Dumbest Thing You Believed

[cyclones500]

That quicksand was going to be a real problem in my life as I got older.

I wonder what percentage of "Gilligan's Island" episodes involved a quicksand-related scene. (Among other TV/movies in that general period).

 

[FallOf81]

That if your older brothers told you if you pissed on a live cattle wire while out pheasant hunting that it would actually feel good.

 

[madguy30]

I'm in my 40's and I still believe the being quiet while fishing thing :shrug:

I mean a big reason to go if not the only reason is to just STFU for a while imo.

 

[madguy30]

That god would send me to hell if I masturbated but saying 50 Hail Mary's made it all better.

There's something in here about depending what Mary was wearing but I can't quite get the wording right.

 

[Althetuna]

Food you liked went into your stomach. Food you didn't like was pooped out.

 

[Big_Sill]

I suspect you were going for light hearted, so sorry for this:

I actually think about this a lot, and Mine is that our health care system was meant to help people.

 

[CyCrazy]

As a child in the mid- to late 80s quicksand and satanic cults were clearly the leading threats out there.

Don't forget about needles and razor blades jammed into your Halloween candy.

 

[ClonesFTW]

I believed the stock market was a fair game. *chuckle*

 

[ClonerJams]

Hiding under your desk would magically protect you in a nuclear war

 

[PineClone]

That if your older brothers told you if you pissed on a live cattle wire while out pheasant hunting that it would actually feel good.

The interesting thing about electric fences from my childhood.... No matter what, if your city friends asked you if the fence was on, and you said no, they almost ALWAYS had to go over and touch it. They couldn't just take your word for it. And of course, the fence was DEFINITELY on.

 

[Cydewayz]

As a child in the mid- to late 80s quicksand and satanic cults were clearly the leading threats out there.

And the Bermuda triangle

 

[cyclones500]

Don't forget about needles and razor blades jammed into your Halloween candy.

I always have wondered how "motivated" somebody would have to be to sabotage treats to that extreme.

For anyone who has attempted to hide a Norelco rotary inside a caramel(ed) apple, you know what I mean.

 

[CySmurf]

I believed if you showered during a thunderstorm, you would get struck by lightning.

Wait...that's not true?!?

 

[CySmurf]

All the fire, brimstone and retribution hallucinations from the Book of Revelations. Scared the snot out of me when I was a kid. My first contact with Mean Jesus. He was so nice in the first part of the NT.

Yeah, by the End Times, he ain't effin around anymore.

 

[NorthCyd]

Wait...that's not true?!?

If you are in the shower and your house gets struck it would be really bad, but it doesn't increase the likelihood of it being struck, which is what I'm guessing that post is about.

 

[SECyclone]

Being loud scared the fish away.

Hey if you ice fish there is truth to this lol

 

[Clonehomer]

If you are in the shower and your house gets struck it would be really bad, but it doesn't increase the likelihood of it being struck, which is what I'm guessing that post is about.

I’ve gotta believe things changed when they went from cast iron tubs to fiberglass.

 

[RING4CY]

That adults were smart and responsible.

And knew what they were doing.

 

[RING4CY]

As a little kid, “don’t drink and drive” didn’t mean you weren’t allowed to drink anything in the car. Mom drinking a Diet Pepsi wasn’t illegal.

I literally came here to say this. I remember yelling at my dad for drinking a Sprite while driving the family van down the interstate.

 

[pourcyne]

Yeah, by the End Times, he ain't effin around anymore.

Just prior to The Stunning Conclusion, John of Patmos has him ride in on a white horse.

Then there's a whole lot of hellfire and brimstone. Wailing. Gnashing of teeth.

After a thousand years, give or take a day, Satan makes a prison break, and then there's a big war before all the bad people go to Fire Lake.

A bit later, the angel tells John that Jesus has just rolled up in his Alpha Omega.

What's not to believe?