Growing up, we all get some really weird stuff in our heads that we just assume is true . And a lot of the time, we think that way until we’re adults (and somebody gives us a funny look for thinking that way).
Since Twitter is nothing if not relatable , users shared the assumptions they had growing up (that I’m sure a lot of us had, too).
RELATED STORIES
It’s technically not “everything” in a bagel.
I honestly didn’t know what an everything bagel really was until, like, a few years ago. They definitely aren’t my thing, but at least they aren’t blueberry with raisin with onion with sesame and all the rest.
They don’t even come from the same country.
But yeah, definitely thought that growing up. Both companies really did us dirty by having pretty much the same logo (and names that sound surprisingly similar despite being from different languages).
Everything’s healthier in Europe. Not.
I think we in North America have this preconceived notion that Europe is this utopia for healthy living. But they eat a lot of junk over there, too. Not that Nutella is junk or anything, just not really that healthy.
If only that were true, though…
Okay, but if there really was a giant underground soda tank? It would probably be really life changing. Then again, all that sugar can’t be good for us… Maybe it’s better we don’t create giant soda tanks.
I still don’t even know what they are.
I was today years old when I learned what a boysenberry actually is. Apparently it’s a hybrid ? That’s so wild.
But at least it isn’t something that’ll kill you if you decided to eat one.
I mean, it’s not “multiple cherries on top.”
Actually, why put a maraschino cherry on top of a sundae to begin with?
Also, apparently they were a luxury at one point . Not really so much anymore, though.
*Laughs in Canadian.*
This reminds me of a time when I was talking to someone from the U.K. who thought J. Edgar Hoover was a president (and then I had to Google it to make sure he really wasn’t).
They really oversold “rude” words to us as kids.
I got in trouble at school for saying “stupid” once, and I wasn’t even directing it at anyone. It wasn’t for many more years that I learned there were much worse words out there.
TV really dropped the ball with this one.
TV shows also made driving look so much harder than it actually is. Like, you were going to hit the cones no matter how hard you tried, and then you’d have to take the test eight more times.
Cartoons were weirdly obsessed with it.
The Tunnel of Love was, like, the cornerstone of every cartoon relationship ever. And yet I can confidently say that I’ve never even seen one in real life. Did they all just disappear or something?
It’s a very confusingly named place.
I literally had to Google Martha’s Vineyard because I didn’t know where it was geographically (Massachusetts if you didn’t know). Will we ever know who Martha really was? Maybe, maybe not.
The commercials made them seem so much more bougie.
They had commercials like this one , where they made Ferrero Rocher seem like the food of the gods. I feel like it did a number on how we all view the stuff now.
I genuinely thought one was gonna get me as a kid.
To be fair, I feel like anyone who ever thought this lives in the part of North America where there are very few venomous animals. Still, I’ve never personally seen one in real life.
Still waiting for my ‘Step Up’ moment.
To be completely honest, I feel like life would be a lot better if we solved all our problems with dance battles. Armed conflict? No thanks. Blasting a pop hit from 2002 while everyone shows off their best moves? Yes please.
As it turns out, that message isn’t even for us.
I’m pretty sure we’ve all thought this. Why have a tag that’s illegal to tear off? Well, it’s actually a warning for mattress companies and the people selling them . We can take the tags off once they’re in our own homes.
Once again, it’s cartoons’ fault!
I can’t almost guarantee you’ve seen a Christmas/holiday special where the North Pole has a literal pole, with a sign on it or something. In reality, it’s not actually that kind of pole, of course.
Yeah, it really didn’t make sense.
I totally get that. Did we all think they had, like, vacuums running through their teeth or something? I doesn’t help that most vampire fiction doesn’t really explain how they suck blood, I guess.
It’s because our parents lied to us!
No one cares if you have the light on in a car. Except for whoever’s driving. And when we were kids, the person driving was usually one of our parents. They really did us dirty there.
Trust me, retail workers don’t care.
Even if you actually did wear a shirt you stole to the store you stole it from, none of the workers would care. Like, what would they be able to do at that point?
Did… they ever look like that?
Is this another one of those weird things cartoons taught us, or did these kinds of holes actually exist in houses at one point? I’m no mouse expert, so I honestly have no clue.
Maybe… we watched too much TV growing up.
Cartoons, like, really loved sticking quicksand in the most random places. In reality it’s not really that common, and even if you do encounter it, you’ll probably end up floating on it .
