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SomethingOfTheWolf , Harald Krichel Report

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I thought that little people (like peter dinklage) were so small because they were born on February 29th. I figured that since their birthday only came round once every 4 years, they would grow to be a quarter size.

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359points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

That’s actually kind of brilliant.

168points

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True When I was a pre-schooler, my mom told me that you weren't allowed to ride a motorcycle or get tattoos unless your mother was dead. One day, outside the grocery store I saw a big, tough looking dude covered in tats, straddling the loudest motorcycle ever. Damn 5 year old me went up to him and asked, "Hey. Is your mom dead?" Dude looked at me and said, "Yeah." And I was shocked that my mom was right.

suture224 , Kevin Bidwell Report

Final score:

326points

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The Redhead 1 year ago (edited)

It always seems funny to me how bikers appear to those who aren't. My dad was a biker. When I was in my teens a new family moved to the neighborhood we got to know them & they were nice people; they said to me when they first moved in they were a little nervous because the lady they brought the house from informed them that my dad was a member of the hell's angels. 🙄

97points

whenthethingscollide , Andrea Piacquadio Report

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True That I could be anything I wanted when I grew up if I just worked hard enough.

Final score:

288points

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LeeAnne B 1 year ago

Biggest. Lie. Ever.

181points

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I believed I owned a whale. My parents “adopted” one for me as a Christmas gift. I had a framed picture of her tail and everything. Her name was Ibis. This was about 30 years ago now. I hope she kept swimming. God speed, Ibis.

Dark_haired_girl , Andrea Holien Report

Final score:

271points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

Yeah, that sort of thing is a bit confusing for little kids.

6points

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True The Dairy Queen and Burger King were married, and ruled over a faraway kingdom of fast food. Edit: In the far away land of Inanoute, The Dairy Queen and Burger King rule from the White Castle. Their decrees tempered by the wisdom of their court magician and vizier, Jack of the Bockse, they hold sovereignty over the Fry Folk. Their daughter, Princess Wendy, is as beautiful as the Inanoute itself. She is betrothed to the brave knight, Carl II, of Hardee. The kingdom is protected by the great hero, Whataguy, and his cohort, Attaboy, while the noble Colonel Sanders commands the Royal Guard, composed of the five finest soldiers in the King's army. But all is not well; dark forces gather in the White Castle's evil counterpart, the Krystal, where the wizard McDonald plots to kidnap the Princess, force her to marry him, and usurp the throne of Inanoute.

PowerSkunk92 , Bay Kadir Oguzhan Report

Final score:

251points

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Michelle C 1 year ago

I can totally see this being a children’s story for mass-market publishing! This one’s actually cute.

124points

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True My dad told me that I could have a pet chipmunk or squirrel if I caught one. He told me the key to catching one was to shake salt on their tail, they would **always** stop to lick the salt off and then I'd be able to catch it.

Not hard to figure out why he told us that, because my brother and I would spend hours a day running around the yard with a bucket and a salt shaker.

I think the last time I tried was when I was like 9. I never really though about it again until I was like 15 and it was mind blowing to realize it was all just to keep us busy outside lol

_princesspeach3s , Maddie Franz Report

Final score:

238points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

I’ve usually heard this one with birds.

74points

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I felt the need to personally thank the driver of the subway train every time we took it. I thought it would be rude and impolite to not do so.

It must have been so embarrassing for my mom. The driver cabin had tinted windows and I demanded the driver lowered them so I could thank him lol. I was like 5 or 6.

Similarly, I was taught to give my seat to the elderly or pregnant women. One time, as soon as the door opened and an old looking man entered the wagon, I bolted from my seat and ran to him, grabbed him by the hand and brought him to the empty seat.

Thanks god I didn't do that to a fat lady or my mom could have died from embarrassment.

conquer69 , Bekir Donmez Report

Final score:

204points

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No Clue 1 year ago

Aww, what a sweet kid.

112points

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True When I was really young, I wondered about what was so special about women's breasts that they had to cover them up all the time-- surely there was something secret about them that everyone was hiding from me. My parents wouldn't give me any straight answers. I have no idea why I came to this conclusion, but I thought that maybe there was something dangerous enough about them that they had to be contained. My guess was that they had little mouths with razor sharp teeth.

