When Jimmy Fallon says “It's Hashtags time!” we know we are about to chuckle, cringe, laugh and blow raspberries because the responses have an entertainment value unlike anything else.
“Tweet something funny or weird that you used to think and tag it with #IUsedToThink,” Fallon announced on Twitter before sharing his own story. “I used to think that if I turned on the light in the back seat while the car was moving, we would get pulled over by the police and my parents would go to jail for 50 years,” he recounted.
Now, the relay is on to the people on Twitter, who, inspired by the comedian’s challenge, are now sharing their most embarrassing, unstaged, and plain hilarious stories about things they were one hundred percent sure about (which they weren’t).
Scroll down through the responses below, upvote your favorite tweets and be sure to share your own contributions in the comment section below!

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I thought you were arrested. At night. With a pillowcase over your head. And taken to a secret location.. And have stories written about you that would make everyone relieved you had disappeared.
And beaten with a pillowcase full of bars of soap, rolls of quarters and doorknobs?
Load More Replies...There is nothing vague about SEC classified documents and those who have access to them or those who can alter their classification. Ironically, the presidential records act, of which was most recently violated multiple times, was championed and supported by a particular political party hoping to snare up and catch the president before the one who got caught.
Even funnier, before signing the act DJT raised the minimum jail term for breaching it from 2 years to 5 years. What an own goal that may turn out to be
Load More Replies...It depends if you have metal powers to declassify them. Or you can ask the supreme court to make you a solid and let you get away with it.
Not if they are a certain former President who has been found to have hundreds of classified documents in his Florida home.
Load More Replies...I found the excuse of "he was just taking work home with him" after he lost the job so ironic it's painful...I mean, he never wanted to work before!
I thought when people had proven direct ties to China through offspring and lied they got arrested. China = no TS SCI.
Oh my gosh… I never… but he… he DID go grocery shopping. I can’t believe I learned this today… *feels shame*
Oh dear, 48 year old me was just crushed. Brb, need a tissue, poor piggy.
Load More Replies...The little piggy DID go grocery shopping and shame on you for suggesting otherwise.
To be fair to anyone that thought that, the illustrations would always be a little piggy trotting along in their best bonnet swinging a basket from their arm, presumably for all their fruit and veg, not a piggy in a cage being taken to the butchers!
Exactly! That’s why we never realized how dark it actually was!
Load More Replies...In elementary school, we had handouts to color in and do fun puzzles on that were part of our nutrition education. They were so cool, because they had the McDonalds logo on them. We had schoolwork from McDonalds. That was fun. It’s also where we were taught we needed and daily dose of meat and, more importantly, hamburgers grew in grassy, sunny rolling hillsides in hamburger patches.
Oh my... That makes me sad... 39 years old and never knew.... Poor lil piggy. RIP 🌺🐷
Omg, I never even considered that until now! LOL. I think a lot of people are guilty of that one, though, as a lot of people probably haven’t heard about or acknowledged that little nursery rhyme since childhood! 😅
Quicksand/swamp-mud is scary enough for kids, that’s for sure. I’m 34 & the “Swamps of Sadness” scene from “The NeverEnding Story” still haunts me to this day. 😭
Oh my god same! I can't believe you wrote it, haha. I was absolutely terrified for years that I'll start sinking into a mud somewhere and die like that. Love that movie so much though anyway. Magical!
Load More Replies..."take I90 cuz I95 has a little bit of quicksand in the middle" PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE GETS THE REFERENCE
"Looks like regular sand, but then you're gonna start to sink in it" 🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...Ooo I’ve been in quicksand and I’ve actually like encountered it 3 times
Jimmy Fallon’s hashtag challenge is a phenomenon that has kept its appeal and engagement throughout the years. “It’s Hashtags Time!” announces the presenter of a legendary American late-night talk show and sooner than you know it, the responses start flooding in. People are sharing their genuine responses about pretty personal things like their worst dates, silly things that happened to them, embarrassing stories and everything you can think of.
While social media has made constant exposure a common experience, you may wonder what it is about expressing yourself on there which is so appealing and almost irresistible. It seems like we don’t have a solid filter for things we share (and sometimes overshare) and tweet about on a daily basis.
People used to dress up before they sat down in front of their TV. They were somehow convinced as they saw someone reading the news, that newsreader could see into their living room.
"Branissa, I'm...breaking up with you :(" "HAHAHHAHAA AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA HA HA *choke* A REAL KNEE SLAPPER EVERY TIME AMIRIGHT-"
Fun fact: most of the laugh tracks were recored in the 60s. Now we watch comedy shows and laugh along with dead people. Just sayin'
aww, this is the sweetest thing I ever heard, giving you a bit of magic~ yet a slightly evil prank with mom to share with when you are older! "remember how you used to think they grew hahaha!"
