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As children, we tend to believe a variety of things, from nonsense ideas to respectable concepts. And more often than not, those beliefs are based on some form of teaching, like something our parents told us not to do lest something bad happen. As adults, we know certain things as a given; it came with the worldly experience over the years. But for children, anything that's not in their immediate sphere of expertise (assuming they have any) will likely be considered as the unknown, and kids then look up to others to fill in the blanks or come up with original ideas why things are the way they are. A Twitter user by the name of @Kristen_Arnett decided to delve a bit deeper into the topic, asking people on Twitter what are some of the beliefs they had as children.

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    "What’s something extremely bizarre you believed as a very young child?" was the question that kickstarted it all. Kristen Arnett wanted to know what, if any, believable theories users had as children—"believable" meaning not something about fairytales or zombies, but grounded in reality, with tangible reasoning behind it.

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    Morgan Deatherage
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me to though i thought i was the only one i felt so dumb when i found out i was wrong

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    Your_local_introvert
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought that when people kissed, they were already married/dating in "real life".

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    Daniel O'Neal
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a big power plant in our area with those immense cooling towers, and I thought the same about it.

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    Of course, even when they are reality-based, those beliefs still don't quite make sense to an adult because they have fundamental knowledge of the world. We know that clouds are naturally occurring, not made of fabric. We also understand certain intricacies of biology that might seem alien as a child. Basically, while grounded, the beliefs are leaning towards naiveté and inexperience, rather than ingenuity or fantasy.

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    The thread wasn't meant to make fun of anyone, far from it. The answers people gave highlighted the difference in thinking, with children tending to take things quite literally, but still using their limited understanding and experiences to form a worldview that makes sense. It's the first steps towards greater understanding, and the more inquisitive a child is, the faster they understand the world they live in.

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    imagae
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. My little brother thought the world was black & white when our parents were children.

    Luthor
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter (24) recently confessed to me that she thought things were really grainy when I grew up because of the quality of my 1970/80 photographs.

    B00ts 2.0
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when i was 5 i asked my mom what it was like to only see in black, white and grey lmao

    Mary Haynes
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think of my parents and grandparents world as black and white

    L.j. Bus
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve had a longterm argument with my parents about the TARDIS (Doctor Who) being blue or not. They kept on arguing it was red back then. I even checked with the Whovian Community (fanbase for DW) since they are older than me so maybe I dídn’t have all the facts. They still wouldn’t believe me. Until I found a picture of all different TARDIS’ses through the years and they recognized one and I was like look these thousand images, it’s blue. It still took them a while to realize that the TARDIS has always been a blue Brittish police box and never a red phone booth lol. Oh my, the wonders of conception. Proof we never miss what isn’t known. And also proof that what we think it is, isn’t always right 😂😂

    KALEB KELLY
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    one time I asked my dad how it was living in black and white when he was a kid.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it was tho. back then it was all black and white until we invented to other colors

    Al Christensen
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's why the answers to all the issues used to be black and white.

    Earl Grey
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh those oil paintings from a few hundred years ago... was the entire world really that drab way back then???

    Curry on...
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kids asked me if the world was black and white in the 'olden' days, after watching an old tv show.

    Shaun Coleman
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought they didn't invent colour until the 1950's and the world was black and white. I was so shocked when I saw Gone With the Wind which was in colour!

    AzKhaleesi
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg me too I used to watch old b&w shows and would wonder when we went to color, luckily I was smart enough not to ask that question out loud and save myself the embarrassment. lol

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the mom and dad would kiss after they got married and the saliva or soemthing would create a baby.

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    Xylle Flora
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was six I made up a movie where parallel universes existed and the way to get to them was through mirrors

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    Phoebe Bean
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That´s a beautiful concept (though I cannot envision Stephen King like this ... LOL)

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    Princess Toadstool
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a CGI short film about a boy that turned into a watermelon after he ate one. Don’t search it up.

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    Rae Reyn
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my youngest had a good two years where he wanted to be a firetruck when he grows up. Not a fire fighter, the truck.

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    imagae
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does not surprise me that this child grew up to become a Dr.

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    Diane Knight
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought pedestrian was a religion as the first time I saw that word was in front of a church school. I thought how would you know if the person was a Catholic, Presbyterian, or a Protestant? Seemed like the name of a religion.

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    Brandi VanSteenwyk
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the better to keep you from tasting them. Unfortunately I wasn't scared to taste them and ended up hanging over the commode with my mom forcing me to vomit.

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    RiaDeCatterpillar
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is what i would probably think as well tbh. and i would find out that it was an actual band when i complemented them and embarrassed myself.

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    M O'Connell
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Though to be fair, Roadrunners are not blue, nor are they 6-feet tall.

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    Brandi VanSteenwyk
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Bear Milk".... LMAO!! I found myself picturing a mountain man trying to milk a bear.

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    Your_local_introvert
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For a second I thought this post was about MINORS as in underage people, not MINERS as in coal miners lol.

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    M O'Connell
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Were you one of those kids who's mind was BLOWN when they encountered the same show on two different TVs at the same time?

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahhh.... Sneaky trick to prevent the mishandling of the thermometer and thus, protecting the dangerous mercury from being played with.

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    The Canvas Lamb
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One time, I woke at dawn and looked out the window to see the mountains covered in big cumulus clouds. The sun hadn't hit them yet so they were dark blue. I thought the mountains had grown overnight and this was a normal thing for them to do. Later in the day, though, when I saw them their normal size, I realized what had really happened.

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