silly things you thought as a kid

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Jan 5, 2009 4:37 AM #329464
I thought I was good looking.
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Jan 5, 2009 4:59 AM #329480
I thought the YMCA group was cool. And I never thought girls had cooties or what not.
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Jan 5, 2009 5:10 AM #329493
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Why the hell would that be one of his theories? The world can't move in the opposite direction of everyone walking everywhere. That's common sense.


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I call it the "Two people on a treadmill" paradox. If movement is the world moving under you rather than you over the world's surface, what happens if someone moves towards you, does the world move for them, too? If not, then what makes you so special? By the same letter, if two people stand on a treadmill with no power and face opposite directions, then both try to run on the treadmill, neither would move.
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Jan 5, 2009 5:12 AM #329495
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I call it the "Two people on a treadmill" paradox. If movement is the world moving under you rather than you over the world's surface, what happens if someone moves towards you, does the world move for them, too? If not, then what makes you so special? By the same letter, if two people stand on a treadmill with no power and face opposite directions, then both try to run on the treadmill, neither would move.


What if one person was running at a faster speed?

HUH, HUH?!
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Jan 5, 2009 5:32 AM #329511
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I call it the "Two people on a treadmill" paradox.


That's odd, considering a 3 year old can come up with an answer to it that nobody could argue against.
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Jan 5, 2009 5:36 AM #329515
I used to believe that gays were evil.
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Jan 5, 2009 5:38 AM #329517
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That's odd, considering a 3 year old can come up with an answer to it that nobody could argue against.


I must be a bit slower tonight than usual. What's that?
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Jan 5, 2009 2:49 PM #329699
I used to believe that school sucked and Work would be better.



god how i was wrong
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Jan 5, 2009 3:35 PM #329719
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I used to believe that school sucked and Work would be better.



god how i was wrong

I still believe this.
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Jan 5, 2009 3:36 PM #329720
Try a week at my line of work.
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Jan 5, 2009 4:02 PM #329730
I used to believe that in every single book has secret super magic information and spells in it. Until I've learnt to read (When i was 3 years old lol)

Also, I thought that a TV or any other plugable (spelling?) thing needs only two holes to make it work. Like, if you go to a forest, and you take your TV with you, you can just make two holes in a tree and plug the TV in and then it would work xD
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Jan 5, 2009 7:08 PM #329813
That i was a superhero .
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Jan 5, 2009 7:32 PM #329828
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By the same letter, if two people stand on a treadmill with no power and face opposite directions, then both try to run on the treadmill, neither would move.


Actually, presuming the 2 people were moving at the same speed, the treadmill would not move an both would run towards eachother, its simple when you think about it.

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i thought women either chose, or randomly got pregnant


Not far wrong when you think about it.

Oh and for me, I used to think there was one manager who controlled all the football teams, and kicked good players to prevent the competion from getting boring
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Jan 5, 2009 7:35 PM #329830
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Why the hell would that be one of his theories? The world can't move in the opposite direction of everyone walking everywhere. That's common sense.


not a theory. It was sort of like a question that can't be answered. Like if you move forward, is it you moving forward or the Earth moving in the opposite direction? Of course he didn't use moving as an example because that's impossible, but I remember hearing about it...
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Jan 5, 2009 7:41 PM #329838
I thought magic and cartoons were real.

Also, I thought my plushies were living beings.