What stupid things did you believe when you were young?

[Scotland]

the gold coast was surfers paradise

Everyone not from Qld believes this and isn't interested in hearing otherwise.

(I've been to Surfers, Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach etc. and my main take away is that Surfers is a shithole and Gold Coast is a stupid name for a city)

i thought the berlin wall was just a straight but long wall and didnt understand why people didnt just go to the end and walk around

It fell when I was 5 but I used to think that it separated East and West Germany and that it must therefore be like the Great Wall of China.

Now having been there and learned what it really was, when it went up and when it fell etc. I just feel old knowing that it has been down longer than it was ever up.

 

[Scotland]

I can't remember exactly what I believed but Captain James Cook seems to hold a funny place in Australian history. He was:

(a) First European to discover Australia
(b) First European to observe and document indigenous Australians
(c) First European to chart the East coast of Australia
(d) Part of the First Fleet

I worry how many people think (a) and (d) are true.

 

[Power Raid]

I can't remember exactly what I believed but Captain James Cook seems to hold a funny place in Australian history. He was:

(a) First European to discover Australia
(b) First European to observe and document indigenous Australians
(c) First European to chart the East coast of Australia
(d) Part of the First Fleet

I worry how many people think (a) and (d) are true.

I felt offended when I learnt the dutch turned up to Oz and left thinking it was s**t. It wasn't until I had worked on Dirk Hartog island and traveled to Europe that I understood why they said it was s**t.

 

[revo333]

Life was fair.

People looked out for one another.

 

[revo333]

I thought that all adults were rational and responsible.

I thought people who had jobs were all experts at what they did.

 

[Plugger35]

I thought rape was when a man ripped the clothes off a woman just so they could have a look at them naked, had no idea it involved having forced sex with them.

I remember hearing news reports about guys getting sent to jail for 10 years or more for rape and thinking that's a bit harsh for just ripping a woman's clothes off.

It wasn't until I got older and found out what rape actually involved that I realised why it was such a serious offence deserving such lengthy jail sentences.

 

[Hawk Dork]

I believed manipulative lying psychos only existed in soap operas

 

[Plugger35]

I believed manipulative lying psychos only existed in soap operas

What soap operas were you watching when you were young?

I only watched A Country Practice, there was no manipulative lying psychos in Wandin Valley, just good old fashioned Aussie characters like Bob and Cookie.

 

[footyfan1978]

I believed 12 clubs would play each other exactly twice. Every club would have their own home ground and a final five would last forever with the preliminary final always at VFL Park.

 

[Pistol Night]

That this sign indicated a designated area to do burnouts

 

[Cruyff14]

I thought there were nurses in heaven.

 

[FRUMPY]

I thought bats were delicious and harmless to eat.....

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[rocker_oz33]

People that had tatts and smoked were really tough.

 

[Billy ray]

That you should piss in the water in a toilet

 

[Lazza16]

I always thought u couldn't eat meat on Good Friday coz the Butcher Shop was closed as were all shops.

 

[Pistol Night]

That you should piss in the water in a toilet

Aim for the water whilst your still learning the craft and once you’ve got the accuracy of Simon “The Wizard” Whitlock, thread the needle Dom Sheed style and hit the porcelain without pissing on the seat to keep night time disturbance to a minimum.

 

[SportsCentre]

I didn't think they had colour back in the olden days because all the footage on TV and in books I'd seen was black and white.

I confess to this one too.

 

[SportsCentre]

I remember watching a documentary on Nostradamus as a 12yr old and being distraught at the world ending in 1999 as per one of his prophecies, which was retro-revised to align with 9/11.

Growing up and beginning a life-long affair with VFL/AFL in the mid to late 80s:

Believing that no non-Victorian team would ever be allowed to win the Premiership, and that's why Sydney failed in the finals in 1986/87.

Believing that someone would kick 100 goals a season every year.

St Kilda would always be shithouse.

Richmond were rubbish and will always be rubbish, but they're my team.

The Fitzroy Bulldogs would dominate the new AFL.

 

[Billy ray]

That Happy Days was filmed in the 50s and was so popular they kept showing it thru the 70s and 80s

 

[Scotland]

That Happy Days was filmed in the 50s and was so popular they kept showing it thru the 70s and 80s

I remember watching Grease (1978) as a kid and being confused about whether it was made in the 50s or set in the 70s.

 

[Scotland]

I thought rape was when a man ripped the clothes off a woman just so they could have a look at them naked, had no idea it involved having forced sex with them.

I remember hearing news reports about guys getting sent to jail for 10 years or more for rape and thinking that's a bit harsh for just ripping a woman's clothes off.

It wasn't until I got older and found out what rape actually involved that I realised why it was such a serious offence deserving such lengthy jail sentences.

That would still count as indecent assault which carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in jail.

It's a massive legal grey area.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Nan used to say be careful of Jack Frost on cold days.He will bite you.

One cold frosty misty day.

My cousin and I armed with lifesaver's (the starwars ones not lollies lol ). Went to hunt down this jack frost campainer.

Fuuuu things you get told as a kid.

 

[Cruyff14]

Armed with lifesaver's

 

[Lsta062]

Nan used to say be careful of Jack Frost on cold days.He will bite you.

One cold frosty misty day.

My cousin and I armed with lifesaver's (the starwars ones not lollies lol ). Went to hunt down this jack frost campainer.

Fuuuu things you get told as a kid.

You mean lightsabers?

Haha the things we get told when we are younger... I probably have a list of things like this

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

I thought the equator had a real line.