Stupid things you believed when you were younger

[Oblivion 20,282]

Probably that I got get sucked down the drain! 

[Splashee 28,596]

I believed that the Earth was flat. And that time didn't exist. (like when I was 2 years old, duh!)

[Odyssey 5,719]

I believed that if I stared at a spoon without blinking for 1000 years, I would be granted telekinesis. 

[applesjck 5,605]

I believed that a girl would get pregnant if she hugged a guy, I believed that if you swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in your stomach, and for some reason I thought that the world back then was actually in black and white.  In my defense, I was very young when I thought these things were true. 

[Espy 4,701]

Website: *says something that has no virus and is a free download*

Me: 

*10 seconds later*

Me: "Hey why is everything running slower and what are all these pop-ups? "

That whole charade but on repeat. 

 

And I also thought that "King" and "Queen" were unisex titles meant for anyone. Gender didn't exist to me at all.

I can't think of anything else that is a bit more unorthodox. 

[Sophie 1,657]

That trucks only get pulled over by police trucks, bus only from police bus and so on 

[Auroraderp 627]

That raptors like hawks and eagles couldn't take off from the ground. 

No idea where my brother got that from lol. He denies he ever told me that but he did, I remember distinctly. Granted, we were like 4 and 6 at the time soooo.... 

[nepeta 129]

I was told that if you thought about another fruit while eating a kiwi that it'd taste like whatever fruit you were thinking of. Up until a couple years ago I thought this was some common thing that everyone was told at some point but NOBODY I tell has ever heard of it?? I have no idea where it came from

Edited June 25, 2023 by nepeta

[Twitchy-Tremor 306]

When I was little I thought the ‘No outlet’ sign ment the people who lived on that street didn’t have power. Maybe they were Amish? 

[ComanderZhabikKlavik 4,405]

I believed in Ded Moroz and in telekinesis and magic.

[Raskolnikov 1,719]

DNA was a somewhat big organ inside your chest, and your soul was this yellow glowing orb inside of you... also in your chest.

Don't ask where I thought the heart fit into this model, I clearly had not thought any of it through 

I also believed you LITERALLY had to marry, AGAIN, if you wanted another child after the first. I distinctively remember asking my mum this when she asked if I wanted a sibling, "but wouldn't you have to remarry dad for that? :o" fbskfnsjfj

EDIT: You know what I am editing to provide even more clarity on that last point. My parents were not divorced. To me, that didn't matter. They would HAVE to remarry even if THEY WERE ALREADY MARRIED. Welcome to my twisted fucking mind kind of shit.

Edited July 10 by Raskolnikov

[MLP Golden Breezie 780]

when i was little when i was about 16 some of my friends said that aether exists in minecraft vanilla. as soon as i tried to make a portal it didnt work and i was stupid to believe that. it was a mod! never believe in urban legends.

[ExplosionMare 21,334]

Before I learned about anatomy, I used to think we were hollow on the inside.

[Snoopy Fan 7,821]

That if I made a strange face for a long time, it would be stuck that way.

[ExplosionMare 21,334]

I planted a green bean once in hopes that it would turn into a giant bean stock I could climb.

[Iforgotmybrain 6,960]

I thought sesame seeds and watermelon seeds would grow in your stomach if you ate them 

[Clawdeen 20,277]

On 2025-07-07 at 8:43 AM, ExplosionMare said:

Before I learned about anatomy, I used to think we were hollow on the inside.

I mean I’m hollow on the inside. No organs or anything

[Night Sky 855]

I used to think that almost all lethal diseases were airborne and more contagious than many of them are. This particular anxiety got especially out of hand before I was set straight on it. 

I used to give people way more credit than I do now, but I also was a considerably more paranoid. 

I used to be more of a romantic, focused on feelings almost entirely. People have set me straight on that one, and then some. 

Oddly, I had hit upon a curious belief that there was something lurking up in Greenland. Then I found and played a computer game which told a story that might as well have been based on what I believed.

That was really scary at first, but as I played the game, quite automatically, I became incapable of taking my ideas about it seriously anymore. It was kind of an anxiety reducing catharsis, even though the game itself is very spooky.