My mother would have neither the patience nor the the intention to make me believe in such a thing. She was big on giving me the cold, hard facts. 😤
when her grandkids were visiting for a few days, grandma would help them 'plant' jelly beans in the garden, and the next day, the grandkids would go out and find the jelly beans had 'grown' into the corresponding color of lollypops.
It shouldn't really make a difference, they should all want the best for our country, but when half the country is stupid enough to vote for a sleazy reality tv host with zero political experience who brags about sexually assaulting women, it's time to adjust that expectation.
He was a reality tv host? The more I know....
Load More Replies...It really doesn't matter who is President but all the other politicians really want you to believe that it does so that they can distract you from what they're doing. The President, Congress and Supreme Court. Think about the role each plays, especially in the long term life of the Country. The President has very little power which is far reaching and long lasting. Congress has the ability to create law that is enforceable throughout the country. The Supreme Court has the ability to strike law down or uphold it. The single most lasting power a President has is the appointment of an SC Justice. Other than that people really should be much more concerned with Congress and the very political Supreme Court. There is a very significant reason why Congress stonewalled Obama on his SC nominee in 2016 and it had nothing to do with Obama being a 'lame duck' at the time. Stacking the SC is a federal politicians wet dream and the republicans got to have theirs while Trump was in office. After all, how often do you hear about any politician hoping for a fair and balanced court? If they actually cared about the betterment of the Country they'd be all for a fair and balanced court.
The very reason we need term limits on the Supreme Court. These should not be the equivalent of kings and queens. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Presidents become king makers.
Load More Replies...We should elect the president the way we select people for jury duty. You have a Driver's License? BOOM, you're President!
No. Ivory is clean and smooth. More like ebony and orange peel.
Load More Replies...Why people voted for biden? He is very elderly, suposedly has damentia, videos of him strugling to walk and speak is disturbing. Who really runs usa?
“Through social media, it is certainly more possible for movements to gain traction, especially with the use of hashtags,” Dr. Audrey Tang, a chartered psychologist and author of multiple books, including "Be A Great Manager Now", "The Leader's Guide to Mindfulness," and "The Leader's Guide to Resilience” told Bored Panda via email.
In houses without a power-shower, the water pressure fluctuates when you flush the toilet, meaning the cold water going to the shower now goes to the toilet and the shower just gets hot water. Very hot water!
Load More Replies...*pees in the shower* LOL! Yeah the cold water would reduce making the shower nothing but hot scalding lava. Oddly, in my place, the well water is so cold that we have a mix valve on the toilet to keep the water moderately warm so as not to cause condensation on the seat looking like someone missed their target. So when we flush, temperature doesn't change in the shower, just a minor pressure thing. Now, run the washer on cold water while in and some serious $hit will go down!
I used to make sure each toy was tucked into a little bed. Yes it did take me a long time to go to sleep at night.
Same. Had to make sure they were all at least comfortable somewhere.
Load More Replies...I did that too, and my therapist told me that it might have been an early sign of my OCD
I was afraid if I didn't sleep with all of them the ones left out would be sad.
I would get anxiety on which stuffed animal/toy could sleep next to me. I would rotate them so no one would have hurt feelings. lol
Aww, poor dear. If only you’d had the courage to tell your adult relatives at the time; as (unless your fam love pranks) they surely would’ve put your mind to rest. 🥺
Or just hit the button on the opener again to close the door....
Load More Replies...One day (can't remember why) my mom had a police officer in her driveway. Imagine their surprise when using his radio caused her garage door to open. He did it a second time to make sure he did it and not someone else. They were using the same frequency. She had to have the people who installed the opener change the frequency, because the officer patrolled her neighborhood.
I used to have a garage door opener on my motorcycle that also opened 3 more garages on my street if I used it before I got to my house. I didn't realize until a neighbor came to complain that each time I returned home, I opened her garage. Also, a friend had a remote control for his TV that opened his garage. It was a long time ago, I think it was ultrasonic.
Dr. Tang argues that “Unfortunately, with the limited characters to write a Twitter post, or the limited attention people give to social media in general (because of the extreme wealth of information available), this can mean posts that are ill thought through, or the so-called 'fake news,' because of their 'drama,' may get more initial attention.”
According to her, catching attention is immediate, though, and not necessarily thoughtful. “Unless we take the time to process what we are reading, it is all too easy to share something which then influences the next person who has not taken the time to consider their true views either.”
My mom used touch the eggs 2 at a time quickly when she checked her eggs at the store. I can remember saying to her when I was a kid, mom, you dont have to count them like that, you can see if any are missing my just looking. That's when she explained how she moves the eggs a bit so she can see if they are cracked/stuck to bottom of carton , not counting them.
My mom does the same thing! She explained why she does it to me when I was a kid and now I do it. You never know.
Load More Replies...How did they not know this? First of all, as a kid I would help my mom do this process, so I knew why from a very young age. But as an adult, at least 50% of the time the first carton I open has a cracked egg inside.
