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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I thought peas were little unborn animals. Because they had a "cocoon". Refused to eat peas for years.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My alcoholic aunt scared me out of eating broccoli for most of my life. When I was ~5 I was watching Powerpuff girls and there was an episode where broccoli aliens attack earth. My aunt told me if I kept eating broccoli I would turn into a broccoli monster like the ones on TV. I fucking love broccoli and only found out when I was 18 or 19. I could've been eating broccoli this whole time and I'll never forgive my aunt or my stupidity for the countless years wasted not eating it.

[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I believe a demented aunt might have been involved with mine too.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

It's settled. Unstable aunts are a blight on society and vegetables

[–] toototabon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds just like Futurama's Popplers.

[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I imagined them more like the tiny foetuses of some kind of butterfly/moth-type creature.

Popplers actually look delicious.