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.
there are people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, etc who still believe this
I thought that when the clerk at the checkout asked, "would you like cash back?" That you could say yes and they would just give you cash straight out of the register for nothing lol.
I figured that most people were very honest and didn't need the money, so they would just say no thanks and leave it in the register for somebody who really did need it.
Similarly, I thought one could get more money by asking for change. You give one bill, you get more bills and coins in return, it's gotta be more, right?
I remember thinking that women gave birth to girls and men gave birth to boys, and being really worried because I (as a guy) didn't want to give birth.
I'm seeing several posts that are startling evidence for the essential nature of proper sex education, lol.
Well, this was when I was like 6 or so; I can't fault the school system.
That adult humans knew what they were doing and had things in hand.
I turn 40 in March and still have no idea what I’m doing. I just make it up as I go.
NSFW warning. I thought sex had to be anal. Just by the looks, it was impossible that a penis could pass through a vulva, and poop made it evident that it could pass through the rectum.
OP, that thing you used to believe is disturbing as fuck.
When I was a little kid and went to a store with my father, the registry had a ton of small coins and I assumed the guy behind the counter was super rich, because my dad had 5 or 6 coins in his wallet, and the guy had hundreds of coins. When my dad asked for change, and got a bunch of coins, I assumed the man was very generous and donated his money to my dad.
I believed until I was 8 or so that beans were a type of meat. When I learned the truth, I had an argument with my older brother with me saying something along the line, "You're gonna feel real dumb when Mom says I'm right."
I am going to say this is like 30% accurate. Mushroom are pretty much actually meat. Shellfish are actually the opposite they are plants made of meat.
I get what you are saying but you were on to something.
They are sesile and lack a complex nervous system. They are essentially plants
no, no they do not. Complex nerves only make sense if you move around a lot and can react quickly to your environment.
it is technically, but you know what it means conversationally here.
I'll admit to thinking this too
and beingwhen I was a little bit older than 8, so you can feel better now.
I thought cats were female and dogs were male. Can you tell I didn't have pets growing up?
That your tongue is divided into segments which each can only taste certain flavors
They taught us this one at school for some reason. Never fell for it though because have you ever had food?
Homer Simpson wrote The Odyssey. I didn't know about any other Homer 🤷♂️
That you could catch pneumonia from breathing in steam from the shower as I heard that a symptom is water in the lungs. A friend's dad died of pneumonia and I had to shower with my head stuck out of the curtain.
That me parents didn't have parents growing up. It somehow never dawned on me until I was like 7 that my grandparents were their parents, despite knowing my grandparents all my life.
