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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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[–] kenopsik@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believed it to be an absolute fact that all cats are female and all dogs are male. I had no idea how reproduction worked at this point, so it just made sense to me.

Then one day, a classmate was talking about her cat and how "HE" had done something funny. I had to clarify, "Your cat is a boy?!?" and my entire understanding of animals was shattered that day.

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago

I've heard a whole lot of people say they used to think that exact same thing when they were kids! At least you're not alone :)