When I was a little kid, about 4 or 5 years old, my mom would take me shopping. Everytime she bought something, she put down pieces of paper (which were bills) and some circular metal thing down (which were coins). So then I thought "Maybe it's like trading." The next time we went shopping, I brought pieces of paper with me and a couple of pennies. I took the toy I wanted, handed some paper and pennies to the cashier, and left.
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- I used to believe fax machines instantly teleported a piece of paper to who ever you wanted. Anon
- when I was small I always thought that the solar system ended, and then it was just white paper after that— sparrow
- I used to think that when you sent a fax, the paper went through the wires.— em
- I used to think that of you ripped a dollar 100 pennies would fall out of the rip.— Glad I never tried it
- When I was little, I believed that clouds came from paper mills.— Ryne