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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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[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought cats were female and dogs were male. Can you tell I didn't have pets growing up?

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know a disturbingly high number of adults over 40 that refer to every dog as he/him and every cat as she/her no matter how many thousands of times they are corrected on it.

[–] Haywire@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Have you been around girls and boys. This makes perfect sense. I think the science might be wrong.

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago

I still say this but I know it isn't true.