When we were kids, we believed in a "BogeyMan", who hid in dark spaces (Like under the bed, at bedtime, leding to some fantastic acrobatics to get safely into bed, after turning out the room light switch)
Well, nowadays, I believe the "Hannibal Lector" stories to be about a "BogeyMan" for the Late Teens.
This character essentially says: "If you don't get out there, take the world's challenges on, & _MAKE_ something of yourself, then you're a passive "LOSER", due to be exploited by someone who's going to cheat you out of MORE than just your money ..."
<Quote> "There is no room for self-pity at my table, Clarice ..."
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to belive that if we could find the light switch that controlled the sun, we could control the world. Anon
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- I used to believe that Automatic Toll Boths had underground room where people counted your money.— Dillon
- i used to believe that a ghost lived under my bed and that a giant lived under our dining room table.— nameless
- i used to beleive that everyone in the world went to sleep at 8:00pm (my bedtime)— yvette yasui
- I thought being mentally challenged meant you couldn't do any challenges with peopleAnon