When I figured out that they were just a bigger version of what I had, I was very confused and disappointed.

lamsaturn , Spencer Selover Report

Final score:

202points

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Kitty 🥀 1 year ago

Well, this little kid logic makes more sense than the “truth”. They’re just over-sexualized, bigger versions of what men have, but with milk ducts. We really are made to feel like we have little mouths with razor sharp teeth for nipples.

147points

#10

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True That there was humans sitting in control rooms watching tons of traffic cams and turning red light to green lights and Visa versa

applecinnamom , Dids Report

Final score:

201points

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Sunshine Lady 1 year ago

So you're telling me that there's nobody there? 😲

63points

riddleyouthis319 , cottonbro studio Report

#11

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I thought a necromancer was someone who was just very into necks.

Neck-romancer.

Final score:

186points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I was super confused and weirded out by the term "necking"... I thought high school kids rubbed their necks together like cats

87points

Magneto-Was-Right , Nicolas Vigier Report

#12

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True There are midgets inside ATM’s. It’s their job to sit inside it and take your card to check it and then pass out money.
They also have a tv and food in there.

Thanks Dad.

Final score:

186points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

My mom told me that a little man lived inside the doorbell, and when someone pushed the button, it tickled his tummy and made him giggle, hence the sound. The next day, I poured my glass of milk onto the doorbell, because I thought the little man was thirsty.

22points

#13

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True My sister and I believed that the ghosts in Pac-Man were played by kids in other countries who played the opposite video game.

rizzle_bizness , Bryan Ochalla Report

Final score:

182points

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ThéveNinja (she/her) 1 year ago

This is a cool idea

91points

isaid-overeasy , Pragyan Bezbaruah Report

#14

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True That "Inc." meant "in North Carolina." I live in NC and my dad told me that that is what it meant and I believed it for an embarrassingly long time. I still cringe when I think about it. "Monsters in North Carolina" ugh EDIT: I'm crying. I didn't expect this to take off and now I'm so embarrassed. THANKS, POP.

Final score:

175points

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SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 1 year ago

My mom, aunts and grandmother pulled this on me with hors d'oeuvres. They called them horses doovers to be funny, and I was too many years old before I realized it wasn’t pronounced that way.

9points

goodgravybatman , Marcus Aurelius Report

#15

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True Very late to the party, but here goes:

I grew up with a grandmother who was in a diving accident as a young girl. As such, she was relegated to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Long story short I had a paralyzed grandmother.

When I was old enough to ask what she did for work, I was told she was a paralegal. This being around the time I was learning how prefixes worked in words I heard para, and legal. Thus my young brain made the brilliant connection and all the way until I was 14 years old, I lived believing that a paralegal was a lawyer in a wheelchair.

TL;DR I'm a f*****g idiot

Final score:

173points

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Couragetcd 1 year ago

This one makes perfect kid sense and perfectly highlights how the English language can be a huge pain.

126points

#16

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I thought color was at one point discovered or invented. Like long ago we lived in a black and white world but eventually we changed for the better.

TheSterlingRuby , Enrique Hoyos Report

Final score:

160points

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PlatinumThe8-BitCat 1 year ago (edited)

This isn’t really related to the post but why are there so many ads on here suddenly? I’ve never seen this many ads on here Edit: huh, come back the next day and they’re all gone, that’s weird

83points

#17

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True My aunt told me god was everywhere including inside me, so I stopped drinking apple juice to avoid getting him sticky. I was never even religious, and apparently didn’t care about everything else I ate that would get him sticky..

tweetygirl2820 , MART PRODUCTION Report

Final score:

157points

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Carlos Bergade 1 year ago

When I was a kid, (catholic school) I couldn't figure out how if God was love and all powerful the nuns were such mean bit****. Nasty petty and violent.why would god make them like that.

18points

#18

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True That there was an actual black market. I could never understand how the cops couldn’t find.

Bige31 , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

151points

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LeeAnne B 1 year ago

Yep. Run by people dressed in black, with little stalls covered in black and they operated down really dark alleys.

100points

#19

When I was a kid my two cousins from India were staying with our family as they were trying to settle in the country and become U.S. citizens. My cousins were in their mid twenties, fully grown men. One night I challenged them to an arm wrestling match. They acted like the couldn't keep their arm up and they were breathing hard and stuff. And I beat both of them and they told me how strong I was as a seven year old girl. I thought I was hot stuff until I got to college and randomly challenged a guy to an arm wrestling match and lost pretty quickly. I literally sat there dumfounded and was like "wait how can this be...." And then it hit me.

