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Stupid things you believed as a kid

Submitted by Froggodoggo on December 13, 2025
When I was about 5, I believed that dogs ate sticks (probably because of all the shows I watched where dogs would chase after sticks) so I used to try and feed the local dogs twigs off the ground.

Having a dog myself I can very much confirm that dogs, in fact, do NOT eat sticks.

What stupid things did you believe as a kid?

54 Comments
LuckyCat
+10
Level 72
Dec 13, 2025
Sporcle was better than JetPunk. This was because my mom played Sporcle quizzes and never clicked on any JetPunk quiz links. I have since realized this tragedy.
Froggodoggo
+3
Level 65
Dec 13, 2025
Unfortunately, I must admit I thought the same once

All because of JSAG...

akjlddkjslfsd
+2
Level 56
Dec 13, 2025
I used to believe that time ran faster / slower in other countries, until I found later that it's the same everywhere.

But now I'm kinda starting to believe it again as I've been effectively stuck in another country for nearly 3 months and desperate to get out...

Froggodoggo
+1
Level 65
Dec 13, 2025
Oh damn, I hope you get out then
akjlddkjslfsd
+2
Level 56
Dec 13, 2025
Good news, I will soon

(will be leaving on the 17th and arrive home on the 18th)

Also it sometimes annoys me that when I get here it's the same day I left but when I go back I always arrive on the next day (I know that's just how time zone works but still)

Froggodoggo
+2
Level 65
Dec 13, 2025
Time zones are a pain for all my friend
akjlddkjslfsd
+2
Level 56
Dec 13, 2025
Also I always get jet-lagged so bad when I go home, but much less so when I arrive here
Iluvbread123
+9
Level 79
Dec 13, 2025
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minue passes
Froggodoggo
+5
Level 65
Dec 13, 2025
WOAH REALLY?!
Lindwyrm
+2
Level 82
Dec 14, 2025
me too actually
Ptcairn
+7
Level 68
Dec 13, 2025
I once believed there were 50 countries. As in, the 50 U.S. states.
FreeStater
+3
Level 81
Dec 13, 2025
It took me a stupidly long time to comprehend how there could be two Carolinas, Virginias, and Dakotas.
akjlddkjslfsd
+2
Level 56
Dec 13, 2025
West Virginia split from Virginia at some point (not sure exactly when)

But there have always been two Dakotas and two Carolinas from day 1 of their statehood

Pontiac
+3
Level 61
Dec 13, 2025
We split from Virginia in 1861 and became a state in 1863. This was due to western Virginia wanting to stay in the Union during the US Civil War while eastern Virginia wanted to secede.
FreeStater
+8
Level 81
Dec 13, 2025
I once believed a woman could simply wish to be pregnant, and it would be done.

I also used to believe that every country except the United States was a kingdom or dictatorship.

Dimby
+7
Level 83
Dec 13, 2025
When I was young, I believed that life was so wonderful that all the birds the trees, well they’d be singing so happily, so joyfully, so playfully, just watching me.
toowise
+5
Level 81
Dec 14, 2025
That's a logical thought to have..
Capybarra
+4
Level 45
Dec 13, 2025
I used to think that ash was leftover winter snow..
LuckyCat
+4
Level 72
Dec 13, 2025
ah yes, the Spring Ash. i have bad allergies.
FlabberBapper
+3
Level 77
Dec 14, 2025
That the Aether portal was in vanilla Minecraft
JetPunker180
+3
Level 55
Dec 14, 2025
Someone told me that If I didn't get a shower after a haircut, my teeth would fall. (Which caused me to take a shower with ice cold water in December).🥶🥶
Froggodoggo
+3
Level 65
Dec 14, 2025
That sounds incredibly painful

