Funny Childhood Misconceptions

[SanityNotIncluded 335]

Not sure if this would be better suited to the forum lounge, but in any case the idea of this thread is simple: Share amusing misconceptions you had about the world as a little kid.

 

As for myself, I believed that if a country didn't have the death penalty, it meant that they had to send criminals to foreign countries to be executed. At one point, I also believed that getting a dog to sit was a form of magic trick.

 

What about you guys?

 

[Static Electricity 729]

I used to think giraffes were descended from sauropods.

 

And I thought donkeys were descended form Parasaurolophus...

[Scootalove 10,689]

In my childhood, I used to think that giraffes were the best form of stairs to get up to new heights.

[GenderIsAnIllusion 2,177]

I used to think that the only country that existed was the usa.

At one point I believed that death did not exist, and was simply a hoax of some sort.

I used to think that condoms were actualy balloons.......

[ReverseFaller 2,483]

I thought mashing the b button on my Gameboy would give be a better chance of catching a Pokémon. I'll admit, I still do this.

[SanityNotIncluded 335]

I used to think that condoms were actualy balloons.......

Well, you're not half wrong....

[Crimson 58]

When I was young, I thought I could be whatever I want. I don't have as much skill as I do dedication to be what I want.

Ti's why I'm such an ass to my younger brothers; I don't want them to be as naive as I still am..

[Moonbacon 384]

i though eating bacon gives you parasitic worms 

 

i though earth and the sun were the only planets in existance (Dam christians beliefs :V)

 

i though digging through earth leads to china

 

i though the internet didn't existed and it was just from a sci fi movie.

[Standard User 2,127]

I assumed that it was butter.

 

Heck, I STILL can't believe it's not butter!

[Moonbacon 384]

Well, you're not half wrong....

 

thats just eeww just eeww

[Seaweed 596]

I used to think those massive power plant smokestacks were cloud factories.

[Megas 27,626]

I used to think the floor was hot lava

[Midnight and Shira 123]

I used to think I was actually a shapeshifting bunny.

[Espurr 449]

I used to think I should have been myself at school and it would get me friends and stuff, but sheesh that got me nowhere....

[Page.Turner 940]

When I was a wee child, I had many misconceptions about the world just like any other kid XD

 

I thought the restaurant Crabby Dick's actually served crab dicks.

[Tigerpop198 696]

If you were nice to people, they would be nice back. What kind of people was I hanging out with.

[Ac3xAssasin 453]

When I was like 5 I used to think babies were made by magic powers used by the priest marrying them.  

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

I thought people who worked night shifts were actually nocturnes who slept during the day

I thought people who did magic tricks actually did have magic powers

I thought if a flood happened, it would be so high that it would be like a giant neighborhood swimming pool

[Woohoo 34,148]

I used to think the past was really black and white

[Malinter 3,064]

Coal Power Stations are Weather Factories. XD

[null1 606]

I thought gas was grass (they sounded the same).

 

I also thought actors for movies were stored inside VHS tapes.

[Moaning Myrtle 196]

I used to think condoms were 'limb stretchers' and socks.

 

I used to think that a toy dog with cheap disney makeup could attract and mate with a dog.

 

I used to think that "fart juice" was when the smell got into a jar and turned from gas to liquid.

 

Weird...

Edited January 23, 2014 by Nails

[Judgement 445]

Chocolate milk comes from....

 

Chocolate milk (brown) cows. Yay!!!

 

(Kids wearing dunce hats in the back of the classroom.)

 

Those kids bugged me so much.

[Hive King 2,001]

People have sex by kissing each other. I knew what sex was, I just wasn't sure where it was exactly

[Pinkie Dust 85]

I thought that I could be a caveman as a full time job