Goofy Things You Used to Believe

[lartianmartian1]

My dad had little me convinced that potatoes grew out of my ears.

Mashed potatoes are still among my favorite foods. For some reason

[Kann]

morning never happens unless //I// go to bed.

This isn't true? XD

[Mari]

When I was a tiny little child I thought people on casette tapes had to sing the songs over and over again everytime someone played them, so whenever I was pissed I would "torture" singers on my tapes by rewinding the songs back and forth

[Reign]

@Mari

Better to do that when pissed than something else, right?

[neichasart]

I used to believe that women didn't grow armpit hair.
Just because I'd never seen it anywhere.
Imagine 9yo me's reaction when I started growing armpit hair.
Oh boy.

[60Six]

I thought if I turned on my gameboy while the airplane was taking off, it would absolutely crash. I took that "please turn off all electronic devices" thing a little too seriously. I thought I held the lives of everyone on that plane in my gameboy.

Also, more of a prank, but you know the StarFox level in Smash Bros with the ship that flies down and shoots at you? My friend told me if I jumped on it and stayed on it, it would take me to a bonus level.
Needless to say, she won that round.

[amortelito]

The first time I navigated Etsy I thought the same person made all the crafts and I thought he/she must be the greatest and most versatile artists in the world to be able to create so many different things. It pushed me to try different styles. In my defense 10 years ago the page looked more like a blog than a store.

[KoreanTacos]

I watched that Simpsons episode where they went to Japan and still dont mess with electronics on planes.

[icarusmask]

I thought you could only microwave food ONCE. So you had to get it perfect every time.

[JRHoch]

I used to think we lived in a meritocracy...but maybe that's not really goofy.

[JRHoch]

Hold it...you can microwave more than once? What? You lie!

[JRHoch]

Sad to say it, but Grandma was playing you.

[Kura]

I used to think my dad was not my dad because my friends and their parents were always telling me "I was too dark to be Asian." and would suggest that my mom 'cheated on my dad with a black guy.'

Never mind that my skin tone was the exact same tone as my dads because dark Asians fking exist.

Mom was really fking pissed when I brought up the courage to ask her (I think I was in 6th or 7th grade? It took a REALLY long time for me to question her about it cause it was so awkward)

[Kura]

Also, for a more amusing one. I was 27 years old when I realized that the KFC logo was not a sick figure with a big head.

We were just driving in the car one day and I did a double take at the logo, they stopped using the old logo for YEARS but it just never clicked until that moment that it was a tie and not his arms and legs.

I'm not even joking, I didn't even think it was weird or anything just "ok, it's a guy with a stick figure body" I just never questioned it at all.

[baasinsimple]

That is extremely wholesome on a level I cannot put into words

[Reign]

@Kura

Oh, man! Sorry about the first one! ️
That second one with KFC had me laughing pretty dang good!

[ButterflyEmpress]

• When I first heard the stork story, I already knew that babies come from people. So when my little brother was born I though after my mom gave birth, she would leave him at the hospital, and the stork bird would drop him off at the house.

• Also, when people say to chew gum to prevent your ears from popping on a plane, I thought it meant that your entire ear would pop off your head and land on the floor.

• My sister told me that if anyone ever pressed the #9 button on a home security system, the house would explode and they'd go to jail.

[BobbyjoeX]

i seemed to have been a bright kid, i gradually get stupider with age

i was convinced it was illegal to swear til i was 18, started swearing like a fucking truck driver at around 13 so... my mom didnt try hard enough

also learned the hard way (at 4) you do not need to step on the gas to get the car going (mom went to get purse, i thought i was helping by setting the gear to R... yeah, i hit a tree XDD) and honestly, i was convinced that i was going to be seriously punished

[Maps]

You’re the kind of friend I’m always searching for 🏻 #rebelbaby

[mong2]

I used to think that when you swallowed gum, it gets stuck in your stomach forever

I used to believe that if you eat fruit seeds the plant starts growing in your stomach. I used to remove seeds even from grapes very carefully.

Same, but I was told by my parents that'd it sprout out of my head instead lol, which wasn't all bad since it meant I'd get free fruit