10 Misconceptions You Had As A Child

Do you ever reflect on your childhood ideas and think, “DAMNNN, I was STUPID?”

1. Using your blanket as a demon shield

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Now only if it could protect you from midterms

2. Finding $10 meant you ruled the world

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Now $10 means you can finally wash that dirty T-shirt you've been wearing for the past month

3. Drinking coffee was "sophisticated"

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Nothing screams sophistication quite like chugging a triple espresso macchiato on the way to your 8 AM

4. Sprinting out of the deep end because ALL pools had sharks

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This is why you still refuse to swim for exercise

5. Believing actors were watching you through the TV

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Fortunately DiCaprio hasn't seen you stuffing your face with popcorn

6. Trying to dig a hole to China

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If only you could dig a hole to escape your student loans

7. Thinking you had hidden superpowers

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Still waiting for yours to come in clutch with that 4.0

8. Drinking chocolate milk that came from brown cows

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Now you just hope that the milk in your fridge isn't 2 weeks old

9. Peeing in the pool would have colorful consequences

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Now you're too messed up on spring break to care

10. Expecting to wake up as an adult with a job

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If only you could go back to the days when you didn't need 6 alarms just to wake up