These misconceptions people had as kids will seriously baffle you

People have been admitting the dumbest misconceptions they had when they were younger.

And while you might be able to empathise with some of the confusion – we all questioned how people managed to get inside our TVs, right? – some of the childish ideas being shared on Reddit are bound to flummox you.

Here are some of the oddest misconceptions people had before they grew up and realised, well, how silly they’d been. (No offence…)

“That the actors in tv shows were small people who had to go from tv to tv at light speed so everyone could watch the show at the same time.”

– Theoneicommentwith

“I wanted to work at Burger King when I was little because I thought cashiers made all the money in the register.”

– flipadelphia22

– jajuub

“I thought the whole country was a fan of the Atlanta Braves and that other baseball teams just existed to play the Braves.”

– bachemazar

– pregnant_dog

“I thought I could communicate with the people on TV by putting my mouth on the TV speaker and talking. Wonder Woman never flew her invisible jet to my house, despite repeated requests.”

– sincewedidthedo

– AstheticColt

“That you’re just given the job you want when you get older.”

– roastbeefyaweefy

“That a tiny man lived in traffic lights and would switch the colors.”

– thegigglepicker

“I assumed that you automatically had a baby when you got married, which I really didn’t want as a four year-old.

“When my mom told me that getting married didn’t mean you had to have a baby, I assumed that the way you stopped a baby from happening was shouting “I DON’T WANT A BABY” at some point during your wedding.”

– azumane

– Krocant

“I thought brown cows were bears. I knew the white and black ones were cows but I would scream whenever I saw a brown one. I knew my parents were lying to me saying they were cows so I’d stay calm.”

– Surinical

– sabk2001

“First off, I’m Danish.

“Growing up, I was very confused why people spoke any other language than Danish. I thought it was very confusing and stupid that people would bother to translate Danish all the time, just so they could speak in a different way…

“Basically, I thought Danish was the default language, that everyone was born with, and thought it was stupid that people would bother inventing other languages.”

– yaradahl

– sandscript

“I thought that traffic jams were caused because all traffic was actually a parade and at the front of the parade were dinosaurs.
And sometimes the dinosaurs were slow.”

-electric589

– LizT4Y

“I thought the pineapple on pizza was fancy cheese. worst part? i remember telling my mom about how this cheese tasted like pineapple.”

– rroperr

“I learnt that that was not true when I had to get glasses of my own.”

– chongccino

“I thought we were “human beans” and started as beans and then turned into humans when we got a little older.”

-urnlint

See the full Reddit thread here.