"Damn I used to be stupid."

[uchytjes]

I'm sure most of you have felt this way at one point or another. You have a sudden flashback to childhood/teenage years and think "Was I really stupid enough to do/believe that?" So, why not share the things that, looking back, were really, REALLY dumb.

Spoiler: my idiocy

It was freshman year. I was at my first (maybe second) marching band contest. I was eating the supper that was given out to us when this girl came up and sat next to me. We talked for a while while we ate our food. (memory goes a little hazy here, because time, but it should be somewhat accurate) She suddenly says "(her name) likes you." me, being an inexperienced idiot, did not realize that she was trying to be cute and was talking in the third person. Because of this, I thought she was referring to another girl in the same grade with the same name. Seeing as I did not particularly like the other girl simply replied "that's interesting" and then we finished our respective dinners in silence.

I look back on that day realizing what an idiot I was. Well, I guess I can be glad that me and the girl went on to become great friends throughout the rest of high school. Still was quite the shame because she was quite the cute girl.

So, what have you done/said in the past that you think is exceptionally dumb.

 

[Coffeejack]

That...doesn't seem like a stupid thing to do.

I put a staple through my thumb in grade 5 because I wondered what it would feel like. I also used to walk along the dividing wall between a playground and a car park. The drop on the car park side was about 20 feet down to solid concrete.

I also used to believe that girls did not any play video games at all, because they would never be interested in such a pursuit. Just couldn't wrap my little brain around it.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

I only had one console as a kid and the was the original Playstation.
Anytime I wanted to rent a Sonic game my dad would see the word Sega on the box and tell me that I can't play it because we didn't have a Sega console, and I believed him.
Took me a few years to realize that he didn't know what he was talking about; they were most definitely Playstation games and they MOST DEFINITELY would have played on it too.

 

[scorptatious]

Back in my freshman year in High School, I was ignorant of the fact that Alaska was actually part of the United States. I learned this the hard way when discussing Sarah Pallin in History class. X(

It's funny really, I knew Hawaii was a part of the U.S. despite the fact that it isn't part of the mainland. Why I didn't know or remember that Alaska was part of the U.S. I'll never know.

 

[IndomitableSam]

I was a teenage girl. Doesn't that say it all? Especially in the late 90's when the internet was ramping up. ... Yeah. We'll leave it there.



(No, there is no porn.)

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Oh boy, I'm constantly having embarrassing flashbacks. Mainly about asking girls out. I'm glad that's over with.

 

[DasDestroyer]

OP

If I were that girl my response to this topic would be "Damn I used to be stupid, referring to myself in 3rd person".
But since I am not her [sub][sub][sub]OR AM I? DUN DUN DUN[/sub][/sub][/sub], my response is... Hmm, I can't seem to thing of something really stupid that can't be dismissed by "I was really young". I remember saying a long time ago that winter came because the sun got colder, but honestly, I think the vast majority of people thought it was that way at some point.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Well, most people would like to think they are constantly learning and improving themselves, right?

So, they'd forever be looking back at themselves X years ago and thinking how foolish they were.

 

[aba1]

Back in my freshman year in High School, I was ignorant of the fact that Alaska was actually part of the United States. I learned this the hard way when discussing Sarah Pallin in History class. X(

It's funny really, I knew Hawaii was a part of the U.S. despite the fact that it isn't part of the mainland. Why I didn't know or remember that Alaska was part of the U.S. I'll never know.

It is likely because it is attached to the Yukon while Hawaii isn't attached to anything.

OP: My old sensai used to threaten to hang me upside down by my ankles from the chains on the ceiling if I didn't do my situps properly and I used to believe him XD. I can't believe I actually believed he would.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Nope I have the opposite. Damn I used to be clever. Inexperienced sure, but clever. Now I have the experience my brain is too wrecked to do anything with it.

 

[Frezzato]

Damn, I used to be stupid.

That's something I just recently thought...about something I had recently done.

