnson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uniform, adults make more mistakes than kids.

    Rahb in Oz
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YES! Vietnam, Iraq, Chile, et al, just for starters.

    Andy Frobig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could never have thought this with the dad I had

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    #41

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ People would talk about seeing a drunk or their uncle who is a drunk. I thought that getting drunk was permanent from one good drinking session. I was horrified when heard high school kids were getting drunk. Probably was close to 12 when I learned about sobering up.

    AbbreviationsIll7821 , cottonbro studio Report

    ano nym
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually pretty good to tell some youngsters... let's make it an urban legend...

    Walter Brameld
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would it really help? They all know that nicotine is extremely addictive, but the little idiots keep getting themselves hooked for life.

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    Rahb in Oz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am still learning about sobering up, and I am approaching 70. Please God, make me good; but just not yet.

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    #42

    Not me, but my son. Big age gap between my 2 kids. My autistic son was going to be of age where he would be starting school. He was nervous about it, so I reminded him that his (much) older sister went to school, and she loved it. He took all this in, and didn't say anything. His older sister was in university, lived in the dorms, and we would pick her up on the weekends. A few months later my son asked me "Will you and dad visit me, like you visit Sissy?" Absolutely broke my heart, he thought we'd be shipping him off to fend for himself in kindergarten. I still tear up when I think about it.

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    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh nooooooooooooooo 🥺

    TheElderNom
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im two years younger than my older sister. Before she started school I thought she'd go to boarding school and I'd never see her again. No idea why, I still haven't met a single person that went to boarding school. My sister gently pointed out that our older cousin still came home every day after school and that she would too.

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    poor little guy!! Hope he was okay when he found out you were going to come back and get him later that day

    #43

    When I was a little kid, directions confused me a lot (I have zero sense of direction, even as an adult now). My parents finally gave up trying to explain directions to me, and said that the mountains were North of us. So whenever I saw any type of mountains, I assumed that was North. I was 17 years old before I wised up.

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    Fire Singer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm 39 and still have to really think about left versus right. So don't worry about it! :)

    Suby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I burned my left hand when I was a little kid. I always knew were my left hand was. It was the one with the big scar.

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    Sova_Likes_Spoons
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who else has the little directions thingy on their rear veiw mirror. Shows the initials of the direction...

    Not-a-Clue (she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live on a steep hill and have to work very hard to remind myself that uphill isn't north and downhill south.

    Graham Berry
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Point to where the sun rises with your right hand and where it sets with your Left hand. You are now facing north.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When we first moved to Pt. Loma (San Diego) I was constantly getting turned around because I knew the ocean was to the west. Yeah, well the bay was to the east. It took months before I stopped heading toward the wrong body of water.

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was raised reading maps.. can find my way pretty much anywhere and I detest GPS

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    #44

    Once, my parents said we were having chicken for dinner, and tiny me asked ‘Chicken the food, or chicken the animal??’

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    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A horrifying realization for every child.

    any rei
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time we ate meat I've told my kid it was a trex-steak or a pterodactyl's steak so she would eat it. It was the dinosaur phase and chicken was too boring.

    Mary Tonningsen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember when I learned that lamb chops came from real lambs! I was heartbroken! For some reason the realization about other animals being eaten didn't bother as much.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and it was chicken the fear what killed the beast

    cerinamroth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We grew up on a self-sufficient smallholding. We were roped in to plucking the chickens before eating them - there was never any doubt that our free-range goats, hens, cows, etc. were all destined for the plate/freezer.

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    #45

    Used to think that video games were based off of true stories and Mario did exist. If I still thought that I would be on my next plane to Mooncradle lol

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    mooncradle from sea of stars. *and then everyone decides to no longer upvote*

    Elizabeth Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sea of Stars is the hyped indie RPG that came out recently right? By the same devs as The Messenger? I really want to try it out at some point

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    #46

    I used to see signs in shops that said shoplifters will be prosecuted. I used to think it meant electrocuted, 6 year old me did think it was quite harsh.

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    Sonia Reddel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I rhought the same of "Tresspassers will be prosecuted". We walked all over Australia, but my expat Brit dad was used to hiking through private property and insisted on ignoring the signs. I thought we would be executed by hanging!

    Happy crow dragon (they/any)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im Christian and as like a 3yo i thought it was “persecuted” like on the cross lol

    Nic Exists
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i wish i could put up a sign saying 'trespassers will be executed'.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anti-capitalist persecution.

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    #47

    I believed that there was ‘little men’ that would come racing to fix cuts/scrapes on the body and could be seen at work with a special magnifying glass, after my dad used it as a way of explaining how the body repairs itself. For years I defended the idea and got into many arguments at school.

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    EJD.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you know it could be true!

    Hershey Hansell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I told my little man it was body mechanics and when little wounds got to that itchy stage it was when they were working harder so you have to try not to scratch it or youll make their work harder. I was happy with that..it helped him a lot if he had a little scrape. I also told him stupid was a swear word cos you should never call anyone stupid..youre not stupid if youre willing to learn..that one was a mistake as i didnt explain that before he started school

    cerinamroth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He probably watched a bit of Once Upon a Time...Life when he was a kid, like I did. Look it up on YouTube - it's bonkers but it's actually very accurate!

    Suby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No different than the tooth fairy. Actually makes more sense.

    meow point1
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember thinking snot and spit were made by little people in my body.

