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All of these are from the sometimes weird, always funny webcomic http://www.thingsinsquares.com
"I used to think" is just one of the things he does, so make sure to check out his other stuff too!
And if you don't know what to comment, tell us about things *you* used to think!
... I used to think travelling to the moon was no big deal, and was a bit disappointed when I was told that we could not go there on vacation. Still am tbh.
Cat tax...?
sheevtheconqueror
I used to think everyone had a penis
Unkwnsoldier83
I use to think women sat down to pee, bc they pee'd out their butts.
0x1CEB00DA
as a cloud engineer: boy was I in for a surprise when I got my CS degree ...
Mjolnirium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO5FPHFI6sI
tr3buchet
Just use machine learning and clouds
MeeseInABucket
What's that? Cloud Science degree?
BlindEyesShineBright
Computer science.
airandfingers
Cumulonimbus/Stratocumulus. Common double major in cloud studies.
superseriouscomments
computational scientifications
DC1888
I used to think that "Technicolour" meant that films would turn black and white when they got old. Thats why I though old films were b/w.
swedishpancakeswithlingonberries
I used to think quicksand was much more prevalent than it really is.
IPromiseIAmNotTheNSA
I used to think that before my brothers and I were born, we were all just hanging out in my mum's stomach in a huge playground
Messageforbobwehadababyitsaboy
IUTT: Crime shows with the re-enactments were actual recordings and was like " You're recording the killer now! Get ' em!"
boomboomk9000
I used to think the "operate" button on our VCR meant it in a medical sense. I thought I was being a surgeon when I was actually IT Repair
boomboomk9000
turning it off and on again
NinjaSpork
these are like the more laid back cousin of 'deep dark fears'
Allycosmic
I used to think that getting tan meant you would get darker and darker and that's how black people existed.
monaliza2
I used to think "acne" was called "acme". I used to call it acme all the time and no one corrected me, I still do sometimes out of habit.
NothingForNobody
I thought bonfires were "bomb fires" for the longest time.
OaksParcel
I used to think "don't drink and drive" applied to all beverages. I eventually asked my parents to explain why cup holders were a thing.
BucketsOfBearBait
I was also confused by this as a kid.
optimusgoose
I used to think you literally turned into something when you got older when people said "when I grow up I wanna be...." 1/2
optimusgoose
I told my parents I wanted to turn into a purple double decker school bus
BucketsOfBearBait
That's fantastic- I told my dad that I wanted to be a cat
optimusgoose
That would be way better than a school bus.
BucketsOfBearBait
Maybe so- A purple, double-decker school bus though... I dunno. That's pretty sweet.
Melanorosaurus
I used to think you could get pregnant by kissing. I once asked my mother if by kissing my toys I would get pregnant. I was 9.
bgod
I used to think that holding my breath at stop lights made them change faster.
Elvirana
I used to think the ozone layer was like some kind of elastic cloth and rockets would have to punch a hole through it to get to space.
HalloweenAintTillManana
I used to think sanitary napkins were just like unused mcdonalds napkins women could use instead of a pad. Why the fuck are they called that
PJVeddersGirl
Sanitary towels or pads in UK
mkingi
Because people are too squeamish to say "menstrual pad" so they use a euphemism. Like saying "protection" instead of condom.
sdsurf86
I used to think that when you bought a plane ticket that the seat is yours and you could go on your trip.
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sdsurf86
Ty!
jonnyjuice715
My mom told me thunder was when two clouds bumped into eachother... I believed this until I was 12...
KTAI
So.... not true???
PizzaSlutForever
Erm ... umm ... you mean... ?
MizKriss
Wait, what?
Elvirana
I just had to look up how it really works.
SomeCoolName123
Hey it's a little true
ChillaAquila
Grandparents told me thunder was God moving the furniture. I used to think furniture was literally moving by itself upstairs in the house
ChillaAquila
It terrified me beyond all reason. The only toilet was located upstairs. I used to interrogate whomever went up there what they had seen
foxycoby
My friend had a girl blow air on his dick because she thought she was giving him a blow job.
SoMenSayThatImIntenseOrImInsane
I used to think yellow lights meant "speed up."
HarrietJonesPrimeMinister
says more about your parents than it does about you...
SoMenSayThatImIntenseOrImInsane
I also got confused because when Mom would say, "That light was red," my dad would reply, "Nah, just a little bit pink."
Impossibrew
they don't?
Totallyscrewedinaustin
I used to think that if you swallowed a watermelon seed, that it would sprout and grow inside you until you burst
Millillion
I thought I'd find sprouts in my poop, because obviously it would take longer than that to grow.
Unkwnsoldier83
I had a friend who's older brother convened him of this and thus try to tell me the same. Luckily I said you needed to eat dirt for it to be
PizzaSlutForever
Thought that about Apple seeds
Ewokwithastickgif
I dead ass seriously wanted to be a genetic engineer because i thought i could make myself an ewok.
Kupcup
That's hilarious
lmScruffyTheJanitor
I used to think when a series of comics all started with the same frase I would quit reading it. I was wrong.
TheMosca
*phrase
Nanaashi
He's scruffy. He's the janitor. He doesn't need to be literate.
jewelyaa
Frayz*
idontenglishsorry
maybe he speak español
TheMosca
I would say "but only for 1 word?" but I have no leg to stand on with my Spanglish user name
idontenglishsorry
Hahaha are you argentinian btw?
TheMosca
Nope - USA-ian...but I have been to BA. You?
SgtMichaelCross
#7 okay good, I'm not the only one.
DoctorFoxxy
Unfortunately, I sorta imagine the 1920's and 1930's as black and white, with no color.
cocapoda
#7 okay good, I'm not the only one.
rabbihimself
The comment I was gonna make.
