One of the best things about being a kid is that wild imagination!
But with a wild imagination and youth comes a very.. miscontrued understanding of a lot of things.
We thought it would be fun to go through some weird things that we believed as kids!
Different colors tasted different.
This red candy tastes like red!
The purple and green ketchups taste different!
Sorry, guys. It is just food coloring.
Your life is a lie.
Rollercoasters were tested by suicidal people.
When I was a kid I believed that whenever they built a roller coaster or ride, that instead of test dummies, they would let people that wanted to die ride it first to ensure safety, naturally!
I even assumed that if they didn't die that they got a pat on the shoulder, a year entry to the park, and a "better luck next time".
Kids are weird.
The predator was real and it was stalking me.
That shimmer of heat waves in the summer?
PREDATOR!
That snapping branch?
PREDATOR!
Bird call?
SNEAKY PREDATOR!
Moon drops behind cloud?
Night black as pitch?
Cold breath down your neck..
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!
Stop, drop, and roll is not needed nearly as much as I was made to believe.
Throughout school stop, drop, and roll was beaten into us near to death.
As a child I imagined that people caught aflame ALL THE TIME for this to be such a large part of safety training.
Come to find out, burning to death is not a daily threat!
Or tornadoes.
Or quicksand.
And I wasn't offered drugs as much as the DARE program promised.
Bit disappointed about that one.
Airplanes stayed in the sky by the sheer will of the pilot alone.
I always pictured a pilot straining and purple in the face making sure the plane kept flying.
I figured all pilots were actually professional strong men with a weekend gig.
"GO, BABY, GO!"
I have no idea where I got this from.