    #48

    I thought that Alaska was an island…

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    Brian Droste
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe that a lot of people believe that because when showing all the states together, it shows Alaska with Hawaii in the ocean which is misleading.

    Very Gay Turtle (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not from the USA and for the longest time I thought it was only connected from the top and Texas and stuff was like a beach 😅

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    Sven Grammersdorf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It often appears that way on maps of the USA

    Hiram's Friend
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is, just off the coast of the Baja Peninsula.

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    #49

    I thought that my stuffted toys have lives, like in Toy Story. Each and every night, I would give tthem blankets and hug them good night. Also, I used a lot of money on claw machines because I couldn't stand the fact that the poor stuffies were trapped there.

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    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    every time i get a stuffy (even to now) it gets a name and a backstory according to where it was from. one of my teddy bears actually got a STORY about them kinda where they fight monsters when we fall asleep

    Notmary
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm an adult. I can vote. I say "Sorry" to doors and other objects when I slam, hit or drop them.

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do too, because I am in the habit of saying Sorry if I happen to push someone by accident. I bet you are just a polite person.

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    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shrunken heads at Stuckey's.

    Iris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol, I thought they were alive too, and I was scared to name my sylvanians because I thought they wouldn't like their new names XD

    Jeremy Evans
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yay!!! Someone else also calls them stuffies.

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    #50

    I used to believe that cartoons were real and that they all lived in Disney Land (regardless if they were from Disney or not). I specifically remember telling my dad I would love to meet Robin Hood (animated fox) one day and that's when my reality was shattered when he explained how animation worked. Also on the Disney theme, I believed all their stories were original and any other movie or story derived from them.

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    Juliette Deroulede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww, Robin Hood the cartoon was my entire childhood... I miss being a kid and obsessed with Robin Hood... 😕

    Jeremy Bolanos
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You do NOT want to read the original stories those animated movies come from.

    SpiderNope
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    5 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did and I loved a lot of them. Dark, dark 6yr old… Edit: no I didn’t read them when I was six, I was a preteen. But I would have loved them as a 6yr old too. Way better than Disney. I’m still furious at ‘Beauty and the Beast’ though.

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    Nikki Angulo
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean the episode of friends , (the one with the list, not sure if that was the name or not) Ross replaced that tennis player(?) (gymnast?) with Jessica rabbit. Like that made less sense than the tennis player!

    Rocky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father whistled that during my entire childhood. We have to request it now but man, he'd just come around the corner and start at it.

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sure Disney would like this to be true.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Three dimensions suck. _Jack Dementia

    SpiderNope
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only person who fücking hated Disney?

    #51

    I had this great feat of becoming a firefighter. One time I came home crying that I didn't want to be a firefighter and screamed I was afraid of becoming one, because I would die if I wasa firefighter. Don't ask.

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    EJD.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, ya could. just the facts 🙄

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Might I recommend asbestos boxing gloves.

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    #52

    I thought the turn signal turned on by itself. I also kind of imagined everything to be run by humans. Like traffic lights, self checkouts, and computers. I always imagined a person behind the screen looking at the traffic then deciding when to turn the light green. Or running the self checkout in some random basement. Yea, i was weird as a kid

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    Sandella
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not weird, just a kid :)

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh well, my then 88 your old mother asked how there was room for the person who gave you your money from the bank automat, when you used the card.

    Duck Syone
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All kids are weird and so are the adults

    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think everyone is weird lol and that's perfectly fine

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    Jeremy Evans
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/15kyycb/how_do_bank_machines_work/

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    #53

    I used to think for a long time opnages were like place you got dogs, the kids just sat in a little cage with a water bowl holding a teddy bear then you pointed at them and then you signed a pape and they came home with you.

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    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i still think this is how they work. there is no better method. SELL THE KIDS

    HolyDiver
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go to a shelter to get a dog and you're a hero. Do the same thing for a girlfriend and people lose their minds!

    Laura Williams
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's close they do a little more checking for the kid. There are also orphanages that leave babies in a crib for a long time.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gee and I thought opnages were a consortium of demeaning.

    Heather Talma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was told that adopted kids weren't taken home immediately, I thought that they must put some kind of tag or marker on the adopted ones...because I thought the way they picked the kids out was to point out one while they were all running around and playing.

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    #54

    I used to think that the exhaust coming from the car's rearend was the force that pushed it forward. Back then, only the sporty cars had dual exhaust, they were faster because they had two pipes blowing exhaust out of the back.

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    Hypercar
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats what i thought too lol. now I know much much more

    #55

    I was certain that fat people didn't poop enough.

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    ShellsBells
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was little, my next door neighbor told me all fat people come from Iowa. I was convinced for the longest time, maybe too long.

    #56

    a woman presses her bellybutton when the baby is ready to be born and it comes out her mouth.

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    neytjie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now there's a terrifying thought

    Juliette Deroulede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the baby came out of the belly button. I remember screaming in terror when my mom explained the actual process... (I was around seven or eight then and vowed to never have children...)

    Laura Williams
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bellybutton would pop out when I was 8 months and all of my kids were early.

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silly human ... that's how you grow yer hair mass. TrollDoll-...c4f6b4.png TrollDoll-651f101c4f6b4.png

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How…. I’m glad it doesn’t work that way

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    #57

    When i was little (like 4-5) i thought that cows made milk because they are grass so i ate grass to try to see if it would work for me.