I once bought a carton where one egg was badly cracked, the egg white spreading everywhere. It was a nightmare trying to get them all out, I had to rip the carton
Don't forget to wiggle the eggs in case they're cracked on the bottom.
As long as you're alive there's a chance you'll be saved by a St Bernard....what fantastic motivation to live!
Load More Replies...Apparently quicksand, according to another post here.
Load More Replies...We sang: if you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream. Then whoever screamed the loudest was the winner.
No, no, no. It's "Belts off, trousers down, Isn't life a scream". Well at least according to Stephen Fry it is!
I had a friend that thought the US National anthem went "Oh Jose can you see". He asked me who "Jose" was. I had to break the news to him there was no "jose" (we are both italian. I read a bit more than he does).
That is just too cute and it reminds me of my girls. The way they sing songs sometimes with a different word that kind sounds like the real word. But that not the word and keep it in tune. 💞
On some occasions, the mistakes we make on social media by sharing something we haven’t thought through well can make people rethink their behavior. “At a low level, it can humble people – examples of this are perhaps Victoria Beckham doing a u-turn on using the furlough process when other celebrities such as Ed Sheeran were using their own funds to support their employees,” Dr. Tang argues.
“Alternatively, have we now reached the extent of the fallout from JK Rowling’s transgender comment – with no real shift?” she added.
Well, when I die it as a kid, my dad lectured me about how this light would reflect in the windscreen and distract him. He was a teacher.
I always thought we would crash. My mother never told us it was forbidden, she just told us she couldn't see well with the lights on. I don't get why you lie to children about something like this...
Because you were told that by your parents, never bothered to confirm it, and passed it on to your kids genuinely believing it to be true. That being said dome lights at night can be dangerous and if you are in an accident can be used as part of determining fault
Load More Replies...Actually, because of those damn soft-on-crime liberals in Congress, the sentence is now only 40 years.
My parents had a car when I was really young and later didn't have any, so I wasn't used to travel in a car, but I still had anxiety when my boyfriend let me turn on that light when I was packing my things. But I didn't think it's not allowed, probably more like dad said me it would drain battery or what, which is nonsense too, when it's only for a while. (I don't remember exactly, it was too long ago, but anxiety stayed.)
Ridiculous to believe this. Clearly YOU would be the one going to jail.
Some of us were raised exclusively on guilt and fear .. adulthood is not fun .. counselling is expensive ..
Load More Replies...I would not, in any capacity, wish for a doll, any doll, to mysteriously appear under my bed.
That's a hard no for me as well. I didn't have dolls growing up because they creep me out. To have one mysteriously appear under my bed, in my adulthood, would be some serious nightmare fuel.😱
Load More Replies...So many layers of “nope” right there! If that happens to me, you can bet Annabelle is getting evicted from under there ASAP! 😂
You knew she was there cause one morning you heard a girl talking under your bed 🙈
I love your parents!! When I used to walk my daughter's to school I told them that some day they would have an old lady name. I told Sarah her name would be Maude and Hannah that her name would be Blanche. My older daughter told all her friend's to look for Maude and last name so they all could keep in touched. I about died.
I think I would die if this was real. IMAGINE IF YOU WERE OUTSIDE IF A @&#$% WORM FELL ON YOUR HEAD
You think that’s bad? Some day an unfortunate child will learn that “spider rain” is a legit occurrence (now THAT is scary)! 😂
Just because that's not necessarily true doesn't mean you shouldn't be ready in case of falling worms.
As a child, I used to think that worms came out because they liked the water! I unfortunately drowned so many worms.
My dad's name was Dean and he worked at a college. I used to tell people that he was THE Dean of the college. Turns out he was just A Dean...
I mean, for some shows like Stranger Things (sort of) and Harry Potter, the characters really do age with the actors. especially Harry Potter.
For some movies/TV shows, I certainly thought that when I was young, except when it was painfully obvious that they were definitely not the same person. But as I got a little older & my wits sharpened, I thankfully caught on. 😅
Haha I still think this sometimes and they have done that before......haven't they?
Sorry for the brother. Just another genius that wasn't diagnosed proprely.
It happens with sequels... In Anne of Green Gables, Megan Follows plays a thirteen to sixteen year old and in the sequel, she's eighteen to nineteen...
Imagine yourself living in this universe and working in the Titanic movie
I had a friend in School who got a summer job at a greenhouse as a teenager. His job was to pluck tomatoes. Got fired within days cuz as it turns out He cant see the difference between red and green lol
OMG Me too!! But I learned about being colorblind way much later than five! I just thought 'green light' was an expression :)
Which is why green and red traffic lights should always be in the same positions.
I mean, that one episode of Doctor Who is also evidence
Load More Replies...Ah yes, the teacher. Such an under appreciated member of society, overworked and underpaid (this is sadly true)
Both my parents are teachers so i’d have been a little school janitor closet goblin !