And cold obviously

toowise
+4
Level 81
Dec 14, 2025
I used to believe that my dad could only fart if I pulled his finger!
Froggodoggo
+3
Level 65
Dec 14, 2025
That's just how dad magic works I guess
toowise
+5
Level 81
Dec 14, 2025
Funny thing is, I now do this to my grandsons, carrying on the tradition I suppose!
Wizzandy
+3
Level 51
Dec 14, 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo was a good place to live
Froggodoggo
+1
Level 65
Dec 14, 2025
I mean it is a good place to live (depending what you're measuring by)!
Wizzandy
+2
Level 51
Dec 14, 2025
Well no because it has poverty, high crime rates, ebola and jobs dont pay you what they are worth
akjlddkjslfsd
+3
Level 56
Dec 14, 2025
Well if anything it has one of the longest country names in the world
Swatcat
+3
Level 78
Dec 14, 2025
As a toddler I refused to believe that the sky would turn pink and orange and purple at dawn, between the black of the night and the blue of the day. Until I saw it for myself and felt the magic.
Anonymousbeer25
+3
Level 56
Dec 14, 2025
I thought that when we took the plane, the big suitcases were all put on a train that travelled on a floating rail on the water while the passengers and small bags travelled in the plane
Froggodoggo
+2
Level 65
Dec 14, 2025
No lowkey why does that actually sound cool
Pontiac
+4
Level 61
Dec 14, 2025
I used to believe everything was alive. Thank you Brave Little Toaster...
Froggodoggo
+3
Level 65
Dec 14, 2025
I also used to believe cars were alive and were angry demons trying to eat me...that fuelled four year old Froggodoggo's intense fear of cars of all things
Pontiac
+3
Level 61
Dec 14, 2025
Have you seen the movie Cars by chance lol
Froggodoggo
+3
Level 65
Dec 14, 2025
Ironically I loved that movie
kylianhundmans
+7
Level 36
Dec 14, 2025
I thought that mushrooms would grow in between my toes if I didn't dry them off good enough after a shower.
toowise
+11
Level 81
Dec 14, 2025
That would make you a fun guy!
kylianhundmans
+4
Level 36
Dec 15, 2025
Very deserved like for that
KiloNova
+5
Level 61
Dec 14, 2025
I thought Italy was part of the United States, Alaska was its own continent (makes sense), and that spicy Doritos had actual fire in the bag.
Pontiac
+2
Level 61
Dec 15, 2025
My little sister kept saying the US States were countries and that countries and continents were US States
MeMeMe333
+5
Level 71
Dec 14, 2025
I used to think that vacuum cleaners were trying to eat me and my toys...
Froggodoggo
+2
Level 65
Dec 14, 2025
LMAOOO
heyitsRen
+3
Level 15
Dec 14, 2025
Once again, I'm sharing what I've shared on many of these posts.

Until 2021, I thought that Sylvester Stallone was a mob boss. Not sure how it came about really, I just did

toowise
+3
Level 81
Dec 15, 2025
And now he plays one in Tulsa King!
In2restingFacts
+3
Level 27
Dec 15, 2025
i used to think doorstoppers (the ones that stick out on your baseboard) were some kind of container, because i once untwisted one from the wall and i discovered it was hollow inside, so i would like put gum wrappers and coins and stuff in it
TuxKnight
+3
Level 60
Dec 16, 2025
That it's OK to bite people in retaliation.

Or that fish aren't interesting.

Froggodoggo
+2
Level 65
Dec 16, 2025
I saw that out of context and my soul left my body
IridiumPingo
+3
Level 39
Dec 16, 2025
I used to think that you had a set limit of words you could say and if you exceed it you die.
akjlddkjslfsd
+2
Level 56
Dec 16, 2025
That sounds... dystopian.

Actually, I tried (but failed) to write a short story on that premise before...

Froggodoggo
+2
Level 65
Dec 16, 2025
That sounds like the average youtube shorts skit

I've actually seen a premise like that a couple years back

IridiumPingo
+3
Level 39
Dec 16, 2025
One of my science teachers in elementary school told the class that since they were talking too much
Froggodoggo
+2
Level 65
Dec 16, 2025
Genius temporary solution! But now the children are scarred for life...
Danny999
+1
Level 65
Mar 6, 2026
i used to think screens are bad for your eyes
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