AllZebras Report

Final score:

148points

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Mojo Flizash 1 year ago

You got all the way to college believing that? Like 12 years or something? 😶

66points

#20

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True That there was a legal age (13) for caffeine, like the way there is one for alcohol. When I was in high school, I saw some small kid buy a coffee from McDonald's, and remarked that it was illegal. My friends still make fun of me for it.

SleptThroughDinner , Derek Tam Report

Final score:

143points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

One time my dad filled a McDonald's cup up with beer... I saw it on the counter and my little mind was like "sooodaaaa" and made a beeline..took a huge gulp and thought I was going to choke to death and die. My dad gave me $5 not to tell my mother. Kind of random but this post just reminded me of that

22points

#21

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I was a real picky eater as a child. My parents, in an attempt to get me to eat more, told me that each grain of rice in my bowl takes a year to grow, and so I should be more appreciative of my food.

Child me somehow took this to mean that every year only *one single* grain of rice can be grown, so my bowl was always filled with hundreds of years of rice. Thought, "heh, cool!"

dancesforfun , Kanesue Report

Final score:

141points

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Illya 1 year ago

I'm a picky eater. I just wish I wouldn't be one. It's really annoying.

65points

UpQuarkDownQuark 1 year ago

Super taster vegetarian with celiac disease. Also, most fruit burns my tongue and upsets my stomach. And I’m in the lucky ten percent for whom cilantro tastes like soap. For a super taster (stupid name!) anything bitter, pungent, sour or tart is very powerful. Anytime I hear, “You can barely taste the [blank],” I just sigh and know I’ll be disappointed. I do not love food.

8points

Crissy Newbury Premium 1 year ago

One of my daughters told her little friend that broccoli was baby trees.

3points

Raven DeathShade 1 year ago

I know! It's so frustrating.

3points

Heather Talma 1 year ago

Good news! It can be undone! I managed it.

1point

Stannous Flouride 1 year ago

As our bodies develop our taste buds do too. I suggest that every once in a while you taste something you didn't like, especially if that opinion comes from when you were a child.

1point

Sinclair13 1 year ago

Me too. I'm 47 and my husband of 16 years, still takes it personally. No matter how much I tell him that it's me.

1point

Corlissa 1 year ago

Ikr

1point

Doodles1983 1 year ago

Me too. Taste AND Texture matter. Both when meal prepping and eating. And if something I usually like tastes weird or I experience say, a little gristle, it takes months before I will eat it again. I hate eating in front of people because of it. And I hate work socials because people notice and make a thing of a grown a*s woman being weird with food. It also makes it worse! I hate food.

0points

Mermeow Overlord (they/them) 1 year ago

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0points

Matthew Jameson 1 year ago

"Rice is great when you're hungry and want 2000 of something." -- Mitch Hedberg

12points

Reyes 1 year ago

Danm, kid be eating whole generations of rice.

11points

Timbob 1 year ago

In the late 1930’s, my mom would tell me that people in Europe were starving, in order to get me to eat the food she made, that I didn’t particularly like. Had to get up off the floor after I suggested she send them our dinner !

4points

Nicola Mawson 1 year ago

I used to be. Then I went to rehab and, well, you eat what you are given

4points

Jods 1 year ago

I still am a very picky eater. Damn you autistic spectrum.

2points

Cariboo 1 year ago

I'm not a picky eater. I just wish I was one. It's really annoying.

0points

Michelle K 1 year ago

The only fish I'd eat as a kid was salmon so my Dad passed off some pale white fish as a type of salmon so I'd eat it.

0points

EP 1 year ago

That’s a neat lie

0points

#22

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True My dad made me believe that peanut butter came from squeezing squirrels. He also made me believe that white milk came from white cows, chocolate milk came from brown cows, and milkshakes came from shaking the cows.

chewbaccabrn , Fiona Henderson Report

Final score:

141points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

My milkshake shakes all the cows in the barn. ;)

133points

#23

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I'm pretty sure I've talked about this on Reddit before but my parents thought it would be hysterical if they made me believe I was a puppy.

Yes, I believed I was born a puppy.

Now. Before you think I'm just some gullible human let me fill you in.

They took down every single baby picture of me and replaced them with beagle pictures to prove it to me.

