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Twitter User Asked, “What Is The Dumbest Thing You Believed As A Child?” And 34 Folks Delivered
Children don’t have much life experience, so it is quite easy to make them believe almost anything. Sometimes they don’t even need convincing as they try to explain the world surrounding them with the knowledge they already have and get convinced of some absurd things.
Sooner or later they find out the truth and have some funny memories they can laugh at when they grow up. That is what people on Twitter were doing when Dr. Daniel Marven asked them to remember what were the dumbest things they believed in as children.
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People revealed what kinds of lies their parents or other adults told them so they would keep out of trouble or to just troll them. What is even funnier is that other people related to the same lies. Are there any that you can relate to? If not, what were some ridiculous things you believed when you were a kid? Share them in the comments!
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¡ Rachel ¡ 3 years ago
My goldfish "lived" for 9 years, I won him at a local fair and he would stay at my grandma's house if we went on holiday. He sometimes looked different after a holiday at Grandma's house 🤣
Children are just learning about the world and everything they are told, they believe because they don’t know any better and are fully dependent on adults not only taking care of them but helping to gain new knowledge.
That is why they can be easily tricked into believing in Santa or that there are monsters under the bed that will take them if they misbehave or won’t go to sleep when their parents tell them to.
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Also, they can’t fact check the information because they don’t have the experience to compare it to. Questioning and not believing things come later when, growing up, you get to experience new things and decide for yourself what you believe is true or who you believe is telling the truth.
Learning to doubt and be able to distinguish which sources of information can be trusted is essential. That is why children are told to not accept candy from strangers and taught to be cautious with people they don’t know. It is easier to teach a child that than to distinguish which people they can and cannot trust because it’s not that simple for adults either.
Another thing is when children try to explain things to themselves without having enough knowledge. That is how they get convinced that the world was black and white in the past, because that is how it is portrayed in older movies, or that islands float like one of the Twitter users included in this list thought in his childhood.
Just like how adults try to make sense of situations they don’t know the reasons for, children do the same, only that adults may make a more accurate guess, so it just comes down to gaining life experience and trying to learn how the world works.
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Nicola Dimigen 3 years ago
I used to believe the more numbers there were, the faster it went. I used this method at a day home to stop arguments about toys with my fellow children. It would be like "Can I play with the ______________?" "Sure, just give me 6 trillion hours." And then after one second we would give it to eachother.
This list is not the first time Bored Panda has presented a list of people believing ridiculous and stupid things when they were little. In this list you can find even more of people’s answers and maybe there you will discover a belief you can relate to.
Also, if you like content related to children, you can check out other lists on Bored Panda. Like this one in which children come up with fun phrases and euphemisms to say that they didn’t like the food they ate. Or you can click here and read about what weird things people’s children get obsessed with.
#17
H Edwards 3 years ago
This was one that a lot of people genuinely believed. The story goes (not sure if true or apocryphal) that it was a rumour invented during WWII after the invention of radar. Not wanting the enemy to know why our pilots could suddenly 'see' so well in the dark, someone came up with the idea that they eat enormous amounts of carrots and it improves their night vision. As radar was a war secret at the time, the British population were fed the same line, and the story stuck.
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Claire Stanfield 3 years ago
Then The Wizard of Oz shows the exact moment it started being in color, haha.
#20
Sky Render 3 years ago
There's plenty of adults who still think that everyone can read their mind! I can only assume that's why they never use their turn signals.
#22
Truth Monster 3 years ago
in lungs, maybe. 2010, pea plant in lungs https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-10945050 ; (disputed) man named Sidorkin had 2 inch long fir tree in his lung. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/photos/photos-medical-marvels-2024849/image-7351759
#29
Mayil Tagiyev 3 years ago
But the true is if you suck your thumb for too long, your upper and lower front teeth will deformate and then you'll have a deformated jaw.
#32
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
It's so weird that in the UK toad in the hole is a pastry with sausages, but in Australia it is bread with a hole cut in the middle and an egg cracked into the hole and fried
#33
Mayil Tagiyev 3 years ago
In my country, all senior women are considered to be witches who can hex you.
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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
Watched my dad take his false teeth out and asked him how he did that. He told me you just have to press the secret spot in your mouth. I went around for a couple months sticking my finger in my mouth looking for the spot before my mother ratted him out.
Luiza Maxim 3 years ago
I never realized that the Winnie the Pooh characters Kanga and Roo are a combination of 'kangaroo'. I was walking randomly on the streets when I realized... 🦘
Lennah Palbachm 3 years ago
I had that realization too, and only recently 😅
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FailBunny17 3 years ago
I thought my mom could literally read my mind. Anytime I had done something wrong or was up to no-good and went near my mom I would mentally "scream" songs in my head to try to keep my mom from knowing. 🤣🤣🤣
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
Watched my dad take his false teeth out and asked him how he did that. He told me you just have to press the secret spot in your mouth. I went around for a couple months sticking my finger in my mouth looking for the spot before my mother ratted him out.
Luiza Maxim 3 years ago
I never realized that the Winnie the Pooh characters Kanga and Roo are a combination of 'kangaroo'. I was walking randomly on the streets when I realized... 🦘
Lennah Palbachm 3 years ago
I had that realization too, and only recently 😅
Load More Replies... FailBunny17 3 years ago
I thought my mom could literally read my mind. Anytime I had done something wrong or was up to no-good and went near my mom I would mentally "scream" songs in my head to try to keep my mom from knowing. 🤣🤣🤣
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