Most mind numbingly stupid thing you believed?

[tkioz]

In our lives, generally in childhood, we form some pretty stupid ideas based off half absorbed facts and come to some great whopping stupid conclusions, most of us grow out of it, though some don't, some what are some truly inane things you've believed, but this I mean stuff that what I'll use as my example;

When I was 8 or 9 I was documentary on the TV with my grandfather, or something to that effect, I can't really remember clearly it was a long time ago, and before the end of the program I was firmly of the belief the moon landing was faked, oh I know not an uncommon belief (I don't hold it any more btw) but the reason for my belief in this case was the stupid part, you see the guy on the TV said the reason we saw different parts of the moon was because it was how the sun reflected off the earth's atmosphere, and me being me jumped to the conclusion that wow, the moon's just light! if there is no moon how can you land on it! The moon is like Santa they are making it up!

For the next few weeks I was constantly trying to convince my classmates that the moon wasn't real... until my teacher sat me down and explained it properly, looking back on it now I find it totally hilarious, but at the time I felt the greatest fool to ever live.

So what's the great mind numbing clangers you've believed? (not smart ass "god" "religion" or "political" answers please)

 

[rezboyjoey]

My recruiter told me that I'd be getting a "free haircut" when I went to basic. It was probably two weeks later that I realised that he was talking about my head getting buzzed rather than getting it trimmed.

 

[Jedamethis]

That when you flipped a coin, it would always land opposite side up.
So if it was heads when you flipped it, it would land tails.

 

[TheHermit]

That getting good grades in school would help me in real life.

 

[Wounded Melody]

I was really young when I thought if you yelled into a stethoscope a person's head would flip open, as seen on Tom and Jerry. Think my sister's hearing has been off ever seen then..

 

[Dr.Susse]

I used to think music was all the same. Until I heard Jazz.

 

[reg42]

I really liked popular music, and I thought it was the best. I also thought that metal was one style of music and all it involve was screaming. Clearly, I was an idiot.

 

[mad825]

religion, Christianity to be precise

I thought gravity was controlled by my parents

 

[Super Toast]

I thought that the Star Wars prequels were better.

 

[NeutralDrow]

My friends convinced me at one point that there was a version of Celebrity Deathmatch where celebrities fought against pokemon.

 

[Samuel Cook]

This is Really stupid, I'll probably beat you all with this.. I was 16, I had just started working, and a work mate told me that if you hold a nut on the surface of the water really gently then let go, it will stay there. I didn't believe them at first but then he started explaining it and it sounded as if he actually had facts to back it up.. He gave me a 22mm nut. It didn't float.

 

[Zacharine]

That Noah's Ark was a literal story. That is the most singular stupid thing I believed, in part due to what believing that implied.

I do not mean to offend anyone. It's just that the story makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[Aisaka]

I can't think of anyting that I believed right now, but once I did convince my friend that there was an animal named "Drop Bears" Then hide up in tree's and jump down on people, crush their skulls and then eat all their brains.

And the only way to repel them is to pour urine over yourself.

 

[Jovlo]

As a kid, I actually believed that if someone on TV would put perfume on a microphone, you would be able to smell it at home.

 

[tkioz]

That Noah's Ark was a literal story. That is the most singular stupid thing I believed, in part due to what believing that implied.

I do not mean to offend anyone. It's just that the story makes no sense whatsoever.

Please see my note in the topic about religion.

I can't think of anyting that I believed right now, but once I did convince my friend that there was an animal named "Drop Bears" Then hide up in tree's and jump down on people, crush their skulls and then eat all their brains.

And the only way to repel them is to pour urine over yourself.

Oh we did that to tourists all the time in my old town.

 

[EeveeElectro]

When I was a kid I used to believe that people in the old days actually were Black and White.

This. I used to ask, 'why are we in colour now, but they were in black and white?' My dad went along with it too... said they invented a colour machine. Mum told me it was just because they didn't have colour cameras back then.

 

[Zacharine]

I can't think of anyting that I believed right now, but once I did convince my friend that there was an animal named "Drop Bears" Then hide up in tree's and jump down on people, crush their skulls and then eat all their brains.

And the only way to repel them is to pour urine over yourself.

You mean kinda like this?

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Drop_bear

"A drop bear (or dropbear) is a non-existent Australian marsupial. Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous koalas that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above. They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders and amuse locals, similar to the jackalope, hoop snake, wild haggis or a snipe hunt.

It is often suggested that doing ridiculous things like having forks in the hair or Vegemite
Vegemite or toothpaste spread behind the ears will deter the creatures."

Surprisingly many people fall for stuff like that. Just be convincing enough and you make almost anyone believe almost anything.