So for the first like 8 years of my life I believed I was born a beagle puppy and I left suspicious puddles and smelled funny when I was wet, so mom had gods cell phone number and asked him to turn me into a little girl when I turned 2.

Which in kid brain, is pretty logical. I mean, I didn't remember before I was 2 did you?? So yeah. Spent a while believing I was a beagle

curiousredhead14643 , jeffreyw Report

Final score:

136points

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Carl 1 year ago

At least the kid's therapists will get a kick out of this. Better than a lot of the usual reasons people are in there.

122points

#24

That it was illegal to have the inside car light on.

dbot_121 Report

Final score:

134points

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Alfonsothenerdyalpaca 1 year ago

But the inside car light is deadly…

47points

#25

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True When I was about 4, my older sister told me that since the population of Japan was so high, Japanese people slept sideways on their beds so they could fit more people on every bed. I believed it until I went to a sleepover at 13 and suggested that we sleep “Japanese-style” on the bed so everyone could fit.

dmiller22361 , Kampus Production Report

Final score:

131points

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Snorky The Pig 1 year ago

I just showed this to my Japanese grandmother and she laughed so hard 😂

109points

#26

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I thought that if you chose to be President of the U.S., it was understood ( as in, part of the job description) that you would eventually be assassinated.

Which made me wonder why anyone would even choose that career to begin with.

FudgySlippers , Pete Prodoehl Report

Final score:

128points

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Michelle C 1 year ago

Considering that a few US presidents have indeed been assassinated, I can understand his or her logic!

45points

#27

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I believed that if you stopped at the "stop ahead" sign, you wouldn't have to stop at the stop sign, because you stopped ahead of time.

It was eternally frustrating to me to watch my parents not take this incredibly obvious shortcut.

anon , Gil Cukierman Report

Final score:

127points

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Audra Sisler 1 year ago

When I was a kid I always thought the "one way" sign meant this is one way you can take instead of another 😳🙄🙄🤣🤣🤣 yeah still feel pretty dumb about that and I'm 35 now LMAO 🤣

9points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#28

Thunder was the sound of angels bowling.

_iPood_ Report

Final score:

126points

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PlatinumThe8-BitCat 1 year ago

I read boweling, which I know isn’t a real word

37points

#29

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True When I was young my parents told me that if I kept leaving the fridge open then I would freeze the whole world and then no on would like me :(

BigTXsexy , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

120points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

Ah yes, Little Timmy causes the next Ice Age.

78points

#30

I for real thought that gay sex was like sword fighting with d***s. I went to a Catholic school so asking for clarification was out of the question.

Olla6string Report

Final score:

112points

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Spocks's Mom 1 year ago

🤦‍♀️ I don't even want to know what this kid thought lesbians did.

74points

#31

My family was going to an event where we had to arrive at 7pm SHARP. I heard 7pm SHARK and thought it meant if we were late we would be fed to sharks.

0kely_d0kely Report

Final score:

112points

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Leanne Hailes 1 year ago

Now that's incentive

50points

#32

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True when I asked my mother 'what killed the dinosaurs' my mother, who doesn't believe dinosaurs exist, told me that Shrek did it, and I believed her wholeheartedly.

UncleBobtastic , con0.com Report

Final score:

111points

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the dancing demon (she/her) 1 year ago

Dinosaurs are not a matter of whether you believe them or not, they existed it is a fact. How can people be so stupid?

143points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#33

That a hellish monster would kill me if i didnt make it down the hallway and up the stairs in 10 seconds.

Suiatsu Report

Final score:

109points

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Illya 1 year ago

Who didn't think that.

8points

#34

I remember watching the series finale of Friends when I was 10 years old. My parents kept saying it was the last episode ever, and I watched it with them.

After it was over, I went to bed and cried. I thought that once a TV show was over, it would never be shown again. I thought that I had just witnessed a part of history that would never be seen again in the future.
My mom had to come into my bedroom and console me, telling me that it would play again in reruns.

I have told this story a few times before, and always said I was about 6 years old. After looking up the air date of the final episode, it turns out I was actually 10 and a half, and I'm pretty embarrassed by that fact.

FakeHair Report

Final score:

108points

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Alfonsothenerdyalpaca 1 year ago

We’re all six at heart here! (Maybe?)