I was utterly shocked to see my first grade teacher drink from the water fountain. Who knew teachers got thirsty?
Same. I imagined my teacher stepped into the coat closet until we returned the next morning.
Yeah I think sometimes as children we think things like that. I don't think I ever did. But I might of
Fun fact: it was Sanford Dole, cousin to pineapple baron James Dole, founder of Dole Food.
Profits Before People - the countries with might, think they have right...sad - been happening forever - ever since humans existed. Probably will never end...peace? Dream on...
I never knew any of this and I am in tears reading it. First the white man came here and destroyed the Native American culture, then he paid pirates to bring kidnapped Africans here so they could hold them as property and use them as cheap labor for years and now to hear what they did to Hawaii... it's just heartbreaking.
The late Irish comedian Dave Allen used to tell a story about when he was a child he had to attend a lot of funerals because he was from a large Catholic family and for years he thought the priest was saying at the graveside, "In the name of the Father and of the Son and into the hole he goes."
Not me, I thought the moon didn't exist! 0_0
Load More Replies...Yes yes. I aways loved looking at the moon. When I was real little I thought it was a ball and so did my kids. 💞
The moon following you? That's so utterly ridicu- OH GOD, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!!
I learned this as a teen when my best friend died. My group of friends were so kind to each other, stopped gossiping, really put effort into letting each other know we cared. That lasted a few months and it slowly dissolved back to how it was before. I slowly pulled away from all my friends then picked a college none of them were going to. My friend dying did change me and it wasn’t a temporary thing. I picked different friends at college.
To be fair...people deal with grief differently. I know it can be painful when you are still thick in your feelings of loss; it almost seems like sacrilege when others aren't in that same place. But, some people can take in, process, and move forward more quickly than others, & sometimes a death can have a more profound impact on one person than it does another. It does sound like those old friends had some toxic behaviors anyhow, so it's good you were able to separate yourself from that & find better ones.
Load More Replies...I always thought that despite our political differences, when things like the pandemic and the need to wear masks came, the American public had a base line decency and was tough enough to come together for the good of everyone. Boy was I wrong. I guess to me, the pandemic was a good thing as it showed just how weak and selfish my fellow countrymen are. I also think it striped off the mask and we can see how truly rotten some of our businesses and the political right is. When I listen to people like my folks, it is sad to see how intentionally delusional they are. They have learned to simply ignore all the ugliness their guys do while complaining that "this one liberal person did this one thing (possible but likely untrue). It has made me question whether the country has changed or if it has always been this way. The thing I am certain of is the right will not stop until they squeeze the life out of everything decent. Unless they are made to stop, insanity will prevail.
I used to think that a global pandemic would cause a huge rise in activities and lifestyle choices that promote good health. Sadly, that seems to not be the case.
Name-play is always fun, LOL. Last one I recall hearing about was someone saying “P. Diddy” during a discussion & getting the reply “Yeah, but he forgot to flush”! 🤣
I used to casually watch The RuPaul Show as a kid when channel surfing and just thought it he a very tall woman lol
The name RuPaul makes me think Rube Goldberg for some reason and that would be a very different, though probably entertaining, show.
are they not? what about the talk show people on the radio? is that prerecorded as well? my life is a lie!
When I was a kid I thought that bands only played their most popular song (singular) at concerts since in TV shows and movies that is usually all you would see of a concert. I used to think what a waste of time it was to drive somewhere and deal with all those people just to hear one song.
My uncle was a radio DJ. When I was 3yo I used to yell 'Hi Johnny' into the radio because I thought he could hear me. I figured he didn't respond because he was busy.
I used to tell my ex that the only "common cents" she has was the family change dish.... She never got it lol
I worked at a Dollar Tree in college. One day a toddler asked his mom for a quarter for the machines up front. She had only brought her card with her, not her entire purse, so she said "I'm sorry baby but I don't have any money right now." Crying, he responded "well, we're at the store, buy some!"
My kids have done this before I had to explain it to them. I like for them to understand things too.
Load More Replies...A penny for your thoughts? Or will you give me your two cents worth?
Whenever my mother told me I was a ''spendthrift'', I thought she was complimenting my carefulness with money!
Imagine wanting euthenasia and the hospital agrees. You get a visit from your doctor. Bringing the good news: As for your request...we just added 3 teenagers to Asia's population. China got a boy, Ying, who's 12 Japan got a girl, Suki, 17 And last but not least South Korea also welcomed Ang, who's 14. They have written you 'a get well soon' card. 🤦🙇🙇🤣
Me too. I got corrected pretty quickly. But this did happen to me as well
Here’s something for our German speaking pandas: I lived in Germany for a few years as a child and teenager. One day, in primary school, the teacher prepared us for our first trip to the library. She explained that “die Bibliote Karin” will show us around. 7 year old me deducted from this that clearly “Bibliote” meant librarian and that her name was Karin.
