Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square170fedilinkfile-text
When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.
minus-squareBananaPeal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThat encountering quick sand in real life was a real possibility every day. Bonus: My kid doesn’t believe that Santa is magical, he just has really advanced technology.
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoEvery kid from the 80s & 90s was taught* to believe that, so I don’t blame you. &nsbp; *By movies & books & games and shit, not by teachers. Well, maybe some teachers…
minus-squareerusuoyera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 days agoClarke’s third law. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Quicksand thing is fucking stupid though.
That encountering quick sand in real life was a real possibility every day.
Bonus: My kid doesn’t believe that Santa is magical, he just has really advanced technology.
Every kid from the 80s & 90s was taught* to believe that, so I don’t blame you.
&nsbp;
*By movies & books & games and shit, not by teachers. Well, maybe some teachers…
Clarke’s third law. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Quicksand thing is fucking stupid though.