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    #58

    When I was 5 years old my aunt gave birth to my cousin. My aunt had a C-section scar and my mother did not. I thought I was adopted because mom had no scar and to me, that was wher babies came from. Eventually, I discovered there was another way.

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    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born by c-section and thought that was the only way… well I wish it was

    #59

    I used to believe that people in magazines, like models, only kept their poses as long as I looked at the page. Once I turned the page, they let out a big sigh and relaxed. But I could never catch them at it, no matter how quickly I turned the page back.

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    Carolyn Lively
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be a terrific story idea!

    Hershey Hansell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a lara croft lucozade advert that i loved for that reason..once youre away they chill

    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    photographs with time on either side

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    #60

    I thought the exhaust pipe on the car propelled it forward like a rocket.

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    #61

    I thought I could see individual atoms moving around as a kid. Nope, it turns out I had a condition that basically tinnitus but for vision.

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    Stardust she/her
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here, I think it’s called visual snow or something

    Crescent 3
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For a while as a kid I would see "floaters" in the air. I was convinced that I could see molecules. I was a really smart kid and this seemed logical, but people looked at me like I was insane when I told them this. After that I just kept it to myself, but still believed it until I got to high school.

    Kimberly Young
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't learn I had visual snow until a few years ago, and I thought the exact same thing!!!!

    #62

    I thought magical creatures and wizards and stuff were real in "the olden times".

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    lonesoul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude, in my culture, people genuinely believed that animals could talk way back in the past. I remember asking my mom when I was like 6, and she told me this with all sincerity. I still can't tell if she was joking to this day because of how serious she sounded.

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    #63

    I used to think that men and women only had sex to have babies, and that once they were married and had kids, they didn’t have sex anymore. I also thought people didn’t have sex after they were 30. It blew my mind when I eventually learned that even my grandparents still get it on from time to time.

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    Serenity Now!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, this is partly true! LOL!

    KOTLC_Fan 🇺🇦
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My little brother was recently given 'the talk' and he was veyr disgusted to learn our parents have done it, then he said 'at least they only did it 4 times'...the look we all gave each other before breaking it to him 😂

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um.... LOL! After 40 and 6 kids, you don't even want to get off the couch anymore!

    Lara Verne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My younger brother, when he find out that cousin's girlfriend is pregnant: "Omg, they do it too? Yuck!"

    #64

    When I was younger, I had thought that different countries were on different Earths, and that all the Earths were shaped differently.

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    #65

    I used to think that because I spoke English and everyone I knew spoke English then that meant almost everyone in the world spoke english, then I googled it and most people actually speak Chinese or something. I also thought that people who spoke other languages if you said something in their language they would hear it as English and they also thought in English.

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    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my freind abby (shes from kenya) once said "i just relaized i speak in english and i think in swahili"

    any rei
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've noticed with non-English native people who speak, write and hear English on a daily basis, that they start to mix it into their native language a lot. I have to concentrate speaking my own language when I talk to older people who can't speak English because very often the English word is in my mind quicker than the word from my native language and I'm like "arghh what is this word in my own language!?" It's so weird.

    BPisaddictive
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many years ago (1952) an english family that my father had become friends with visited him. Grandma was amazed at how such small children already spoke english...

    Elizabeth Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think English is more known than Chinese, but much less native speakers of it

    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a kid, one of my uncles told me he was thinking in French when he was speaking French. I had no idea how that was possible. Now I do it myself... still don't know how that works, but it feels great.

    Heather Menard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always wonder if this works for dogs as well

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would like you to explain what you meen by that? Please

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    Maggie Fulton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A fully adult Mormon missionary said basically the same thing after he returned from his mission to a Latin American country. He honestly believed everyone thought in English.

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    #66

    I used to think my moms middle name was Vias San Victor. Whenever someone asked for her full name, like the doctors office, she would say “V as is Victor” because whenever someone asked her for her full name, She said her first name then V as in Victor. She would then say her last name.

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    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgot to mention, I used to think it was weird that her name meant Vias without Victor, (We speak Spanish) so I asked her about that and that’s how I found out.

    EJD.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that’s literally so funny!!! i thought my teachers name was ms. Kao bc on the first day she said “i’m ms. kay- oh!”

    adnap derob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you have a V in your name, "V as in Victor", is the only way to make sure they get it right. My maiden name has a V, my married name has a B, as in Boy😁

    #67

    I thought that volcanoes were like weather phenomena and could just "erupt" out of the ground at any time. Reasoning: there's an episode of Spongebob about a volcano in the town, which isn't there in all the other episodes, so I thought they just came and went, but we never got any in where we lived , same way we never got tornadoes. While watching that episode, a house exploded down the street from my house. so we all ran to the window wondering what that loud sound had been and saw a ball of debris flying through the air. Having just been watching the Spongebob episode I was convinced a volcano had appeared and erupted down our street.

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    Wolf Black
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The perfect timing doesn't exi-

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m confused… but then again…. Nvm I’m confused good bye

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    #68

    I remember confidently informing my grandparents that cartoons were really just people dressed up as cartoons. Also, this one isn't mine but a story my friends dad loved to tell. When we were kids the milkman would deliver bottles of milk to the door. One day, my friend was the first to find the milk delivery and came running into the house yelling "Dad! Dad! I found a cow's nest!"

