Dumb things you used to believe as a kid

I don't make sense. Besides, what fun is there in making sense?

Not getting committed to a mental asylum is pretty fun.

OK, that's better.

Oh by the way, I was talking about how my mind can be a weird place and then I quoted Discord from MLP.

edited 6th Jun '16 10:49:08 PM by MoreFace

Medieval history was completely dominated by England. That's why everyone in the movies has an English accent, right?

Actually, Britain is England.

I would have gotten my ass whooped in the UK as a kid.

I thought chemistry (as in "they have chemistry") was slang for sex.

edited 28th Jun '16 1:42:46 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

When I was about five, one of my friends had me convinced that the lake of fire (as referenced by the book of Revelation in the Bible) was going to be flowing with milk and honey. Lake of creme brulee, anyone?

As a side note, I have no idea what we were doing talking about the book of Revelation, but I was fascinated by it even as it scared the crap out of me, so it probably came from there.

On the flip side, a different friend of mine thought oral sex was a different way to say kissing. Needless to say, she was thoroughly squicked out when she learned the truth.

Thanks to Calvin and Hobbes, I thought rain would kill you.

edited 30th Jun '16 8:56:19 AM by Spinosegnosaurus77

But acid rain could kill you, though.

I noticed that you don't hear about acid rain as much these days.

My teacher says all rain is acid rain.

How so?

She's probably just confused.

Thanks to cartoons, I used to think people sprayed perfume into their mouths to freshen their breath.

I'm suddenly reminded of that one scene in Elf where Buddy was roaming through the mall and he ended up spraying perfume in his mouth.

What are they doing, then?

I remembered another one. Since Venus was traditionally described as the "sister planet" of the Earth, I used to think that by that logic, then Mars must be the Earth's "brother planet."

I used to think menstruation happened when you are pregnant.I used to think the moon actually glows like the sun,despite having different shapes.

I thought bigger TVs could show anything that's cut off by the edges of the screens of smaller ones.

Thinking it was a good idea to look at these forums in the first place, using a verrry loose definition of "kid".

edited 16th Jul '16 12:25:37 AM by CamelCase

I used to believe Disney Zeus was real. I made a statue out of him.

I thought "never say never" was literal (i.e. saying the word itself had legal repercussions).

I also thought bacon was made from the epididymis.

I thought that Flame Mammoth was a woman.

I thought the "Do not use in case of fire" signs next to elevators meant "In case there is a fire, never use elevators ever." I used to wonder why they even installed elevators if they didn't want anybody using them.

edited 28th Jul '16 3:53:08 PM by Murataku

Speaking of fire, I once thought Fire-type Pokemon should be strong against Dark-types, since fire creates light, which Dark-types would be averse to. And also that Dark-types should be strong against Grass-types, since plants need light to grow.

That's surprisingly in-depth thinking there.

When I was a kid playing pokemon I was just BURN GRASS POKEMON BUUURN HEHEHEHE