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So like, what absolutely ridiculous thing did you take to be fact when you were a kid? (self.askuk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine to c/askuk

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As a small child I was absolutely convinced that people in the olden days lived their day to day lives in black and white, and that they walked slightly faster than we did today (assuming a frame rate thing?).

I'm gonna put this one down to my understanding of how TV worked as a ten year old. Everything before colour TV was black and white... therefore everything was black and white. Makes perfect sense.

What about you?

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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Saving up for a middle name has to be the best way to convey how much they struggled financially when starting out I have ever seen. Absolute gold humor as well.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

We call it humour because we can afford the extra "U"

[–] Emperor 7 points 7 months ago

I assume I thought it was like a football shirt where they charged by the letter.