Cute :) Reminds me of myself how I always understood in TV "Frau Koludowig" instead of Frauke Ludowig.
Load More Replies...Meine Freundin hat mit zwölf Jahren erfahren dass "Gotzadang" eigentlich "Gott sei Dank" ist. Puh, Gotzadang!
I was totally homeschooled Pre-K to 8th grade. My mom is touring the local high school with me. Giant sign for “Dean’s Office”. I loudly asked who Dean was. 🤦♀️
I hope you got out of the dumpster before I set it on fire.
Load More Replies...I had hoped those Loony Tunes signs would be hovering out the windows
I kind of thought similarly about our internal organs...they were labeled, of course, until I studied Anatomy.
It doesn't help that cartoons usually did this. Kids pick up a lot of weird c**p from TV.
i always thought there was this big border protected by soldiers, like north korea
I can imagine you having some duper's delight for the ones getting caught.🤏 😁😉
Good thing you have a lot of breaks on American television or the house would have been in shambles. ✌️
Kinda cool but imagine it in all places in the equator,at night,nonstop
Load More Replies...I've aways loved that sound when I go to sleep I like listening to them. Cause you know there is a lot trees near by. It beautiful.
Same for me. I moved to Germany from Florida, and I miss the sounds at night so much.
Load More Replies...Agreed! And to this day, the sound of cicadas psychosomatically makes me uncomfortably hot.
Many Japanese anime use a landscape scene with cicada noises to signify "this story is taking place in the summer heat".
Load More Replies...random comment: does anyone else find fully cloudy, early or late summer days oddly surreal? it's like we're in a simulation, and the sky texture, temperature and shadows broke... no? just me?
i had actually at one point in my life lived where the powerlines did buzz, i lasted 2 weeks and moved out, it messed with my hearing aid and there was so much static
Load More Replies...I thought they were buzz-saws until I was almost an adult. To be fair I'd only ever hear one at a time and my dad does a lot of woodworking.
I used to play with my toys equally because I didn’t want one to feel bad that I didn’t like it as much. But then I’d secretly hold the paw to my favorite stuffy (which was an armadillo btw) so he knew I really liked him best.
I'm 36 and I still do this with pens and pencils, each one gets used in a drawing.... even the last bit of cereal... I have to have 2 last bits of cheerios.... they have to be friends cause its scary to be eaten by themselves
Load More Replies...That was made into 4 movies (of the kid kind) and a few horror movies too.
Load More Replies...I wouldn’t let my parents box them up when we moved because I was afraid they wouldn’t be able to breathe
Isn't it incredibly lovely how much empathy small humans have! It is built into us, we just have to hold onto it throughout this tough world <3
That what I thought too. I was like what dose gorilla fighting each other have to do with people. I was so confused. I was like them gorillas most be really scary and attack people then I found out about it a little after that because my dad aways wanted me to watch war documentary's with him.
I used to think “Civil War” was some good version of war, where civil means polite, respectful… I imagined it was more like a debate between the countries leaders. So when mom said civil war was horrible event I thought why is she even complaining, it’s not like it was real war with guns…
I bless the rains down in Africa. Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
"100 men or more could ever do" lol, I had to look it up because I could only hear Mars after reading this.
Load More Replies...I had a friend that thought Eddie money was singing"I've got two chickens to paralyze"
I thought it was a hundred men on board 😂😂 I don't know why, mars is much better
? It’s not? I will have to Google the lyrics then because I’ve always sung it that way… But then I thought ( Beyoncé?), said when she sang, ‘ all the Senegalese, woah woah, put a ring on it’ and couldn’t understanding how that could make sense until my friend said, ‘it’s all the *single ladies.* 🤦♀️
Haha, in that same song I thought they said, “I guess it rains down in Africa,” and I was like, yeah, I guess so!
Can we safely eat meat from a cow that died of natural causes?
Load More Replies...Even though this is the case, please don’t hate on people who eat meat and dairy! Part of the reason i don’t become vegetarian is because I don’t process dairy/ eggs well so meat is my only main source of protein. (Nut allergy too😑) But people will shame me! Specifically my dance teacher, who called me ignorant and sheltered for my choice. My mate was quick to defend me, but still. She was from Texas and London definitely wasn’t the place for her to be preaching veganism.
My mom is 80 and still believes that cows are born giving milk and do not need to have calves that then end up in veal.
I used to think the cows and sheep in the trucks were just going on holidays 😭
If you ever get a tooth knocked out, they still say to put it in a glass of milk
Also, some people in their youth used to believe that “shoplifting” meant lifting the shop off its foundations (for whatever reasons, I’ll never know)! 🤣
This is a family joke. All the photos of when my parents were young are in black and white. So if something happened a long time ago, we say "back when the world was in black and white". There doesn't seem to be much evidence that things were in colour as they have very few possessions from back then. The 60s and 70s were definitely in colour as we have photos to prove it, plus I remember the (hideous) orange carpet that they had in the kitchen!