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    #69

    I was around 7 at that time, recently introduced to Monopoly. I was not 100% sure if it was real money or fake money. It looked different. But what if? There was so much of it!!! Maybe I was actually rich. I was confused and wanted to test it out. I wanted to be sure. But what if it turns out to be fake? I was too embarrassed to ask. So as usual in those days, my 5-year-old younger brother became the guinea pig. When the ice cream truck rolled around the next day, I pulled off $100 from the fat stack (I was rich), gave it my brother and had him go get a couple of chocolate popsicles, while watching from the sides. That went well. :-)

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    Brian Droste
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is one way to test a theory. Use a unsuspecting sibling.

    Juliette Deroulede
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I had been selling the ice cream, I'd have laughed and explained, but given them the popsicles anyway... just cuz they weren't sure and it was only the first time... 😜

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    #70

    My dad watched a lot of soccer, and I thought that the players were always the same and wore different shirts and pants just so you could tell the teams apart, and were playing pretend to come from another country, like we did at recess. It blew my mind when I discovered that they REALLY were foreign players and took planes from so far away just to kick a ball around during 90 minutes ! It seemed (and honestly still does) ridiculous to me to travel around the world just for... playing ball, you know ?

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    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suppose that adhering to that logic you must find the Olymic Games ridiculous too, or is it only soccer?

    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also ridiculous that spectators travel the world just to see them... especially since they could also watch them at home on tv. The whole charade about soccer annoys me

    #71

    When I was about 6, my family & I saw The Bee Gees perform on a variety TV show. Based on how they sang in such a high falsetto, lil’ me was convinced that all songs were actually sung by men & there were no women in music. I immediately mentioned this theory to my aunt & I’ll never forget the look on her face as she had to stifle her laughter.

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    #72

    I thought I hatched from an egg. In a way, I was kinda close. Kinda. In a way.

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    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Dad would tell me I wasn't born, I was hatched. At this point in my life, I think it was neither. I was assembled in Canada from cheap Chinese parts.

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I first learned that females had eggs inside of them to get pregnant, I thought of chicken eggs because that is what sometimes back then what I ate for breakfast.

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    #73

    My sister used to joke and say that the best way to fix hiccups was to stick your leg in the freezer. I think I realized that she was joking when I was 10.

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    Sandy Lynn Johnson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But did it work? When I get them, I'll try almost another to get rid of them. They hurt when you are in your 50s

    SpiderNope
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well mine hurt and I’m not even 21

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    Lunakadi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad told us we had to put a mouthful of water in our mouths, do a headstand, and swallow the water in three separate gulps. I was doing this until my late teens before it dawned on me that perhaps he had made this up.

    Przemo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you were 10°C? Or 10°F?

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cure for the hiccups is actually to burp. Sometimes you can't burp right away because the air is too deep in your gastrointestinal tract or simply because the hiccups are being caused by something else. But sometimes if you deliberately "swallow" a bit of air and then burp it back up that works too as somehow it helps to dislodge the bubble.

    Lorem Ispum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How you actually do it is get a cup of water and drink from the opposite end with the regular end facing you. It really works!

    River wolf (she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or just take 7 sips without breathing. Easy and it works most of the time.

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    #74

    Your tongue sticks out when you die. If the tongue wasn't out on someone on tv they weren't really dead and just acting.

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    INGi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought their eyes would have Xs on them. LOL

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    #75

    I was ten, it was 1976. Mohammed Ali had a fight at Cesar's Palac. I used to go to a roller skating rink named Cesar's Palace. I though cool I'll go hang out and maybe see him and get his autograph. The night of the fight I snuck out of the house and walked a few km to get there. Well I was very upset and disappointed that there was more than one Cesar's Palace.

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    #76

    I thought brown skinned people couldn't have nut allergies, because nuts were also brown, so they'd have the same stuff as brown people had in their skin. I didn't realise until I was 16 and it was my turn to bring snacks for my choir club. The brown guy said he had nut allergies. I went "how do you have a nut allergy?" And then suddenly it all clicked in my brain and I realised I might be intelligent, but I am certainly not smart.

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not proud of this, but in the service I was astonished black people could get sunburned.

    Xitxarel•lo Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg . Well in your defense , it s very difficult because the amount of melamine, but yes , they can

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    MushroomHead22
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you're actually neither; you're ignorant.

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    #77

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought all cats were female and all dogs were male

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    third molar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it didn't help when people made comments like that couple is fighting like cats and dogs!!

    Lunakadi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t understand this one. Unless you don’t have that animal of the opposing gender misconception in your house.

    #78

    I, a very isolated white child, thought that black people were just really tan white people and that all skin tones were just variations of tan-ness

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correct assumtpion that it's just variations of tan-ness, namely a difference in amount of Melanin due to evolution rather than individual sun exposure

    David A Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true. Well obviously, but I checked it out with skin colour in photographs. The colour of a dark person in the light is identical RGB to the colour of a light person in shadow.

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    #79

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought every bald person had cancer😭

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    Amelia Jade
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some adults seem to think similarly. When I had really short hair, I was having a bad hair day so wore a scarf. Woman approached me at store to ask about my cancer and treatment. She seemed extremely offended that I would wear a scarf over my hair if I didn't have cancer.

    Howl's sleeping castle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to think every married man has a moustache. Anyone without a moustache is a bachelor

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    #80

    Tv programs didn’t start if the tv wasn’t on.

