Dumb things you used to believe as a kid

Okay I can see that, and that's hilarious.

I used to think bluebottles were actually blue and shaped like beer bottles. With labels and everything.

edited 17th Oct '17 8:04:26 PM by Murataku

I used to be afraid of going bowling because I was afraid that when I wound go to roll the ball, I would slip and fall on my back trying to swing the ball, and then the ball I would still be holding afterward would come down onto my head.

I had a just a bit of an overactive imagination as a kid...

I thought all babies were born via C-section.

When I was younger, I thought that spoilers weren't something that spoils the story's outcome, but computer viruses. For example, when I saw a YouTube video that had "Spoiler alert" in the title, I was certain that if I watch it, my computer would get infected. Nowadays, I think I should have realised that if someone wants to give your PC a virus, they wouldn't warn you, unless they're trying a Schmuck Bait strategy.

I just remembered another one of my old childhood beliefs.

Back when I was very young, I used to believe that Little Einsteins was an anime. The logic? Well, according to the show's Wikipedia page at the time, the first country Little Einsteins premiered in was in Japan, and surely the first country a work is released in is also its country of origin, so if it premiered in Japan first it's gotta be an anime, right?

Edited by SparkPlugTheTroper on Jan 12th 2019 at 1:05:50 PM

I used to think that putting bread in the oven made biscuits, because of a cute trick my mom played on me at one point.

A bride will automatically get pregnant when a groom puts her wedding ring on and when the preist declares the couple as husband and wife.

I played this game as a kid, before I ever watched Cow and Chicken, and it gave me a few misconceptions about the show.

First of all, I thought Cow and Chicken actually lived on a farm.

Second, I thought Red Guy was a cat.

Also, I was kinda scared of Red Guy back then, because he isn't nearly as funny in the game as he is in the show, and I guess I thought he was supposed to be a Knight of Cerebus back then.

edited 28th Oct '17 6:19:28 PM by DrNoPuma

I used to think that being an artist would be a boring job, because all of the artists would go to the Artist Office and sit at their desks and do art all day. I thought it would be like a cross between being an Office Lady and being in art class.

I said this one a while back, but I've remembered my reasoning now so I'll say the full thing.

I used to hate the song Barcelona because I thought the woman Freddy Mercury sang it with killed him. Turns out my reasoning went like this:

He died of AIDS. You get AIDS through sex. I don't think gay people can have sex. Therefore he must have got it from a woman. He sang with this woman. SHE IS A MURDERER.

I once thought California had a tropical climate instead of a Mediterranean one.

I used to believe, to my major detriment, that I was entitled to have everyone listen to and respect what I had to say, but if someone said something I wasn't happy about, for example, if they were dissing a game or show that I liked or praising those that I didn't like, then I'd think "How dare they?" and try to make them ashamed of holding that opinion. Needless to say, that didn't leave me with many friends, and although it's a mindset that I think many of us held at one point and later grew out of, for me that was quite a painful process where I had to have virtually everyone pissed at me for me to realize that the way I'd been acting hadn't done me any good, and since then I'm still trying to figure out ways of engaging with people without involving too much ego. I'd say I'm at least more enlightened in that regard than I know some people much older than me to be.

I used to believe there were only three countries in the world — the US, Canada, and Mexico.

The weird part is, I knew Britain existed. I don't know why I didn't think it counted.

I thought that Thanksgiving happened every November 24 because it was celebrated on that day when I first heard of it. That was in 2005.

I used to think that when a song came on the radio, the band was actually at the radio station playing it live. Every time.

When I was a kid my brother had be convinced toilet seats grew underwater.

When a song’s performers were identified as “Vs.” (like “Artist A Vs. Artist B”; you see it more with EDM), I thought the song would be the EDM version of a rap battle.

I also thought Steven Tyler & Tyler Perry were the same person until last year.

edited 14th Jan '18 4:25:05 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

I legitimately thought those worm on a string toys were alive. I can explain....

The first time I saw those toys was at the mall, and the guy at the kiosk selling them was doing a little performance with them, acting as if they were alive, making them jump in and out of cups and the like. The string was so small and thin, I couldn't see it. He would do the "come here" finger gesture which pulled the string along, moving the worm with such personality that I was legitimately convinced. I didn't discover the truth until I was finally given my own, realizing it was all a ruse.

I once thought "nickname" and "code name" meant the same thing.

That the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were cannibals. Blame my teachers.

I used to think that Frankenstein's monster was the leader of zombies. As you can probably tell, this was before I actually read the book. :P

I used to think Neopolitan Ice Cream was called "Napoleon Ice Cream". And for some reason, I also used to think Napoleon invented this type of ice cream.

The first part was due to misreading labels repeatedly. However, I have no adequate explanation for why I believed that second thing.

I thought everyone knew sign language like it was conversational Charades.

I thought Babs Bunny was supposed to be the Junior Counterpart to Lola Bunny until I found out that Space Jam came out years after Tiny Toons debuted.

I thought this Spice Girls song was about a ladder-climbing contest.

I developed all this lore about it, too. I was a weird kid.