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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I thought black and what television was black and white because history happened in black and white. I suppose that means life in colour happened after the invention of colour tv

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The invention of color was a big deal

[–] JohnObvious 63 points 1 year ago

One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbies about this topic.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tangentially related.. The creation of the blue LED was so revolutionary, and took so much effort and science to make, that the guy who discovered how to make blue LEDs got a nobel prize.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And now every bargain bin piece of electrical crap.has an annoying blue led that makes it impossible to have in a bed room

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The engineers still can't get over how exciting they are.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Seems like the next novel prize should go to someone that makes a dim led that doesn't blink all the time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

My eyes only got 66% of the update.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I think they just brought it back from Oz.

[–] cyberpunk007 8 points 1 year ago

Pleasantville: a documentary

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I thought that if enough time passed old photos would turn black and white like how they were b&w in the 80s and turned colour in the 90s.