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    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when you turn on the TV late the show has to fast forward really fast so it catches up to where it should be by the time the screen comes on. (When I was a kid it took up to a minute for the picture to "warm up")

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    #81

    I used to think that people who flew in to visit lived on the planes when they weren’t visiting. I also thought very tiny people lived in the radio and sang and talked. I was obviously not a very realistic child. Oh, and I thought babies came from the cheese section of our local grocery store. I saw a really little baby crying there one time and that was the conclusion I came to.

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    Clarf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought very tiny real people lived in the television. I was so sad when my mom told me I couldn't go in there and play with my Sesame Street friends.

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    #82

    i thought the phrase "no skin off my teeth" was "no skin off my cheese"

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    Sharon A Mutuma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, makes more sense to me. I have a running list of irritating phrases, including this one. Other examples are elbow grease, happy camper, eyes peeled, head on a swivel, etc.

    me McG
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Slip me some skin" leaves one with a delicious slice to wash down with a tall glass of skin-milk.

    Rosemary Filgate
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's no skin off my nose or by the skin if my teeth. Two very different phrases with two very different meanings

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    #83

    I used to think that when my grandmother flew in an airplane to visit her family in England, that England was in heaven because the plane went up into the clouds.

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    Tempest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG I used to believe the same about visiting other countries! (As I mentioned in a previous comment on top)

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, this isn't exactly wrong. In ancient times people didn't know enough about the sky to know that there was anything like outer space, so where planes fly today would have literally be considered part of heaven to them.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin, as a young child, confused outer space and Heaven. When their dog died, he told us the dog had "gone to the moon".

    #84

    I believed that my life was a movie that giants in the sky would watch and could change to a different life to watch if they got bored of mine.

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    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apt description of social media.

    Jeremy Bolanos
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha! When I was a kid, I was told that God always watches you so when I'd go pee, I'd cover it so God couldn't see my wee wee.

    Rocky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my gosh! Something of the same for me... I use to think we were these wooden dolls someone moved around BUT THEN, I actually started to question my logic when getting older and older by realizing that would be a never ending dimension type thing. Someone controlling the person controlling us, and so on.

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    #85

    That everyone automatically lived to age 100, then died lol

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    #86

    I had my tonsils out and was convinced that you died during surgery. I was terrified when I heard my mom agree to me having surgery. . I thought she was given them permission to kill me.

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    #87

    That the trees swaying was what made the wind

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    Sleepy Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was little, I thought the wind was created by God swinging a giant tree, thereby causing a breeze.

    Philly Bob Squires
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all the birds and butterflies flapping their wings!! I need to get off the mushrooms! LOL!

    Lara Verne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents had huge spruce tree in their garden, and I refused to go anywhere near it when it was windy. I was convinced that big trees would fell down and kill me. I avoided any big tree when wind started to blow.

    shawn mckinney
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When it rained I thought God was crying

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    #88

    I thought you could eat anything if you bit it.. one time my grandma said "you're so cute I could eat you like a cupcake" and she got closer to my arm and made "nom nom" noises so I screamed and cried and I hid from her for a week

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything is eatable! But in this case it's called "cannibalism" and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.

    El Dee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Cute Agression' is a real thing..

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    #89

    I used to think that the TV had tiny actors in it and my mom would find me crawling behind it and trying to take off the back to make friends with them. (TVs we’re literally heavy boxes on feet that stood on the floor back then)

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    #90

    I used to think that the cows could hear me and my siblings saying 'moo' and they would know we were saying hi...

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    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe the cows really did understand. Animals understand much better then many people believe. I recently discovered a couple of Congo snails found out how to push the glass of the aquarium they lived in to the side, so they could crawl up and look about. Who would have thought it of snails?

    #91

    When I was a kid we were not very well off. When I would ask for something expensive or out of our budget my Mom would say "when our ship comes in". I couldn't understand why we lived in a state that was nowhere near an ocean if we were waiting for our ship to come in. I thought if we weren't near the ocean we would miss our ship. Boy did I think my parents were stupid for not moving to the ocean.

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    Cougar Allen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bob Dylan wrote a song about that: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5c9_XkYYjTU&pp=ygUhd2hlbiB0aGUgc2hpcCBjb21lcyBpbiBib2IgZHlsYW4g

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    #92

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ I thought that the yellow caution lines on the roads, curbs etc, if you stepped on them *automatically and without fail* youd get hit by a car. I avoided them until nearly my teens when I realized that didn't make sense.

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    Bella Whitty
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought if you crossed a street on a crosswalk it was impossible to get hit by a car

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    #93

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ When my parents told me it was expensive to go on a trip somewhere and we had to save up, I thought it was because there was a giant toll they had to pay to get into a different state. It never occurred to me that food, lodging, and transportation costs where a thing.

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    GirlFriday
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believed this too. I thought that "saving up" for a trip was because we had to pay to leave our area and get into another one.

    #94

    I thought the richest person in the world was Queen Elizabeth, oh my sweet summer child... 😂 I also thought the only country in the world was England, I just thought it was VERY big. A dumb child in British education does not mix well 👍

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    Kel_how
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, not like the queen was struggling, either!

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    #95

    I believed that my father who is a civil engineer drove a train because there was a train engineer’s hat in our house.

