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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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[–] 112 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

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..

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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...

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Your comment about your brother reminds me that in kindergarten I thought that the line order (alphabetical) had something to do with status. My last name starts with C so I was pretty close to the front, but I had a friend with an A for a last name, so I really wanted to move up.

    I told no one of this of course until long after I'd grasped how alphabetical ordering worked myself.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If your feet are big enough, left and right socks are indeed a thing

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can buy socks that have a left and right, but most don't.

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