What was up with the gross colors in the 60s and 70s?? Everything looked like vomit!!
Load More Replies...i just finished watching this in my english class so that's exactly what i thought lol
Load More Replies...And in the 60s and 70s reality had that washed out look. Which brings me to modern times. We can tell digital photos by the poor quality they had in the 2000, but modern, multi-megapixel photos will look the same for eternity (or until the medium degrades). That will be weird.
Imagen peoples shock when it transferred to color, getting used to it, then finding out that they had to pay a subscription to keep it that way.
I say that to kids all the time: "Show me your teeth!" (not ALL though :)
Load More Replies...Mythbusters declared it pausible. It confirmed you could get electrocuted if you answer a landline during an electric storm.
Happened to my spouse when she was a teenager, in the basement! She was on the phone during a thunderstorm, lightning struck the lawnmower her stepdad had left outside, arced thru an open basement window and this little ball lightning travelled up the cord. She had enough time to pull it away from her head. Toasted the phone and her hand was tingly for a while.
Load More Replies...it's possible. The pipes to the shower conduct electricity. If the lightning happens to hit the roof and the electricity goes down those pipes, you pretty much will get fried.
This is actually true. We ground lightning deterrent systems to water pipes as grounds in commercial buildings since the pipes go underground but also to not electrocute someone if they are washing their hands during a lightning storm.
It's true that it's not safe to shower during a thunderstorm, though.
Growing up, I was taught not to shower or use the phone when lightning was in the area. Still don't to this day because if your house happened to be struck (rare but could happen) you could be electrocuted. Maybe not enough to kill you, depending, but it would still have to hurt.
My grandmother would turn off all electricity, aside from the fridge, close all the blinds and make us sit in the middle of the room. we weren't allowed to do ANYTHING. No board games, dolls, talking...NOTHING. I started believing that sound attracted lightening strikes.
If you're drinking from the faucet you might get lightning that goes in your mouth and out your a**s like that girl in Croatia.
As a kid, I used to think I was born before my parents were married because they were married in June and I was born in May (of the following year). It was so confusing...
I thought the same thing and got so confused because it would mean I was older than my brother because my birthday is two weeks before his. And I was "older" than my grandma because we were born on the same day, but me a few hours "before" her.
my brother was a little confused by something like this, both me and him were adopted but at different times, he was 5 when he was adopted and I was 4 when I was adopted, but I was adopted 4 years before he was. my parents told him he was the "oldest one adopted" so he thought he was the oldest, this mindset still hasn't gone away even though hes been corrected, he still tries to be in charge
My sister thought this because her birthday is 10 days before mine. She still says that as a 4th grader.
My friend just turned 30 and still thinks that. It came up in conversation and she said Narwhals were mythical creatures. I didn't have the heart to correct her so I just nodded.
Exactly. If a horse with a horn is a fictional creature how can a whale with one be real?
Load More Replies...Likewise. I grew up in the midwest, only been to the ocean a few times. My first knowledge of narwhals was from a cartoon I saw as an adult
Load More Replies...More fun facts: Narwhals can interbreed with Belugas (kinda like: horse + donkey = mule) to make Narlugas! Apparently there's a Beluga pod in the Atlantic with an adopted teenage Narluga. Whales are cool!
Big money was made in 1800's by selling narwhale teeth (the horn is a tooth) as unicorn horns.
When I worked in a shop that, amongst other things, sold narwhal plushies, I tried to convince the mother of a girl (about 9 years old) that they were real. The child knew, I knew, but the mother just wouldn't believe it until her daughter actually googled narwhals and showed her a video.
When I was in highschool I had an art teacher who actually FAILED ME ON AN ASSIGNMENT because she refused to believe the narwhals I had drawn were real animals, and she thought fantasy creatures were inappropriate to feature on a Father’s Day card.
Death and hatred to mankind, Poisoning their brainwashed minds, Oh lawnchair!
Song misinterpretation is always good fun. I still recall my eldest niece (now 25) & her rendition of “Jingle Bells” when she was 4-7 years old; the line “Oh, what fun it is to ride” became “Old McFarm it is to ride” … presumably taken from “Old McDonald Had A Farm”! LOL. Took a few years for her to get the right lyrics, but we got there in the end. 😂
And then you listen to the lyric and realize just how effing racist the song is
LOL! Why was Madge having women soak their fingers in dish soap? What purpose did it serve?
Madge was a nail technician and would have her clients soak their hands in Palmolive. They’d be horrified when they find out, but Madge would convince them by saying that it was gentle on hands but tough on grease. Impressed, they’d put their hands back in the water and get a great manicure. This was in the 70’s and I was a young child, so I hope I remember it right. : )
Load More Replies...Madge proving it didn't cause "dish pan hands" but, through repeated bombardment, really did forcibly imply that we would benefit fr soaking our nails in it.
