21 of the dumbest things people believed as kids
I’m going to assume that if you’re reading the Poke, I don’t need to give a spoiler alert before mentioning that the Tooth Fairy and Father Christmas bringing gifts via the chimney are not real. Sorry, if that was an incorrect assumption. But a lot of people believed those things when they were kids, because our parents told us they were true and parents never lie, right?
Artist @danielmarven asked Twitter to share the things they’d believed, which they now realise couldn’t possibly have been true.
What is the dumbest thing you believed as a child..?
— KE SHARP (@danielmarven) March 9, 2019
It turns out that kids are incredibly gullible, and these are our 21 favourite answers out of the literal thousands he received.
1.
If I swallowed a certain seed the tree that becomes of that seed would grow inside of me & come out my mouth https://t.co/r93tsrUL3s
— Mal (@MaleekahSuida) March 9, 2019
2.
That thunderstorm is God moving the furniture. https://t.co/aQqCR2OWrR
— Eleanne Maake (@EleanneMaake) March 9, 2019
3.
https://twitter.com/CageTheElephant/status/1104412161336664065
4.
that having the light on in the car was illegal https://t.co/O9sVhwDXkD
— kyla (@kayla_vasquez) March 9, 2019
5.
I used to be horrified of cacti because I thought if you got poked you’d become a cactus person https://t.co/gNXmtxbx0P
— Cristina Vee @ GOTTA GO FAST (@CristinaVee) March 10, 2019
6.
that everything on TV was live broadcast. I honestly believed the Destiny's Child were doing the choreography of Survivor somewhere on a deserted beach 8 times a day. https://t.co/kWUCMcH4Jw
— Manila Lose On (@UnstableOtarie) March 9, 2019
7.
if i peed in the pool it would turn purple https://t.co/qNhPHlhmCY
— Jamie Curry (@jaamiecurry) March 9, 2019
8.
Condoms were for if you needed to pee during sex. https://t.co/kPSsHJcvSC
— brendan (@macleanbrendan) March 10, 2019
9.
I thought “Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap” was about two cowboy outlaws named “Dirty Dean and the Dunder Kid”…
…Until I was about 23. https://t.co/spoMKCBlt0
— Miles Luna (@TheMilesLuna) March 9, 2019
10.
If I closed my eyes in the shower, sharks will eat me. Lmaooo https://t.co/RTOGjkrNcH
— The Gay Burn Book (@SouthernHomo) March 10, 2019
11.
That I was hatched out of an egg my dad sat on in the living room and that goldfish crackers were mummified fish that were crying but you couldn’t see the tears. https://t.co/gjX1IRhCXA
— Chris Schmelke (@chrisschmelke) March 10, 2019
