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40 Of The Best Naive Beliefs That People Had In Their Childhood, According To This Twitter Thread
As children, we tend to believe a variety of things, from nonsense ideas to respectable concepts. And more often than not, those beliefs are based on some form of teaching, like something our parents told us not to do lest something bad happen. As adults, we know certain things as a given; it came with the worldly experience over the years. But for children, anything that's not in their immediate sphere of expertise (assuming they have any) will likely be considered as the unknown, and kids then look up to others to fill in the blanks or come up with original ideas why things are the way they are. A Twitter user by the name of @Kristen_Arnett decided to delve a bit deeper into the topic, asking people on Twitter what are some of the beliefs they had as children.
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"What’s something extremely bizarre you believed as a very young child?" was the question that kickstarted it all. Kristen Arnett wanted to know what, if any, believable theories users had as children—"believable" meaning not something about fairytales or zombies, but grounded in reality, with tangible reasoning behind it.
Me to though i thought i was the only one i felt so dumb when i found out i was wrong
I always thought that when people kissed, they were already married/dating in "real life".
There's a big power plant in our area with those immense cooling towers, and I thought the same about it.
Of course, even when they are reality-based, those beliefs still don't quite make sense to an adult because they have fundamental knowledge of the world. We know that clouds are naturally occurring, not made of fabric. We also understand certain intricacies of biology that might seem alien as a child. Basically, while grounded, the beliefs are leaning towards naiveté and inexperience, rather than ingenuity or fantasy.
The thread wasn't meant to make fun of anyone, far from it. The answers people gave highlighted the difference in thinking, with children tending to take things quite literally, but still using their limited understanding and experiences to form a worldview that makes sense. It's the first steps towards greater understanding, and the more inquisitive a child is, the faster they understand the world they live in.
When I was six I made up a movie where parallel universes existed and the way to get to them was through mirrors
That´s a beautiful concept (though I cannot envision Stephen King like this ... LOL)
There was a CGI short film about a boy that turned into a watermelon after he ate one. Don’t search it up.
I thought my dad was on TV because he knew one commercial by heart. One.
All the better to keep you from tasting them. Unfortunately I wasn't scared to taste them and ended up hanging over the commode with my mom forcing me to vomit.
That is what i would probably think as well tbh. and i would find out that it was an actual band when i complemented them and embarrassed myself.
Though to be fair, Roadrunners are not blue, nor are they 6-feet tall.
I might just have to try that one when kissing the booboo doesn't work.
"Bear Milk".... LMAO!! I found myself picturing a mountain man trying to milk a bear.
I wish I had thought this...*thinks of a moon made of honey*
For a second I thought this post was about MINORS as in underage people, not MINERS as in coal miners lol.
Were you one of those kids who's mind was BLOWN when they encountered the same show on two different TVs at the same time?
Ahhh.... Sneaky trick to prevent the mishandling of the thermometer and thus, protecting the dangerous mercury from being played with.
One time, I woke at dawn and looked out the window to see the mountains covered in big cumulus clouds. The sun hadn't hit them yet so they were dark blue. I thought the mountains had grown overnight and this was a normal thing for them to do. Later in the day, though, when I saw them their normal size, I realized what had really happened.
wait thats not true? ive thought that for years wow i feel dumb now
My mother was a nurse (now retired) when I was a little girl my mom would talk about work whenever she mentioned the 'head nurse' I pictured a floating head with a nurses cap on just floating around the hospital making sure everyone was doing their job. I was totally creeped out by the idea of a floating head.
wow... when I was a kid I thought that when girls grew up, they turned into men and when boys grew up they turned into women. I have no clue what made me think that, but its no surprise that I'm trans.
Load More Replies...So many bubbles were burst by this list.... My innocence (lasted until 53 years old) just faded away more and more the further down the list I read. I'll grab my bankey and curl up in bed now.
*hands you some oreos* do you want me to read you a book
Load More Replies...My mother was a nurse (now retired) when I was a little girl my mom would talk about work whenever she mentioned the 'head nurse' I pictured a floating head with a nurses cap on just floating around the hospital making sure everyone was doing their job. I was totally creeped out by the idea of a floating head.
wow... when I was a kid I thought that when girls grew up, they turned into men and when boys grew up they turned into women. I have no clue what made me think that, but its no surprise that I'm trans.
Load More Replies...So many bubbles were burst by this list.... My innocence (lasted until 53 years old) just faded away more and more the further down the list I read. I'll grab my bankey and curl up in bed now.
*hands you some oreos* do you want me to read you a book
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