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    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid and an adult asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would answer, "I want to be an engineer! *chugga* *chugga* *TOOOT* *TOOOOOOT!*"

    #96

    Not me, but a girl I was friends with in middle school was 100% confident that west and left are the same thing, ditto for right and east. I dont remember for sure, but I think she believed north was up and south was down. I tried so hard to explain to her that's not how cardinal directions work. She refused to believe me and got mad at me for telling her otherwise. To be fair, she also thought you could get pregnant from swallowing. She wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

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    #97

    I used to think there was really a chemical in the pool that turned red if you peed.

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    Snorky The Pig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz4VT9zHLTU

    #98

    I used to think I could somehow climb walls like Spider-Man. All the time I would just try to climb up a flat wall.

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    Lunakadi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I jumped out of my treehouse with an open umbrella because it seemed to work for Mary Poppins. It did not work for me. 😟

    #99

    I thought left and right were different for men and women… as in like they were swapped

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    Karen Rutland
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought right and left changed when you turned around

    ssteven g
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to think lizards would grow up to be dinosaurs!! I was a child in Los Angeles in the ’60s my dad had a Spanish accent. He would say “ son of a beech”! I thought he was saying “son of a peach”! So I thought it was ok to say that😫😫

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    #100

    I thought that if I yelled into the TV speaker, Gilligan would hear me.

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    EJD.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when mickey asked a question, i would respond something like “no i don’t care” and he would say “great!” that’s how i found out…

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    #101

    When someone said “In my point of view” it was actually “in my point of you”. So I would say “in my point of me” because why would I said you, when it was my point!

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    EJD.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I genuinely thought that it was rock paper scissors shoe 👞

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as opposed to ... rock paper scissors lizard spock?

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    #102

    I used to believe that hedgehogs carried apples and mushrooms on their backs. I think that was mostly because they were portrayed like that in drawings, poems, stories. I believed it until I met a real hedgehog and saw that it's spikes would not be able to even properly stab these items. I think some older adults actually still believe that hedgehogs carry berries on their backs.

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    Przemo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hedgehogs are actually vicious hunters

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    #103

    I thought babies were born like that chest-buster scene in Alien, and that at any time my stomach might pop open if I was squeezed too hard. My mom told me "There's a teeny tiny hole below your belly button. When you're ready to have a baby it opens up and the baby comes out." I asked if it only opens when you have babies and she said "no" but didn't elaborate. My parents divorced not long after that. Being the only girl in a house with 4 brothers and my pops.... I never got clarification on the issue. I was older than I'd like to admit when I finally learned that wasn't the case. 😂

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    Lunakadi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that’s terrifying. But I will say that having birthed my son without meds, I believe it probably feels about the same.

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only learned about babies not actually just spontaneously happening like poofing into thin air and being there when my brother was born lol

    #104

    I was positive women had hair on their chests like my dad and uncles. Sadly, walking in my moms room as a child taught me differently. Knock on your parents' door kiddies.

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    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, technically we do. It's just not as thick and dark as men's chesr hair

    Howl's sleeping castle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My nephew saw hair on my legs and was so confused. He asked me why I have those when his mum and grandma doesn't. I told him everyone has, mine is thicker so it's easily visible. He actually tried pulling one hair to remove it.

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    #105

    “I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’ Every country was on a different planet. China was on Mars.

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    Tempest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to think that countries were stacked on top of each other cause when taking a flight it flies into the sky as if visiting a country on top of mine.

    Lara Verne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was very young, I thought that whole Asia was only China, and every asian person looked like chinese people. I belived it untilI was 5 and one teacher in kindergarten explained to me that it's not true.

    General Anaesthesia
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not all men are China men. (ty John Gray: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus)

    #106

    If you were underwater and closed your teeth really tight and then sucked in hard, you just might be able to extract air from the water like fish do…

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    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering OP posted this, I'm assuming they never tried it.

    Richard Michael
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, they did find out that's not how it works, so more than likely they did.

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    JenC
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes in dreams if I breathe through my nose really slowly I can extract the oxygen from the water. I tried it once when I was 6, it didn't work.

    #107

    My city is by the sea, and as I child I thought every city is by the sea. We were traveling to another city once with my parents, and I asked my mother what sea do they have there. She said none. I was like "What do you mean 🤯"

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    #108

    As a 3-4 y/o(english not being my first language) I thought peter pan was peter pants... I also used to think that if you had a disease certain people had the capability to just stop having diseases...

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    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peter Pantz .... Sponge Bob's cousin.

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    #109

    I vaguely thought that lint was just some sort of byproduct of the drying process. I thought it sometimes got stuck on your clothes and wound up in your bellybutton, and I didn't really wonder about why it was generally grayish blue. It wasn't until I was a teenager and I put a red blanket through the dryer alone that I saw red dryer lint and realized that lint comes from my own clothes.

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    me McG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are all the byproduct of the drying process.

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    #110

    There is a mountain where I live called Stockhorn. When I learned the capital of Sweden was Stockholm I thought that Sweden had to be just on the other side of that mountain. I believed that for far longer than I like to admit lol

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    #111

    I used to think that the oldest sibling had the darkest complexion and then the younger ones were lighter and lighter. This was true on both my mothers and fathers side. I am blonde and an only child so that even strengthened my beliefs.

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    #112

    "dog years" were shorter than human years because they're smaller, closer to the ground.

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    Austin L
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's some truth to this; it's called relativity.