Took me forever to realize Palmolive was an amalgamation of palm and olive oils.
I date a girl whose whole family thought raisins grew on trees just like the raisin bran commercial showed. Facepalm.
Not wrong, actually even impressive.. - technically the car is putting equally much energy into spinning the earth as into propelling the car. The earth just happens to have a marginally bit higher inertia. Actio-Reactio
Fun fact: Galileo was wrong; the Earth *is* actually at the center of the universe. Unless you happen to not be on the Earth. Due to relativity, wherever you are is the center of the universe, the oldest point away from which everything else is flying.
Load More Replies...You are not wrong. If your frame of reference is the car, then yes, everything moved to you
hm... how has the world not broken apart from the millions of cars pulling in every direction? 😱
My three year old daughter told me that my car was smart because it knew to stop and start up again at signal lights.
I had the same thought, but I was 20 and my friend and I were driving around stoned.
"Do you have a moment to talk about your car insurance?"
Load More Replies...Funnily enough my parents sold the house to the people they are renting from
I thought that any mother bird didn’t have legs so that she wouldn’t step on her eggs or chicks when she sat on the nest.
Probably adults said so when they were very little and ask what it meant
Load More Replies...I remember thinking that Spider-Man 's hand gesture when he's shooting webs was bad... thought it was as bad as the middle finger for some reason... That was back when I knew literally nothing about Spider-Man.
Me thinks I smell the meddling of an older sibling being funny here
I was thaught to give my grandparents a hand! Instead of only a middlefinger.😁
When I was a kid, that was pretty much how it worked (as long as you had the funds) (and arrived between 9 and 12 or 1 and 3.)
And when they got really good at it, they would move to LascVegas???!!!
World famine could have been solved long ago if we had known that.
Because in Soviet Russia, people had all the food they could ever want?
Load More Replies...My grandmother refused to warm up the car because the electricity bill would get to high.
🎵Always the same thing, can't you see...we've got everything going on and on and on...every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you 🥩...🎶🤣 You realize I'm going to hear it like this now for the rest of my life! 😛
Adoption is beautiful and nothing to be ashamed of or sad about.
Load More Replies...most people would make that mistake, especially outside usa. you're forgiven.
I'm 38 and I only discovered this recently, but I'm not an American. But it's so illogical that it isn't the case.
Don't feel bad, I used to wonder why there was no state called "East Virginia." I.e., there is a North Dakota & South Dakota, so logically because there is a West Virginia there should be an "East Virginia." I guess technically there is, but it's just called Virginia. 🤷♀️🤣
Load More Replies...The gagging is still perfectly warranted, IMO. Who tf puts RAISINS in pancakes?
My grandma told me it was God bowling and lightning was when he got a strike. It was mainly to get me over my fear of storms. If there was a power outage Nan would sing songs to my sister and I to keep us calm. I wish she was still around sometimes to do this whenever there’s a really bad storm :(
my Dad said the little guy that did this was named Yahooti. not sure of the spelling.
He even sang it like that--at least once--because so many people have thought that!
I thought (and still sing it) “but I know, it’s my own grandpa” not “it’s my own d*nm fault” lol
true. https://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/sa19zy/south-park-cancelled-season-7-ep-1
My 6 YO has spent the last three days asking me what is and what is not real. Monsters? Dragons? Zebras? Unicorns? Bears? Seahorses?
just tell them that whatever you can measure and has an effect in the world, is real. Whatever you can't measure and/or does not have an effect in the world, is not real.
Load More Replies...When I was four I asked my father if he remembered when there were dinosaurs. He said no but ask your mother. I did.
Chief Broom in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest called the medication that calmed him down "the fog machine" and he believed that there were real machines in the mental ward, such as the ones used by the military in WWII to hide ships.
I was horrified when I found out... I think I cried from sheer terror.
Once you here it, you can never hear the right lyrics. It's even weirder trying to sing it while thinking about it
Why were we all told such horror stories about swallowing gum? But the tree version is a new one for me.
I’m guessing it’s a crossover with the ‘If you eat an apple seed it’ll grow inside you’ lore. I had that one firmly lodged in my fear files.
Load More Replies...my brother claimed that they would have to cut your stomach open and when i asked what color my stomach was, he said "your least favorite color"
my Mom said the gum would go to our Appendix and if it filled up, the Appendix would burst.
"Robin! I think the Batmobile's Battery is flat! " - Batman. "What's a Tery?" - Robin.
