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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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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glad you said it, so I don't have to. The harsh truth that straight men need to hear is that for most of us, nobody will ever love us for who we are. We're nothing but mammals, and mating is a competition.

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

Why do you think that is different for women?

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I don't.