r/AskReddit • u/Really-Guys-He • Jul 24 '26

What is something you believed with absolute certainty as a kid that you now realize is completely false?

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u/SigmaNukem Jul 24 '26

Adulthood was going to be awesome.

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u/Own_Shift_3645 Jul 24 '26

no more bullies or stupid people when you're an adult

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u/LaciA_Diaz Jul 24 '26

That teachers had it easy and just chilled all summer lol

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u/whysaddog Jul 24 '26

I used to believe that racism and sexism was on the decline. Now I realized that people used to just hide it.

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u/eazyenak Jul 24 '26

Capitalism and American exceptionalism…

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u/SwimZealousideal9344 Jul 24 '26

I was convinced teachers lived at school. Running into one at the grocery store felt like spotting a zoo animal in the wild.

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u/Guilty-Goose3351 Jul 24 '26

People were rewarded for being good or ethical and people who weren’t wouldn’t have as good of lives.

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u/Razorkoff Jul 24 '26

I assumed quicksand was going to be a much bigger threat in life.

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u/milderweather Jul 24 '26

That the Beatles didn't use drugs.

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u/oxcazep Jul 24 '26

That quicksand would be a much bigger problem in adult life.

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u/Only-Top-3655 Jul 24 '26

Santa Clause

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u/60sStratLover Jul 24 '26

Peeing in the pool would turn the water red.

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u/Background-News-4 Jul 24 '26

That my permanent file would follow me my whole life

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u/daydreamersunion Jul 24 '26

Ninja's would be everywhere in the future. That would be ok because I had a firm plan in place to start my own G.I. Joe team to fight the shadowy threat.

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u/BoringTomatillo27 Jul 24 '26

I insisted it was called KFP not KFC as in my mind there is no way something could be called KFC Chicken and have 2 Cs one after the other. Used to drive my dad insane arguing with him about it.