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    #113

    I once believed as a young child that the Pokemon from the game were real and only the special app could detect them, otherwise they were invisible to the naked eye. I was very disappointed when I realized that Pokemon were not, in fact, real creatures 🥲

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    Wolf Black
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish, hell, I'd have me a Pikachu, an Espeon, and a Lugia as pets!

    Lene
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, afaik most of the Pokemom creatures are inspired by actual animals. So it's not a completely off thought.

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    aw hell stop crushing my dreams that espeon is MINE

    Nikki Angulo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then you invented Pokémon go? Lol

    #114

    If I didn’t run home full speed from my neighbors, Freddy Kruger might get me. This is despite never seeing a Freddy movie as a kid. He terrified me

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    ShellsBells
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I equally loved and was scared of Freddy when I was 5. The scary part was I had a creepy neighbor named Mr. Krueger. Couldn't convince me that he wasn't Freddy.

    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first I thought yall were talking about Freddy fazbear

    #115

    I was convinced that the reason you were not supposed to swallow gum, was that the gum would stick your heart to the inside walls of your chest and stop it from beating. Like you swallowed food and it just dropped into a big open abdomen with a heart beating in the center.

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    Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a lot scarier than believing it would stay in your system for 7 years.

    Philly Bob Squires
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I first ever ate 2 double whoppers, my Dad told me I had a hollow leg. I pictured myself walking around with chomped up BK sloshing around in my right leg.

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    #116

    I thought eggs were vegetables for a while because the exeggcute Pokémon card I had was a grass type. In my defense, I was around 4 or 5 years old.

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    #117

    That Men were from Mars and Women were from Venus, either that or the stork theory was plausible. Eating watermelon seeds would make your stomach grow a watermelon.

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    Sandy Lynn Johnson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You must have seen the book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, which was once very popular. I think most kids shared your watermelon theory

    Philly Bob Squires
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men may be from Mars but women are definitely from Neptune! How the hell else can a girl go outside in 15 F degree weather in a mini-skirt and still not have icicles for legs??

    Penny Hernandez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never believed the stork theory or any other things grownups told kids about how babies arrive, because when I was five I saw the doctor come down my front walk and not too long afterwards I was taken to my mother's room to meet my new baby brother. So I KNEW doctors brought babies in their black bags.

    #118

    Thought permanent bracelets were melted on to your skin

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    Heather Menard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Today I learned what a permanent bracelet is

    Emily
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what is a permanent bracelet??

    Lene
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just googled it.... never ever heard of welded-on jewelery before. Like.... wow!?!? 🤯

    Emily
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh, never mind just googled it. 😁

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    #119

    Not really something we believed as kids, but whenever it was raining and we were driving somewhere, my siblings and I would say "windshield wipers go!" And whoever said it the closest to when the windshield wipers actually went had 'the power'

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    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister has “the loading screen power” which is basically her twirling her finger in a circle with the loading screen and taking the credit when it stops loading

    #120

    I called Wendy’s…. Cinderella. I mean it was perfect logic. She looks exactly like the one scene in the beginning of the movie with the braids and nightgown and everything, except she is a redhead. I also called French fries cow pies for some reason 🤷🏽‍♀️

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    #121

    When lightning would occur I just assumed the earth was getting closer to outer space. Because for some reason I thought space was filled with electricity

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basically not wrong, every star is a fusion reactor creating plasma

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was the angels taking pictures... of the strikes they got while bowling.

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    #122

    I thought that the characters in movies had the same name as their actors. Like I thought that Mark Hamill's name was actually Luke Skywalker and would hear none of my parents' explainations.

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    #123

    My cousin believed for a long time that Gotham City was an actual place on this planet and wanted to visit it. He was very disappointed when he started learning geography and looking at an atlas in his school years 😀

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    Zacch Eckart
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    2 years ago

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    Why the question mark? I see this so often, people putting a question mark at the end of a statement. It isn't, "very annoying,"? It is, "very annoying".

    #124

    I used to think that black holes pop up out of nowhere. One day you are in your yard then BAM black hole is tearing you apart and sucking you in atom by atom.

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    Dynamite Samurai Koala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    want to test, dont want to test. shrodingers black hole

    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm terrified that the earth could get destroyed by a black hole, especially when I hear about another one found being (astronomically spoken) close to us. Brrrrr

    Elizabeth Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have always wondered what it would actually be like to enter one, but i also really really don't want to find out

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    Iris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was actually a major fear of mine

    Darby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know as someone who has megalophobia and one that I don’t know the name of

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    #125

    Happened when I was a kid and we were taking a long road trip in a new car. There was some kind of fastener in a corner in the floor and I asked my dad, "what is that for?" He said it was to hold the car together. And for the rest of the trip I wondered how that little thing held the whole car together.

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    #126

    I always thought that old statues were actually life-sized and because of that I thought giant people and giant horses were a thing

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    #127

    I was convinced water spouts could pop up anywhere and just suck you into heaven.

