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.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I thought that when the clerk at the checkout asked, "would you like cash back?" That you could say yes and they would just give you cash straight out of the register for nothing lol.

    I figured that most people were very honest and didn't need the money, so they would just say no thanks and leave it in the register for somebody who really did need it.

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Similarly, I thought one could get more money by asking for change. You give one bill, you get more bills and coins in return, it's gotta be more, right?

  • boatswain@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • June@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I turn 40 in March and still have no idea what I’m doing. I just make it up as I go.

  • selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    NSFW warning. I thought sex had to be anal. Just by the looks, it was impossible that a penis could pass through a vulva, and poop made it evident that it could pass through the rectum.

    OP, that thing you used to believe is disturbing as fuck.

  • Wooly@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    I believed until I was 8 or so that beans were a type of meat. When I learned the truth, I had an argument with my older brother with me saying something along the line, "You're gonna feel real dumb when Mom says I'm right."

    • fred@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      They taught us this one at school for some reason. Never fell for it though because have you ever had food?

  • DustyNipples@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    That you could catch pneumonia from breathing in steam from the shower as I heard that a symptom is water in the lungs. A friend's dad died of pneumonia and I had to shower with my head stuck out of the curtain.

  • vettnerk@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    That me parents didn't have parents growing up. It somehow never dawned on me until I was like 7 that my grandparents were their parents, despite knowing my grandparents all my life.