Did you ever believe in the concept of cooties?

[ggg-2 3,549]

I don't think i ever did.

[Misty Shadow 7,059]

I never did, I always thought it was stupid. 

[Fluttershutter 2,112]

Cooties is one word for lice so yes, I believe in them.

[Props Valroa 25,959]

Nope. I thought it was just a silly joke.

[EpicEnergy 22,063]

never did, as I view it as either a joke or a way to insult someone else.

[Gaines 1,105]

Before I knew they were bugs at first I thought it was chickenpox xD

[Dreambiscuit 8,021]

Never really knew what a cootie was, and just dropped it into the same category as ‘girl germs’ or ‘boy germs’ and other such imagined plagues. As such, it never really caused me a great deal of concern.

[Woohoo 32,468]

Did I ever believe in the concept of cooties?

Spoiler

I never even believed in the concept of the stork either. 

 

[J.J 918]

There was a poor girl who was commonly associated with the term whom I went to elementary school with, people treated her horrendously and she frequently had head lice, she was from a very poor home life, so I feel a lot worse about it to, the kids even made up a chant and a mean spirited nickname for the girl... I never really got involved in bullying her verbally as a child, but being a male child myself at the time I never felt tempted to stand up for the girl everyone said was gross, especially with all the other female students bullying her... Ultimately I think at that time I was convinced that you could be so gross it could literally be infectious but I mean hey ppl all grow up, me and one of my exes both briefly had head lice when I was a teenager from watching her brothers and sisters, some of these things seen as very gross or obscene are just literal life experiences for others... I didn't die from being disgusting lol, I just had to have special shampoo that I think killed some of my braincells(lmao jk)

 

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

Girls were throwing it around at the schools I went to, especially in middle school were crushes and love was a thing. I didn't like it. I thought it was so dumb...

[Envy 5,995]

No, I thought everyone was gross and didn't want anyone touching me. I didn't care if they were boys or girls.

What a saddening view to have, I know. and I can't tell you that I have completely shook it in my adulthood.

[Splashee 28,537]

There was mention of girl germs. But there were no name for it here in Sweden. It was obviously just fake rumours on the playground.

[Balt 108]

Not really no. tho these days i use it as another word for covid.

[Treeglow Flicker 12,975]

I was patient zero for the cooties.

[Aticus the Adequate 249]

I never believed in it myself. I was friends with an equal amount of boys and girls as a kid and that was just normal (as it ought to be). 

[SparklingSwirls 21,261]

Don't think I remember ever hearing anyone talk about it at my school  

[Rainbow Cloud 16,112]

No, I'd never heard of the term when I was at school, when I was at primary school it was kind of almost an unwritten rule that the boys and girls didn't mix or were friends with each other but outside of school my friends were a mix of both.

[Tacodidra 59,766]

No, I don't even remember hearing about them when I was very little (I guess it's not such a common belief where I'm from). By the time I first heard the word (I think it was in a cartoon), I was too old to believe in such a thing.

[RDDash 18,845]

maybe not when I was a child, but adults just call it by a different name and it makes more sense that way.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,116]

I almost never even heard the word growing up. I guess it’s more of an American thing.

[Cash In 21,479]

No. Even as a kid I thought it was pretty dumb.

[Savygriffs 5,018]

Nope, even as a kid I didn't.

Thought they were kinda dumb.

[Ice Princess Silky 10,770]

Circle circle dot dot now I've got my cootie shots! 

Nope, don't believe in them now! I'm protected! 

[Old Accnt. 3,147]

what are cooties i don't get it

[Ice Princess Silky 10,770]

21 minutes ago, Silly Guardian said:

what are cooties i don't get it

I think it was some imaginary "disease" that boys and girls said the other had as a way to pick on each other or shyly avoid the other?

Example: Do you like Martha?

Guy: EWWW I DON'T LIKE GIRLS, THEY HAVE COOTIES!