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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought that there was one guy named Michael J---son who used his fame as an NBA star to launch a career as pop singer, radically changing his appearance in the process. I don't think I realized they were different people until high school.

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

LMAO, as a kid i watched "The Master of Disguise" and during a shameless Michael Johnson cameo i legit thought they called Michael Jackson the fastest man on Earth.

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Yooo, same here. Former dumbass kids unite!