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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? (lemmy.ml)

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I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.

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[-] 11181514@lemm.ee 112 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So many things...

I didn't understand how lie detectors were supposed to work so I thought you could hook someone up and ask something like "does god exist" and you'd be able to get answers to all of life's big mysteries.

I thought there was a left and right sock

I thought wolverines were mythical creatures

I thought if I tried hard enough I could somehow become older than my older brother like it was just a title or something

Thanks to DARE any time I saw a skittle with the S missing I thought it was drugs even in a newly opened package

I could go on..

[-] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago

I wanted an older sibling as a child and I remember trying to convince my parents they should have another baby. In my mind, if I just waited (my age +1) years, I'd then have an older sibling. It never ocurred to me that I would also age during that time...

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised an older sibling was something you wanted, usually you want to be the oldest.

[-] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

In my case I just wanted a friend lmao

[-] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I was an only child and I just wanted someone cool to play with me who I could look up to. Also all my older cousins picked on me and I wanted defence lol

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