45points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#35

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True That the rock group The Eagles were actually The Philadelphia Eagles doing a side project. When you're 7 and hear "This is the latest from The Eagles" being announced on the radio and your Dad is a Philadelphia Eagles fan, what are you supposed to think?

candylike_button , Baker County Tourism Report

Final score:

106points

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Leanne Hailes 1 year ago

Those are some talented Eagles 🏈🎵🎶

36points

#36

I grew up poor in Colombia. One of my uncles bought a car and gave every single family member a ride around the block. When I finally got to see the inside of that car I thought I was in a space ship. Anyways I remember noticing the blinker arrows by the odometer. I could see them come on and off randomly, left, right, right etc. What I couldn't see ? My uncle turning em on and off. I was 7 when this happened. I learned that the car is in fact NOT telling you where to turn at age 15 (in the good ol U S of A.)

Verde_1989 Report

Final score:

106points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

Well they sure can now with GPS

30points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#37

That the reason you tilt your head down when you pray was that you were shooting lasers out of your face at Satan...

Nalyd217 Report

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104points

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Rob(erta) Roy 1 year ago

😃

31points

#38

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True That the TV Guide in the newspaper told the TV what was coming on. I just couldn't figure out out how to write cartoons in neatly enough to get it to work.

AskAboutMyDumbSite , tomovox Report

Final score:

102points

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Moë 1 year ago

Ahhh…who remember how it felt to crack open a new tv guide and quickly check out what was happening that week on your favorite show

13points

PenguinInATopHat , El gringo photo Report

#39

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True 1. That babies came out of the belly button.
2. That everyone died when they reached 100 years old.
3. That a dad planted a seed in the mom's tummy, which had a 50/50 chance of being born a baby or a fruit/vegetable.
4. That anyone who crossed the centre line while driving was a vampire.
5. That pee was only water, so it didn't matter if I peed on the couch. It would dry!
6. That the ship painting in my bedroom had a face in it that watched me all night long.
7. That an alien spaceship would hang out by my window at night. It was the moon.

Final score:

100points

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PlatinumThe8-BitCat 1 year ago

Who is telling their kids this!?

69points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#40

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True When I was a kid, my teacher said humans were mammals. I wasn’t paying much attention, and believed that she said humans were actually camels. So, being the lover of fun facts that I am, I told everyone I knew that humans were actually camels. No one ever corrected me. This went on for years until one day I heard that humans were mammals again and it all clicked.

considerthedog , Frans van Heerden Report

Final score:

99points

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The Redhead 1 year ago

When I was in 6th grade we had a small sex ed discussion (opposed to the actual full sex ed courses in 7th & 10th grade). I remember our teacher said boys go through puberty just like girls do. Being a girl & not having brothers I assumed puberty was simply girls getting their period. I remember saying to another girl in my class "I wonder what kind of pad does a guy have to use."

55points

#41

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I believed that when a woman was pregnant with anything more than twins, the babies weren't all in her stomach area because there was no way they would fit. At the time there was a news story about someone who had sextuplets and I thought the setup was two in the stomach, one in each calf, and one in the underside of each arm.

sensualoctopus , Ngakan eka Report

Final score:

97points

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Reyes 1 year ago

Wow, just wow.

31points

#42

I asked my library teacher if I could go to the bathroom, she asked “Is it an emergency?”

I thought that meant she was going to call an ambulance. I got scared and said no. Almost pissed my pants that day lmfao

xHiDDen_ Report

Final score:

96points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

Why are teachers such a******s about this?? Like what important piece of information were you learning about that you couldn't slip away for 2 minutes?? Guarantee you don't remember but will always remember being denied bathroom privileges

125points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#43

I understood decades, but not centuries.

This means I thought the Civil War and hippies protesting for peace were right after one another, followed by the American Revolutionary War and discos.

VincoP Report

Final score:

88points

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Moë 1 year ago

That would be a wild ten years!

56points

#44

My dad is missing one of his fingers, when I asked him what happened to it he said it was because he picked his nose with that finger. That was the day I stopped picking my nose.

neonwhite12 Report

Final score:

88points

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Oh Gosh 1 year ago

The man who built our house when I was a kid was missing the end of one finger. To keep me from playing in the freshly poured cement he told me that's how he lost his finger. Trust me I didn't go near that cement.