I used to believe I was a freak, as I grew “unladylike” bodily hair when I began puberty & people who weren’t my loving relatives would suggest that I wasn’t a real female, because quote “that’s not normal for girls”. Years later, I was diagnosed with PCOS & I started to believe that I wasn’t the one who should feel shame. Now, I no longer care if people are of the opinion that I should be shaving everything just to please others. I’m comfortable in my own body & my legit fam support me all the way … so, if other people are uncomfortable; that’s their problem, not mine. 🤷♀️🙂
I used to think that banks kept your money in a drawer with your name on the front. So when you paid in money, they’d take it and put it in your drawer and lock it. This was way before internet/phone banking and I had no concept of credit/how money transactions worked. I was only about 5. We had drawers at school with our name on where we kept our books, that’s where the assumption must’ve come from!
I'm with you. When I was 5-6 I went with my mom to deposit a brand new $2 bill in my savings account. I didn't want to give it up because it was so beautiful. I said, "well, I can always come back and look at it sometime, right? RIGHT?"
Load More Replies...I used to think that if the world was ending (according to Dean’s Big Book of Answers it was in however many billions/trillions of years) and of course, I didn’t understand that timescale or basic geography. I thought it would be okay if we all went to Japan, I mean it’s far enough away, right?
I used to think that commercial breaks during tv shows were for the actors to learn their next lines.
As a kid I used to think that Vladimir Lenin and John Lennon were the same person.
I used to think that Martin Luther King, Jr., and Martin Luther were the same person...
Load More Replies...I used to think if you ripped the tag off of the mattress the cops would automatically show up at your door to arrest you
Load More Replies...I used to think that after we bought eggs from the grocery store we had to eat them as soon as possible before the chicks started to grow in them.
Copied From Jerry Mathers (#22): I always thought that despite our political differences, when things like the pandemic and the need to wear masks came, the American public had a base line decency and was tough enough to come together for the good of everyone. Boy was I wrong. I guess to me, the pandemic was a good thing as it showed just how weak and selfish my fellow countrymen are. I also think it striped off the mask and we can see how truly rotten some of our businesses and the political right is. When I listen to people like my folks, it is sad to see how intentionally delusional they are. They have learned to simply ignore all the ugliness their guys do while complaining that "this one liberal person did this one thing (possible but likely untrue). It has made me question whether the country has changed or if it has always been this way. The thing I am certain of is the right will not stop until they squeeze the life out of everything decent. Unless they are made to stop, insanity will prevail.
I remember being VERY disappointed the first time we went to a "ghost town" and there weren't ghosts floating around everywhere.
I used to believe I was a freak, as I grew “unladylike” bodily hair when I began puberty & people who weren’t my loving relatives would suggest that I wasn’t a real female, because quote “that’s not normal for girls”. Years later, I was diagnosed with PCOS & I started to believe that I wasn’t the one who should feel shame. Now, I no longer care if people are of the opinion that I should be shaving everything just to please others. I’m comfortable in my own body & my legit fam support me all the way … so, if other people are uncomfortable; that’s their problem, not mine. 🤷♀️🙂
I used to think that banks kept your money in a drawer with your name on the front. So when you paid in money, they’d take it and put it in your drawer and lock it. This was way before internet/phone banking and I had no concept of credit/how money transactions worked. I was only about 5. We had drawers at school with our name on where we kept our books, that’s where the assumption must’ve come from!
I'm with you. When I was 5-6 I went with my mom to deposit a brand new $2 bill in my savings account. I didn't want to give it up because it was so beautiful. I said, "well, I can always come back and look at it sometime, right? RIGHT?"
Load More Replies...I used to think that if the world was ending (according to Dean’s Big Book of Answers it was in however many billions/trillions of years) and of course, I didn’t understand that timescale or basic geography. I thought it would be okay if we all went to Japan, I mean it’s far enough away, right?
I used to think that commercial breaks during tv shows were for the actors to learn their next lines.
As a kid I used to think that Vladimir Lenin and John Lennon were the same person.
I used to think that Martin Luther King, Jr., and Martin Luther were the same person...
Load More Replies...I used to think if you ripped the tag off of the mattress the cops would automatically show up at your door to arrest you
Load More Replies...I used to think that after we bought eggs from the grocery store we had to eat them as soon as possible before the chicks started to grow in them.
Copied From Jerry Mathers (#22): I always thought that despite our political differences, when things like the pandemic and the need to wear masks came, the American public had a base line decency and was tough enough to come together for the good of everyone. Boy was I wrong. I guess to me, the pandemic was a good thing as it showed just how weak and selfish my fellow countrymen are. I also think it striped off the mask and we can see how truly rotten some of our businesses and the political right is. When I listen to people like my folks, it is sad to see how intentionally delusional they are. They have learned to simply ignore all the ugliness their guys do while complaining that "this one liberal person did this one thing (possible but likely untrue). It has made me question whether the country has changed or if it has always been this way. The thing I am certain of is the right will not stop until they squeeze the life out of everything decent. Unless they are made to stop, insanity will prevail.
I remember being VERY disappointed the first time we went to a "ghost town" and there weren't ghosts floating around everywhere.
