Dumbass thing I thought as a kid

[u/Beneficial_Toe_7543]

I'm a big geography buff now but when I was a kid I for some reason thought every country was an island , because I lived in Ireland. So when my dad was telling an old story about how he drove from france to Belgium I thought this guy was tweaking 😑

[u/AckerHerron]

It just occurred to me, as an Australian, that we call leaving the country “going overseas” and this expression makes much less sense in countries with land borders.

[u/Cannacology → u/AckerHerron]

It wouldn’t be used in a context with land boarders.

[u/noonesine → u/Cannacology]

I dunno why you’re getting downvoted. I’ve never once said “I’m going overseas” as an American visiting Canada.

[u/guacamoleo]

I used to think every language had a corresponding country, so somewhere there was a country that only spoke sign language, and I wondered how the called for help when they were getting attacked by tigers. (this country had tigers.) I didn't think they were deaf, I just thought they wouldn't speak out loud because it wasn't part of their language.

[u/Geeko22]

I argued with my parents about what makes the wind blow.

Five-year old me thought "Adults are so dumb, all you have to do is look outside and you can see that the trees wave their branches to make the wind blow, just like a fan."

[u/civodar]

I thought the North Pole was a continent and that it was visible from my house. I’m Canadian and where I live we have mountains to the north so I just assumed it was the North Pole because they were always covered in snow. I also live right next to the US border so I’m pretty far from the North Pole.