Childhood misconceptions
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ShinyYoshi
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I thought eighteen wheeler trucks were the real "monster trucks" and if there was one next to us on the road outside my window, I needed to hide or they were somehow going to get me
Now I'm scared of them because they cause a ton of accidents and take up the whole road while driving slow
Now I'm scared of them because they cause a ton of accidents and take up the whole road while driving slow
I learned most of my childhood misconceptions from cartoons, my parents and I had a language barrier during my childhood.
1) toys would wake up at night when kids would go to sleep
2) babies could talk in their own language
3) mom's had eyes in the back of their head
1) toys would wake up at night when kids would go to sleep
2) babies could talk in their own language
3) mom's had eyes in the back of their head
Me too! .... Is it? Ha ha.
i just remembered one
when i was little i used to have audial hallucinations p regularly especially when i was alone & it was rlly quiet so i thought i had the ability that i could hear random people from anywhere around the world talking. i thought that was cool but wow itt actually sounds really scary & schizo?? anyway i havent had an audial hallucination in a ocuple years but the last time i did it was actually really terrifying and i cried, it started off pretty 'normally' (as normal as hallucinating can get) but then there was a voice of a man and he kept getting louder and louder till it was like he was yelling
when i was little i used to have audial hallucinations p regularly especially when i was alone & it was rlly quiet so i thought i had the ability that i could hear random people from anywhere around the world talking. i thought that was cool but wow itt actually sounds really scary & schizo?? anyway i havent had an audial hallucination in a ocuple years but the last time i did it was actually really terrifying and i cried, it started off pretty 'normally' (as normal as hallucinating can get) but then there was a voice of a man and he kept getting louder and louder till it was like he was yelling
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TheGreatBrain
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I thought airplanes were ghosts.
You bought licorice from the liquor store.
A watermelon would grow in your tummy, if you swallowed the seeds.
Never swallow gum. You might die.
You bought licorice from the liquor store.
A watermelon would grow in your tummy, if you swallowed the seeds.
Never swallow gum. You might die.
Like, we had literally no education on lgbtq+ terms and culture until I got way older so I had no idea what "bisexual" was.. gay bees?*
I mean they told you what being homosexual was but that was it lol :| I know what is nowadays thankfully enough but yeah a lot of the things were pretty new until you got real old and could read about on your own pretty much.
*(the swedish word for bee(animal) is "bi" (pronounced the same way as bee but not "bi" as in bisexual" so yeah lol)
YES I was a cringe child, don't judge me. Also I was brought up pretty sheltered as well lol :v
I mean they told you what being homosexual was but that was it lol :| I know what is nowadays thankfully enough but yeah a lot of the things were pretty new until you got real old and could read about on your own pretty much.
*(the swedish word for bee(animal) is "bi" (pronounced the same way as bee but not "bi" as in bisexual" so yeah lol)
YES I was a cringe child, don't judge me. Also I was brought up pretty sheltered as well lol :v
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When I was in elementary my mom tried to tell me that if I stood out in the rain I'd get sick but somehow I misheard her and thought she said that if I looked at the rain I would get sick so I was always afraid to look out the window if it was raining
nintendofan85
Good grief.
I realize I'm reviving a dead thread, but I just remembered this one, and I was going to say (I thought this was relevant because of the meme), I used to think as toddler that Kmart stores got the "K" at the beginning of the name because it stood for "Karen", because I thought a woman named Karen ran the store. 
This, is kinda cute thou, gay bees
I remember watching a video back in elementary school that married women have children, like un-married women did not and that to have children you have to he married. Funny considering my parents weren't married when they had me.
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Is that really something that needs to be taught?
when i was like 6 or 7 i was bloated one time so i thought i was pregnant so i started panicking and crying all day and my mum finally found me sniffling to myself and asked what was wrong so i said something like AM I PREGNANT : ( and she just laughed and said no and told me it doesnt work like that
idiotdoomspiral
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...yes?
i thought i had to get married to be pregnant like once the ceremony is over a baby starts to grow inside of me tummy
Mayor Monday
Senior Member
To add to the shenanigans above me, when I was little- maybe 3 or 4- and still didn't understand reproduction, I thought parents bought their children.
And for some reason, I thought cartoons were being made as I watched them.
And for some reason, I thought cartoons were being made as I watched them.
xSuperMario64x
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This one is reeeeally stupid, but when I was younger riding in the car with anyone, I was amazed that the blinkers just knew what direction the car would turn. I didn't know at the time that they were turned on by the driver and that they were used to tell other drivers which direction they were turning, I thought the blinkers were random flashing lights and the car somehow always knew which way we would turn. It's hard to explain.
Also those street lights that have more than three lights on them (the others being used as left turn signals), my brother and I used to joke that they were yo signal things like tornadoes and floods, idek why lmao
Also those street lights that have more than three lights on them (the others being used as left turn signals), my brother and I used to joke that they were yo signal things like tornadoes and floods, idek why lmao
MapleSilver
Frost Egg Collector
As a child I had a very limited knowledge of geography outside Canada. For example, I thought Rome was located in the middle of China. When I first heard the name United Kingdom my brain decided that it was some medieval version of the United States located on an island near Oregon. For a lot of other places, I had absolutely no idea where they were, just that they were out there somewhere. Luckily I can locate most countries on a world map today so that has sorted itself out.
Also for a while, toddler me was convinced there were aliens living on the Moon. I don't know what started that but it stopped being a thing once I learned how barren the Moon actually was.
Also for a while, toddler me was convinced there were aliens living on the Moon. I don't know what started that but it stopped being a thing once I learned how barren the Moon actually was.