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    #128

    I was told bananas were made in a factory where they blended up monkeys and put them into peels... I believed it

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    #129

    there's a box near the traffic lights by my parents house that's for like phone and internet s**t, i just assumed someone was in there manning the lights, never ones considered the fact it's too small for that lol

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    #130

    I was born in 2007, and believed a LOT of stupid things as a kid, these are just a few of my favorites - If I imaged dinosaurs hard enough, I would be able to actually see and hear and feel them like Dino Dan -the original Godzilla was made AFTER the s****y (I say s****y but I actually still love this movie) 1998 American remake, and was black and white for aesthetic purposes or something - When I googled Godzilla, and got images of Mothra and Destoroyah, among other Iconic Godzilla monsters, I assumed these were different versions of Godzilla, and when my dad showed me "Mothra vs Godzilla" and Mothra appeared I thought she was Godzilla - Misogynists were homosexual because of their hatred for women (looking back this one might be true) - if you were to leave the door open with the AC on, it would actually cool down the entire neighborhood (my dad would always complain we were air conditioning the whole neighborhood when we left the door open. -If I ate enough red food, it would turn my skin red, similar to how flamingos get their red color from eating brine shrimp - our cat (who lived until I was 3) actually enjoyed it when I yanked her tail - my moms C-section scar was from when I burst out of her womb violently and bloody - my brother was born on Christmas and I thought Santa had put him inside our mother - The only reason my brother and I looked different was because of our age, and when he was my age he would look just like I did. I also thought I would look identical to my dad when I was his age. - since our Dad is 10 years older than our mom, I thought this made it completely acceptable for a 10-year-old to date a 20-year-old. Also at the time I thought 10-year-olds were adults. - There were dinosaurs still out there somewhere and that I would rediscover them and become famous - my personal favorite, when actors got injured in a movie (like getting cut and stuff) they would actually hurt themselves. I knew their dying was just an act, but if they got a huge gash or something I thought the director was just like "Here hold still for a moment". This also led me to believe that whenever Godzilla bled, they would harvest blood from the human actors (I hadn't realized yet Godzilla was a man in a suit) and just stuff it in the Godzilla prop and squeeze it out offscreen which is why is squirted everywhere.

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    Sleepy Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew a woman who ate too much beetroot and she literally turned pink, so the flamingo one isn’t too far off.

    Very Gay Turtle (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't decide to be amused or to be repulsed by that last one

    Rocky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Downvote for calling remake Godzilla s****y. Lol. Little kid wasn't even born until 10 years after, like duh.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If u read it, I said I actually liked it. I called it s****y just to signify to everyone who isnt a Godzilla fan that this movie is frowned upon.

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    Star the Furry Therian!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can bet half of the Mysogynists out there are undiscovered raging homosexuals XD

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think being a homosexual and being a Mysogynist has any connection. I have known really nice easygoing homosexuals, and a Mywognist who was also a womanizer despite being married with children.

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    #131

    Not me, but my brother. For context, our primary school was really tiny and the different year groups (mainly preschool and kindergarten) had different areas to play in. So when me and my brother got dropped off, him, me and my Mum went with him and he believed that when I went to my area, I was going to a fully different school, far away.

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    #132

    Growing up, I thought that the states were colonized from the top left to the bottom right, with Alaska first and Florida last. That was until I learned about the 13 colonies.

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    #133

    I thought the television was a box with little people in it. We watched them go about their lives but they didn't realize that they were being watched. So maybe we were in a box and some giants were watching us on their TV but we didn't realize it.

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    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a really horrifying thought. If it were so, what would happen when our show got cancelled?

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    #134

    I remember this so vividly. I was probably 9, driving with my mom, dad, and brother when I asked, "How do kids get their dad's genes if they are in their mom's belly?" I don't remember my parents' response, but I'm pretty sure they said "I don't know." Another time was when my brother was about 6, he thought our dad gave birth to him because he was a boy.

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    #135

    I used to think that when you bought something in a store and you got change back, you got your actual own money back. I thought it was some weird kind of adult play pretend that everyone was in on. Never occured to me why people have jobs or how some people can be poor. I also, for some reason, thought that the right side of my body was good and the left was bad. I remember hitting on my left foot pretty hard because I wanted it to go away or to at least be as good as the right foot. Never talked to anybody about it. So I don't know where I got the idea from.

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    #136

    I used to think grilled cheese sandwiches were girl cheese sandwiches and that boys were not allowed to eat them

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    #137

    I used to think grilled cheese sandwiches were girl cheese sandwiches and that boys were not allowed to eat them

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    #138

    I used to think grilled cheese sandwiches were girl cheese sandwiches and that boys were not allowed to eat them

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    #139

    I thought that volcanoes were like weather phenomena and could just "erupt" out of the ground at any time. Reasoning: there's an episode of Spongebob about a volcano in the town, which isn't there in all the other episodes, so I thought they just came and went, but we never got any in where we lived , same way we never got tornadoes. While watching that episode, a house exploded down the street from my house. so we all ran to the window wondering what that loud sound had been and saw a ball of debris flying through the air. Having just been watching the Spongebob episode I was convinced a volcano had appeared and erupted down our street.

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    #140

    I thought that volcanoes were like weather phenomena and could just "erupt" out of the ground at any time. Reasoning: there's an episode of Spongebob about a volcano in the town, which isn't there in all the other episodes, so I thought they just came and went, but we never got any in where we lived , same way we never got tornadoes. While watching that episode, a house exploded down the street from my house. so we all ran to the window wondering what that loud sound had been and saw a ball of debris flying through the air. Having just been watching the Spongebob episode I was convinced a volcano had appeared and erupted down our street.

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    #141

    I used to think that black holes pop up out of nowhere. One day you are in your yard then BAM black hole is tearing you apart and sucking you in atom by atom.

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    #142

    Still beleive that if I max out Garl’s magic def., he can’t die from Fleshmancer magic.

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    #143

    Among us

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