37points

#45

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True My dad used to tell us this very elaborate story of how we were born. He told us he had to cut off a piece of his flesh to implant into our mom’s stomach, and how excruciatingly painful it was for him, and why we should therefore be grateful for his sacrifice. He did this in front of our mother, a woman who natural-birthed four children without epidurals. I’m still amazed that she stood by and let him take the credit without saying a thing

DrFroggie , Pixabay Report

Final score:

85points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

Ummm if my husband did this he would lose a piece of flesh...a very important one.

181points

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#46

My mom told me that every time I told a lie I would get a black mark in my heart and when my heart turned completely black I would go to hell when I died. This was in the early 2000’s

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LeeAnne B 1 year ago

Save me a spot by the fire.

52points

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#47

“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True My aunt said that she put a camera in my dog so I would walk him correctly

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

How did you walk him wrong?

46points

#48

I grew up near the mountains. On major mountain roads there are pullouts with "no parking" signs that also say "30 min chain up." Sometime in middle school I learned that those signs meant you could stop for 30 min to put snow chains on your car, not that you would be chained up for 30 min as punishment for parking there.

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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 1 year ago

I've never seen a sign like this and would have no idea what it actually meant, so might well have come to the same conclusion, even as an adult.

47points

#49

That whenever I saw a store with a “help wanted” sign in the window I thought they were asking for help because of an emergency going on inside the store.

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Eastendbird 1 year ago

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“There Was A Legal Age For Caffeine”: 50 Hilariously Silly Things People Believed To Be True I used to think NHL training camps were held in the woods and the players practiced on frozen ponds.

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Couragetcd 1 year ago

Maybe too many hockey movies?

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Fry Me A Liver 1 year ago

When I was little, I took the expression "there's a first time for everything" a bit too literally and lived in mortal fear of my first broken leg, first gunshot wound, first time getting hit by a car, etc., etc.,

22points

StrangeOne 1 year ago

When I was really young, I believed there were actual care bears living on the clouds watching out for kids. I was sad when I started getting bullied and no care bears showed up to help me.

18points

XenoMurph 1 year ago

This makes me unreasonably angry. I have never lied to my daughter and I'm shocked that parents lie so casually to their kids. I remember being one of the last in my year to believe in santa. Arguing with the other kids. Then being completely humiliated when I got home and they told me the truth. I've hated untruths ever since

15points

John Harrison 1 year ago

I'm glad my parents lied to me. I have great memories of anticipating Santa coming on Christmas eve, leaving cookies and milk out for him, and wondering about what it would be like if I saw him coming down the chimney, etc. etc. When my sister told me he wasn't real, it was mildly disappointing, nothing more. I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but I think it's harmless fun for most kids.

12points

Aqsa Azam 1 year ago

Some of these aren't really lying. Kids can do some thinking and reaching to conclusions themselves, even if those conclusions and thoughts are really illogical, irrational or incorrect.

2points

Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

How old were you?

0points

EglantineElla 1 year ago

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Sammy2Shoes 1 year ago

When I was 4yo, I was convinced my grandmother only had her house for us to come visit her in, & actually lived in the tree across the street when we weren't there.

8points

SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 1 year ago

I believed pussywillows grew into kittens. I’d go collect them from my backyard, and put them in a cozy little nest I’d made for them, and waited…a very long time…I’m 54, and I still have one of them. A pussywillow, not a kitten…

7points

Mabelbabel 1 year ago

When I was little, my dad told me that everyone was covered in tiny creatures, and so was your bed, the kitchen counters, everywhere. Obviously now I know he was talking about bacteria, but 5 year old me thought he meant insects and bugs that I couldn't see. I got really scared about getting into bed because I thought I'd crush them all, so I started brushing my sheets every day to brush the bugs down to the bottom of the bed where they'd be safe. And I got really upset at having baths because I thought all my bugs would drown, so before bathtime, I would jump up and down to try and shake them off.

4points

Lesbean Soup 1 year ago

That's really sweet!

2points

Bob La Capra 1 year ago

I thought that during the commercial breaks of a TV show, the actors were told what to say and do in the next segment of the show

4points

Nonna_SoF 1 year ago

I remember not quite getting the concept of long roads ending. Like the highway is just 4 lanes and suddenly stops at the ocean.

4points

Billy Harrelson 1 year ago

When I was a 5 year old kid, Transformers had just become a huge thing. At the time you'd get a mail order catalog where you could buy the ones not available in stores. My mom wouldn't buy anything from the catalog because of the shipping and handling costs. So one day I told her "so don't pay the handling, I just won't play with it."

