i used to believe that food that had "best before" printed on it, was a product that they used to make better in the old days. never quite understood why they decided on the decrease in quality, and still being honest enough to print it on the package.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.— Betty
- That blankets had some magic quality that made it so you could become warm and stay that way— Michael
- Before the invention of the camera, everything looked like a cartoon with the quality/effect of oil painting.— MD Caruso
- The old classic by the Go-Go's "Our Lips are Sealed" I used to think they said "honest I see you"— Euge
- Until I was 7, I used to think bananas were a dairy product.— Amplexor
- I used to believe that ATMs actually printed out the money fresh every time. — Kitty B