It's all in the past now! Because I experience time in a linear fashion, always moving forward.


There's always tomorrow! Time enough to regret something I say today. Not this post though, that's a bit too meta.

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

I only had one console as a kid and the was the original Playstation.
Anytime I wanted to rent a Sonic game my dad would see the word Sega on the box and tell me that I can't play it because we didn't have a Sega console, and I believed him.
Took me a few years to realize that he didn't know what he was talking about; they were most definitely Playstation games and they MOST DEFINITELY would have played on it too.

Wait, wait, wait... if they were Sonic games and all you had was an original Playstation, your dad was right. Sonic games were never made for a non-Sega system (excluding PC) until after the Dreamcast died.

OT: The only thing that sticks out for me at the moment was how when I recently was reading an old fanfiction I wrote years ago, I realized how stupid I was in the realm of guns. Particularly how I didn't realize that games like 007 Nightfire didn't call guns by their real names at all, or how I thought it was perfectly reasonable for someone to dual-wield a pistol in one hand and an assault rifle in another... stupid crap like that.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

Well, considering at one point of my life I believed I could fly and proceeded to test my belief... yes, I used to be quite the dumb kid.

It was a very painful lesson. That I had to learn twice.

 

[Muunokhoi]

At 19 I decided that I was pretty tough and took a bet with a mate that I could beat a kangaroo in a fight.

Woke up in hospital a day later with several broken ribs and a nasty gash on my stomach lesson learned.

 

[Woodsey]

Someone referring to themselves in the third person to tell you they like you is not a stupid thing to look. Because that's just stupid in the first place.

OT: I used to think that women legally weren't allowed to smoke, and that people on TV weren't real. But then I was 3, so nur.

 

[Ashhearth]

Well since hindsight is 20/20 we say this too ourselves most of our lives. Just try not to let it get ya down too much ;P

As for me going away to college has left me with plenty of time to think about stupid stuff I've done in the past. I'll just leave the most innocent one of how i quit playing the piano in the 5th grade due to what I felt like was extreme pressure. Now I'm like.... 4 trophies and if I stayed I could be semi-professional..... Damnnit >.>

 

[Mike the Bard]

I write as a hobby, and i'm no exception to the old adage that a writer is his worst critic. Any time i go back and read any of my old stories, I groan at how bad it is.

I would share some with you guys, but you can't exactly unburn paper.

 

[Loonyyy]

I think it every 6-8 months when I look back on things I wrote, or worked on. It's a combination of the expression,refinement of opinions or knowledge, and methodology.

 

[Lonewolfm16]

I'm sure most of you have felt this way at one point or another. You have a sudden flashback to childhood/teenage years and think "Was I really stupid enough to do/believe that?" So, why not share the things that, looking back, were really, REALLY dumb.

Spoiler: my idiocy

It was freshman year. I was at my first (maybe second) marching band contest. I was eating the supper that was given out to us when this girl came up and sat next to me. We talked for a while while we ate our food. (memory goes a little hazy here, because time, but it should be somewhat accurate) She suddenly says "(her name) likes you." me, being an inexperienced idiot, did not realize that she was trying to be cute and was talking in the third person. Because of this, I thought she was referring to another girl in the same grade with the same name. Seeing as I did not particularly like the other girl simply replied "that's interesting" and then we finished our respective dinners in silence.

I look back on that day realizing what an idiot I was. Well, I guess I can be glad that me and the girl went on to become great friends throughout the rest of high school. Still was quite the shame because she was quite the cute girl.

So, what have you done/said in the past that you think is exceptionally dumb.

When precisely did you realize this? Was it already too late, or more a "the moment has passed" thing?

 

[IronMit]

i was going to water my garden with a hose pipe. Told my mum to turn the water on...i had the hose.......i decided to test my reflexes....so I looked down the hose end. I thought I could see the water coming and move super quick like..

Didn't work...hit me in the eye and i was on the floor in pain. Could of been worse...could of caused actual damage