4points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

I thought the school boardroom was called that because it was where they stored all the chalkboards. Before that I thought it was the "bored room" because they used it for detention.

4points

Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

I believed in god.

4points

MINNI THE HAMSTER 1 year ago

Good for you?..

4points

not your average weirdo 1 year ago

When I was little I thought that babies were made when two people kissed and their spit and DNA mixed, and then the mother swallowed the spit and the baby started to grow from it

3points

Lara Verne 1 year ago

I was once in restaurant with my grandmother, and she told me that if I don't eat veggies, I'll end up like that boy *pointed at boy with Down syndrome

3points

Headless Horseman 1 year ago

😧😑😪 thats just awful

3points

Brainmas 1 year ago

Every time one of these threads comes up, I suddenly forget all the dumb things I believed as a kid, but over the next few days they will suddenly surface and I will remember exactly how dumb I was.

2points

Wesley Clifford 1 year ago

When I was some young, impressionable age, a my brother and I would frequently ride the bus to the comic store unattended (it was the 80s). Frequently, there would be a mentally-challenged person on that bus. I don't know the details of his life but he might have been homeless or simply autistic and liked busses. My brother told me at one point to stay away from him because he had killed his entire family and so got a lobotomy. Fast forward a decade or so, I'm taking the bus to college and see the same man riding along. "Oh man," I think, "There's that guy who killed his whole family and go a lobo... WAIT A MINUTE."

2points

Abel The Plant Dad 1 year ago

When i was a small, grandma used to make yarrow tea, which in my language is called "tail of the mouse". I was so convinced that people run around fields catching mice to get their tails for tea. I later recieved a hamster as a gift and i was HORRIFIED to see that it has no tail ...

2points

Ashley Conover 1 year ago

When my mom was growing up (1941-1945) if she didn't eat everything on her plate when her mom put it down the garbage disposal it would travel and feed the Germans. My mom from then on ate everything on her plate unless her stomach was upset.

2points

Calvin Smelliott 1 year ago

I thought thunder was god beating his wife, and rain was her crying. Yeah, I grew up in a VERY dysfunctional home.

2points

Nolgoth 1 year ago

One of my friends grew up in new orleans and their dad was a saints fan. For a long time as a kid she thought All Saints day (nov 1 of dia de los muertos/day of the dead) was a holiday specifically for the football team.

2points

OtterNaut 1 year ago

Not me but my babysitters son (age 3 or 4) . One day I heard her remind him that there were men hiding behind the cars in the parking lot at the store and If he didn't hold her hand they would jump out, grab him, and cut his d**k "birdie" off. Poor kid was terrified.

2points

Michelle Karbon 1 year ago

We took a lot of road trips in a van when I was a kid, and my dad convinced me that when you put on the cruise control, you could just get up out of the seat.

2points

Amanda 1 year ago

My Great Aunt used to get me to quieten down by telling me she had a baby inside her ear and not to wake it up. I was very young, and fully believed her

2points

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

That was fun

2points

Aqsa Azam 1 year ago

When I was a kid, I used to think that TV tickers or news tickers running across the bottom of the screen was really just a person sitting outside our view unspooling a huge ribbon with the words written on it.

1point

MAnahP 1 year ago

I thought Captain Hook and Captain Cook was the same person. I grew up in New Zealand so I thought we were part of Neverland.

1point

Poppy 1 year ago

As a kid, in the summer you could play a few rounds of golf on a pitch and putt place in our local park. You'd rent the clubs and balls and just enjoy yourself. In the summer evenings my mum and aunt would take me to play and just enjoy the early evening sunshine. On the way back we would stop off at our local Off Licence (UK term for Liquor store) and get some sweets for me. I misheard what the shop was called and as we were coming back from golf I thought it was called the Goff Licence. Which then morphed in to Goffle Licence.

1point

Chris Osborn 1 year ago

When I was little ... I would drink milk with my evening meal to "push the food down into my legs" so I could make room for more, or for dessert. My mom still laughs about this. Not sure where I got the idea from? Apparently something I thought up on my own.