DoctorFoxxy
Same
MdotR
The wizard of oz didn't help with my confusion.
YourLordCthulhu
I never believed that, but I do have trouble visualizing past events in color.
7ofWine
Same
Louielou
Same
meatsuite88
I use to think Grease was an accurate depiction on the 50's and people would randomly break out into song...
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
Wait, they didn't?
Themagicwave
they did, but cold war propaganda caused us to fear any acts that made us look weak, so they changed history using a anti-grease law
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
Didn't they do the same thing for dancing alone? That's when they started the Footloose movement and brought it back
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
By "dancing alone" I meant just dancing, not dancing by yourself.
airandfingers
I thought the only person who believed that was Calvin. http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ch/1993/ch930919.gif
OnlySupernaturalWillDo
I used to think it was the movie The Wizard of Oz that changed it
Nanaashi
This was me as a kid! My parents said it was the first in-color movie so I thought when the tornado happened the world switched to color
somellama
i used to think that all dogs were boys and all cats were girls. i had a boy dog and girl cat and so did my friends.
somellama
now that i'm older i see that in reality cats just ACT like girls, and dogs like boys.
datbananaboii
Because Jesus was condemned by a guy named Pontius Pilate (pronounced "pilot"), I used to think Jesus died in a plane crash.
MarshallAppleWhitesSuicidalGhost
+1 for CAT tax!
ImAkuTheShapeShiftingMasterofDarkness
But it's a caterpillar.
MarshallAppleWhitesSuicidalGhost
But it is a CAT
StarscreamAndHutch
TIL .03MPG on that kitty
DieselBrother
You saved me some googling, thanks!
dontthinkifitinhere
I used to think that if you unplugged your belly button all your food would come out like a ballon deflating (1/2)
PJVeddersGirl
Man that'd be so handy for all the pounds I need to shift
dontthinkifitinhere
I also used to think that sea foam was mermaid spit/vomit (2/2)
1234qwerty
Nope. Farts.
lilmonkie
My friend believed that if you poked your belly button your guts would fall out. 23 years old and still fears anything prodding her navel.
trollingworld
I used to think we lived inside a shell and clouds were painted on.So everytime after an earthquake i wud look for broken pieces of sky
1234qwerty
Truman?
trollingworld
I didnt know truman, its just something i imagined i wanted a piece of sky.
1234qwerty
Check out Jim Carrey in The Truman Show.
trollingworld
Now i know truman. I didnt know truman, wen i was a kid.
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
I used to think that victims in movies were people on the death row, who volunteer as a last good act in life. Or that it was used as a(1/2)
basball6969
Some dumb, dumb kids in this thread
Skelezombiewolfensteinmonsteresquirethethird
I used to think people who got hurt in movies got hurt in real life. I couldn't comprehend special FX makeup as a kid.
asaggese
I used to think the same thing.I wasn't a smart kid.
supermeaningfectlyless
Same thought here.
WithPride
I remember when I was 5 that I saw someone shoot another, when I was 7, decapitate someone else, 8 and I saw it in person.
WithPride
When I was young, I really didn't like violent movies because I saw snuff films and in person. I was 7 when I saw a rape scene (movie) and
WithPride
I thought it was real until I found it that it was telling the history of a crime. It kind of fucked me up a tiny bit, I guess.
yash97sriv
DUDE SAME, I remember Count Dooku dying in Star Wars when I was 4 or 5 and I just assumed they killed a "bad person"
Temptedweeds
I used to think that they had to film the flash back scenes when the actor was young so i always wondered how they knew they'd still be 1)
Temptedweeds
Attractive. Or if they messed up what would they do 2)
shyp
I saw this documentary about making a movie, where a character was burned to death, and I thought it was real too and that they were truly
shyp
taking an interview from a man who was going to be burned. And then they showed the scene itself which was horrible. Fucked me up
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
change by terminally ill patients to not suffer longer. I mean I thought they were killed, like, really.
TylerTheAnarchist
Kind of reminds me of the movie Gamer.
TunkkisOfFinland
That'd be a snuff film.
knittedoctopus
Same! I thought it was quite lucky really that all these suicidal people were such good actors.
ThatGuyWhoThinksEveryoneIsAPineapple
I can relate. I thought every movie with death in it was a snuff film. It got very confusing when I saw the same actors in different movies.
RamirezGoDoEverything
Man, Sean Bean must have thrown you for a loop.
Polaristars
Came back to upvote you. Well deserved. +1
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
Yes, indeed.
SaltyNun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAQDndldjaI
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
I had no idea. Thank you, Sir!
turdturdleton
I also thought this after seeing a Charles Bronson movie as a kid. I mean actors arent going to just volunteer to die
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
Yes, indeed.
RosegoldEverything
Speak for yourself, buddy. *becomes actor solely to justify dying*
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
Yeah, something like this. I thought about it like stunt men.
emertonom
"The man playing Caesar was an actor called Kemp." "Well! Brutus must have been pretty miffed when he found out!"
ImLyingToYouGuys
Well if you were talking about ancient roman theatre, you'd be right
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
Oh, yeah?! Might I have a tiny package of source, please?
weirdlittlezombie
1) Hey, one time in like 9th grade we were watching a movie and one guy shot himself and this one girl asked absolutely shocked
weirdlittlezombie
2) if the guy had just committed suicide for real.
fadecomic
I remember we had to watch The Scarlet Pimpernel in 6th grade, and one girl asked if they were really beheading people.
havealwayswonderedwethericanchangemyusernamelater
Phew, that makes me happy it did not take me thaaat long.
Gnoll
We had a girl find out in 11th grade that unicorns weren't real. She cried.