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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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[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I learned balls have a significant role in child-making my first though was women got pregnant by surgically transfering a man's testicle to their belly. Then I realized balls come in two's and I do in fact have more than one sibling

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

So many posts here are examples of why robust sexual education is a dire necessity, lol.

[–] GARlactic@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

When did you figure out that you were adopted?