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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth?

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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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boatswain@infosec.pub
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I remember thinking that women gave birth to girls and men gave birth to boys, and being really worried because I (as a guy) didn’t want to give birth.

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Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlOP
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I’m seeing several posts that are startling evidence for the essential nature of proper sex education, lol.

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boatswain@infosec.pub
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Well, this was when I was like 6 or so; I can’t fault the school system.

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HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world
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I thought older girls went to bed one night then the next morning they had boobs

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zhaozhaoer@lemmy.world
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Wonder how the world population would look like if this was true

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dom@lemmy.ca
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Slightly related: all dogs are bots and all cats are girls

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plistig@feddit.de
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all dogs are bots

That’s birds.

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Cass.Forest@beehaw.org
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No silly, birds aren’t real /hj

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Klear@sh.itjust.works
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Sorry. All dogs are birds.

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