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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.

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[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 114 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I remember thinking that women gave birth to girls and men gave birth to boys, and being really worried because I (as a guy) didn't want to give birth.

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 69 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm seeing several posts that are startling evidence for the essential nature of proper sex education, lol.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 16 points 1 year ago

Well, this was when I was like 6 or so; I can't fault the school system.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I thought older girls went to bed one night then the next morning they had boobs

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Slightly related: all dogs are bots and all cats are girls

[–] plistig@feddit.de 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

all dogs are bots

That's birds.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Sorry. All dogs are birds.

[–] cityboundforest@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No silly, birds aren't real /hj

[–] Haywire@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

/hj?

[–] cityboundforest@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Half-joke (see here)

[–] Haywire@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I imagined something completely different.

[–] zhaozhaoer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Wonder how the world population would look like if this was true