dumbest things you believed as a kid

[Yastreb]

Some book told me hammerhead sharks are among the most dangerous sharks and I logically deduced this must be because they hammer people to death with their heads.

 

[Fallowfox]

Some book told me hammerhead sharks are among the most dangerous sharks and I logically deduced this must be because they hammer people to death with their heads.

Metal as F!

 

[RamblingRenegade]

That we were going to actually use all that math they tried to teach us, granted some people use calculus and stuff but not me..LOL

 

[Punji]

I used to think there was a shark in my closest, but it only came out at night.

 

[Woozle]

I believed that sweet and sugary foods (cakes, cookies, chocolate and candy) were less calorific and fattening than savoury foods.

The funny thing is that I was anorexic at the time. I'm the most epic fail anorexic person who ever lived.

 

[Borophagus Sarcophagus]

Smoking one cigarette would take 7 minutes off my life. I started doing the math, and figured I could smoke a few and it wouldn’t hurt.

 

[Simo]

I used to think the pods on milkweed plants were the chrysalises from which butterflies emerged.

 

[Judge Spear]

When I was 8, I knew an older kid who would lie constantly to scare the shit out of me. (He and his family were dear friends of my family). One of the things he told me was that the sun grows an inch every day and one day it's going to consume Earth.

So I always thought that it was going to happen in my lifetime because for some reason that sounded really fucking fast to me. Even if it was true, I realized later how many billions upon trillions of years that would take.

 

[Amepix]

I thought I was a spy because I watched spy kids as a kid. Looking back now, what a weird movie

 

[a sleepy kitty]

When I was 5 years old I owned a Toy Story Woody doll. For some strange reason, whenever he said, "there's a snake in my boot," I thought he was saying, "there's a snake in my boob," and I would laugh hysterically. Everyone around me would be confused by this, wondering what's so funny.

 

[Baron Tredegar]

I thought I was a spy because I watched spy kids as a kid. Looking back now, what a weird movie

There were honestly some pretty weird movies at that time. Shark Boy and Lava Girl is another one I can think of that was pretty weird too.

I used to think Augusta was the capital of Georgia for some reason.

 

[Amepix]

When I was 5 years old I owned a Toy Story Woody doll. For some strange reason, whenever he said, "there's a snake in my boot," I thought he was saying, "there's a snake in my boob," and I would laugh hysterically. Everyone around me would be confused by this, wondering what's so funny.

Reminds me of all the times I thought someone said something that they didn't

 

[Fallowfox]

That people with black skin were just really tanned.

 

[Vulpus_vulpes]

That adults know everything!

 

[Rimna]

I believed that if I end up swallowing the seeds of a cherry, a tree would grow up in my stomach and kill me.

 

[FoxZarz]

That a sunflower that was at my garden soon or later was going to start singing and playing with me
(do not ask, idk what was going on in my head when i was 5yo)

 

[RangoAnimations]

that i would not be a furry.

 

[Amepix]

that i would not be a furry.

Oof

 

[a sleepy kitty]

That gum took years to go through the digestive system.

That being an adult would be "totally awesome".

 

[RamblingRenegade]

That gum took years to go through the digestive system.

That being an adult would be "totally awesome".

Yeah adulting... NOT

 

[RangoAnimations]

if you left the fridge open overnight, it would freeze the house and you would get very sick

 

[Amepix]

if you left the fridge open overnight, it would freeze the house and you would get very sick

I have a feeling you were told this for a reason. To not leave the fridge open!

 

[Sodasats20]

I used to believe (and deep down still do) that the Oompa Loompas were so indifferent about children’s deaths because they used to kill children themselves

 

[Amepix]

I used to believe (and deep down still do) that the Oompa Loompas were so indifferent about children’s deaths because they used to kill children themselves

 

[Lexicon]

I remember avoiding monster cookies as a kid (y'know, those cookies with M&M's in them) because I thought that I would grotesquely transform into a monster if I ate them. Keep in mind I was pretty young (like 4 or 5) when I believed this LMAO