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Posted: Jun 23 2010 07:09 pm

You ever look back and realize how retarded you were when it came to something that's completely simple to you now? Let's talk about those times.

I remember back in the mid 90's when I started to see commercials for AOL. Back then, I had no idea what the internet was. The big thing in their commecials was the "You Got Mail!" voice. I remember wondering to myself in amazement, "how can a computer know if the mailman put anything in your mailbox?"

Posted: Jun 23 2010 07:19 pm

I'm pretty sure the old situations I used to handle stupidly but have mastered over time are roughly equal to the new exciting challenges I am blundering through currently, life's an adventure!

Posted: Jun 23 2010 07:54 pm

sidewaydriver wrote:

You ever look back and realize how retarded you were when it came to something that's completely simple to you now? Let's talk about those times.

I remember back in the mid 90's when I started to see commercials for AOL. Back then, I had no idea what the internet was. The big thing in their commecials was the "You Got Mail!" voice. I remember wondering to myself in amazement, "how can a computer know if the mailman put anything in your mailbox?"

I had something similar happen to me, kinda. I had heard a lot about the whole "internet" thing, but hadn't given it a ton of thought--far more pressing issues for a socially inept high schooler you know. Well I went to our school library one day and noticed a bunch of new computers. Curious I sat down and clicked on a little button that said "netscape." After about a half hour of typing things into this amazing new 'library database,' and reading tons of 'articles,' it slowly began to dawn on me, "hey, I wonder if this is the new internet thing I've heard about..." Laughing

Posted: Jun 23 2010 08:23 pm

I used to think the world was flat, rarely threw my hat into the crowd.

Posted: Jun 23 2010 08:37 pm

I used to think that the weathermen on the news were psychics.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 12:58 am

i used to think there was a sea dragon floating out in the middle of the atlantic

2011 SNES Champ Joined: Dec 04 2006 Posts: 1929

I used to think arrows pointed in the direction of their flat end and that all arrow signs on the road were installed backwards.
Why? Because the NES said so.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 01:46 am

Posted: Jun 24 2010 11:28 am

I use to walk through the drive way of a Fast food place and order shit then walk away...

well I was an little asshole at 10 so...meh.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 11:32 am

There were two lighting situations that used to creep me out as a kid. One was the light from a street light coming in the laundry room window. It made a "face" on the wall that looked like the guy from Operation Wolf. Then there was a common configuration of lights in the living room and kitchen that would make a Vigo-like image appear on the windows of the back porch from a certain viewing angle.

In Kindergarten, a kid told me he had actual Power Rangers thingies that could actually transform you. I don't know why, but I believe him for a while. I'm pretty sure that kid is a loser now.

The Taboo game used to confuse the hell out of me (I rented it a few times trying to figure it out). I understood the fortune stuff, but I guess I assumed there was more gameplay.

I didn't know about being able to hold B down to bounce on your cane in Ducktales for about a year after having the game (I had a penchant for not reading instruction booklets if I felt I didn't need to). My neighbor's friend showed me that.

As a kid, I used to believe in God. Bell

Posted: Jun 24 2010 01:36 pm

There was a kid who was known for being a lying fuck around our neighborhood, but for some reason, when we were 9, he had me and my friend convinced Pokemon existed, and he had a Rattata with his uncle in Canada.

I really wanted a Cubone...

Posted: Jun 24 2010 02:04 pm

I used to think there was only ONE mailman.

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Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I used to think there was only ONE mailman.

Holy shit, I'm not alone. I was always amazed at how the mailman must get everyone's mail to them in one day.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 09:54 pm

I used to think Tom Cruise was a vampire.

I also used to think that gnomes worked the TV just like they did the fridge's light and decided to tip them. My parents found a lot of pennies behind the speaker sleeve of our old tv when it went bad.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 10:07 pm

In second grade I read a book about a cat named Moses. Everytime I went to church after that and they mentioned Moses, I thought they were talking about the cat.

I seriously thought a cat split the Red Sea and freed the Jews.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 10:21 pm

Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I used to think there was only ONE mailman.

One of our old postmen slightly resembled Hulk Hogan. I was saddened when I noticed he was replaced by someone else.

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I used to believe that brushing my teeth was only so that my breath smelled better.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 10:37 pm

My parents used to tell me that the ice cream truck was called the "music truck", and that it went around my neighborhood playing music for everyone to hear. Then I slept over at my aunts house, and she got me some ice cream.

Posted: Jun 24 2010 10:54 pm

LowEndLem wrote:

There was a kid who was known for being a lying fuck around our neighborhood, but for some reason, when we were 9, he had me and my friend convinced Pokemon existed, and he had a Rattata with his uncle in Canada.

I really wanted a Cubone...

Posted: Jun 25 2010 12:36 am

i used to think the ninja turtles were real in the movie, and not people in costume

Posted: Jun 25 2010 12:40 am

I used to think the brick fence (kind of like a chain link fence, but with bricks in it) was the Aggro Crag from Guts. And, I always wanted to be a Garbage Man or the guy who worked at the car wash.

Posted: Jun 25 2010 12:53 am

HarkatMulds wrote:

My parents used to tell me that the ice cream truck was called the "music truck", and that it went around my neighborhood playing music for everyone to hear. Then I slept over at my aunts house, and she got me some ice cream.

Sorry, but this is hilarious. Mean, but hilarious.

Posted: Jun 25 2010 01:10 am

Rycona wrote:

HarkatMulds wrote:

My parents used to tell me that the ice cream truck was called the "music truck", and that it went around my neighborhood playing music for everyone to hear. Then I slept over at my aunts house, and she got me some ice cream.

Sorry, but this is hilarious. Mean, but hilarious.

Depends on how old he is. In my ice cream truck years (1990-1999), everyone freaked out when the ice cream truck came by (even though there's a fucking ice cream stand less than a block away).

But now, I think that when that fucking astro van playing "When the Saints Come Marching In" annoyingly out of tune comes by, I think to myself "How many parents seriously are going to let their kids run out there for ice cream? They have to think that the driver is automatically a rapist or drug dealer by default now."

FUN FACT: The guy who took Press Your Luck for over $100k was an out of work ice cream truck driver.

Posted: Jun 27 2010 03:32 am

Harkat Mulds your parents are terrible!

Posted: Jun 27 2010 06:23 am

a always tought the name of the girl that plays hilary in fresh prince of bel air was cleopatra jones.