0points

Philly Bobcat 1 year ago (edited)

I loved to play records. (45 RPMs at the time.... you know, the "little" records as opposed to the "big" ones?) I would watch as the record spun and the "lines" would go under the label. With my 2 lonely 4 year old brain cells I'm thinking that eventually all the "lines" would go under the label and you'd have to buy a new record. Well, me being the revolutionary, (at 4!) I was going to beat the system by occasionally spinning the turntable backwards (without the needle!) and watch the "lines" go back to the song. (We won't talk about things like "lead-in" grooves or why the song never got shorter!)

0points

Ellie Ahmed 1 year ago

As a little kid I used to think dogs and cats were the same animal, but dogs were the boys and cats were the girls. I had a girl dog so I'm not even sure how I reconciled that one.

0points

sisceal 1 year ago

My grandfather used to tell little me that he had to go up in the attic to feed the horse...

0points

MINNI THE HAMSTER 1 year ago

What?….I’m confused….is this dirty?

3points

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Fry Me A Liver 1 year ago

22points

StrangeOne 1 year ago

When I was really young, I believed there were actual care bears living on the clouds watching out for kids. I was sad when I started getting bullied and no care bears showed up to help me.

18points

XenoMurph 1 year ago

15points

John Harrison 1 year ago

12points

Aqsa Azam 1 year ago

Some of these aren't really lying. Kids can do some thinking and reaching to conclusions themselves, even if those conclusions and thoughts are really illogical, irrational or incorrect.

2points

Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

How old were you?

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EglantineElla 1 year ago

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Sammy2Shoes 1 year ago

When I was 4yo, I was convinced my grandmother only had her house for us to come visit her in, & actually lived in the tree across the street when we weren't there.

8points

SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 1 year ago

7points

Mabelbabel 1 year ago

4points

Lesbean Soup 1 year ago

That's really sweet!

2points

Bob La Capra 1 year ago

I thought that during the commercial breaks of a TV show, the actors were told what to say and do in the next segment of the show

4points

Nonna_SoF 1 year ago

I remember not quite getting the concept of long roads ending. Like the highway is just 4 lanes and suddenly stops at the ocean.

4points

Billy Harrelson 1 year ago

4points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

I thought the school boardroom was called that because it was where they stored all the chalkboards. Before that I thought it was the "bored room" because they used it for detention.

4points

Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

I believed in god.

4points

MINNI THE HAMSTER 1 year ago

Good for you?..

4points

not your average weirdo 1 year ago

When I was little I thought that babies were made when two people kissed and their spit and DNA mixed, and then the mother swallowed the spit and the baby started to grow from it

3points

Lara Verne 1 year ago

I was once in restaurant with my grandmother, and she told me that if I don't eat veggies, I'll end up like that boy *pointed at boy with Down syndrome

3points

Headless Horseman 1 year ago

😧😑😪 thats just awful

3points

Brainmas 1 year ago

Every time one of these threads comes up, I suddenly forget all the dumb things I believed as a kid, but over the next few days they will suddenly surface and I will remember exactly how dumb I was.

2points

Wesley Clifford 1 year ago

2points

Abel The Plant Dad 1 year ago

2points

Ashley Conover 1 year ago

2points

Calvin Smelliott 1 year ago

I thought thunder was god beating his wife, and rain was her crying. Yeah, I grew up in a VERY dysfunctional home.

2points

Nolgoth 1 year ago

2points

OtterNaut 1 year ago

2points

Michelle Karbon 1 year ago

We took a lot of road trips in a van when I was a kid, and my dad convinced me that when you put on the cruise control, you could just get up out of the seat.

2points

Amanda 1 year ago

My Great Aunt used to get me to quieten down by telling me she had a baby inside her ear and not to wake it up. I was very young, and fully believed her

2points

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

That was fun

2points

Aqsa Azam 1 year ago

1point

MAnahP 1 year ago

I thought Captain Hook and Captain Cook was the same person. I grew up in New Zealand so I thought we were part of Neverland.

1point

Poppy 1 year ago

1point

Chris Osborn 1 year ago

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Philly Bobcat 1 year ago (edited)

0points

Ellie Ahmed 1 year ago

As a little kid I used to think dogs and cats were the same animal, but dogs were the boys and cats were the girls. I had a girl dog so I'm not even sure how I reconciled that one.

0points

sisceal 1 year ago

My grandfather used to tell little me that he had to go up in the attic to feed the horse...

0points

MINNI THE HAMSTER 1 year ago

What?….I’m confused….is this dirty?

3points