media

i once thought Looney Tunes was called Loric Tunes because of how I read it.

Anon

i was watching the news, when i was 17 and started talking to myself and the news anchor man answered back, i am 68

Anon

I used to believe that fly fishing was exactly as how it was shown on SpongeBob (fishing from an airplane), and even recall reading articles about it. I thought the joke was that they were fishing the sapient fishes of Bikini Bottom, not a play on words.

Miru

Not me, but my uncles. They used to believe that the games they’re playing were being filmed underground by camera.

Enrico

I used to think that “kickboxer” was a made up word on SpongeBob used to make Patrick sound stupid, no different from Wumbo.

Miru

When I was a kid, I tought that peppa pig was real and I wanted to be friends with her.

Little Brother George

When I was a kid, I used to think that we were the main character of our life and everyone else were actors, just because I saw "The Truman Show".
So when I was not in the room, listened to my parents to see if they talked about their life outside of me. Once I was so convised, that I looked everywhere if they were something like cameras. When my parents arrived, my home was messy, so they scolded me. I never told them why I did that. Now fortunately I don't think that anymore

Anon

When I was young, I used to believe that the Disney princess were real. Every day, I watched a Disney movie because I really loved the Disney princess. One day, I think I was four years old, and my parents, me and others members of my family were going to Disneyland Paris. I saw a lot of princesses and I was very happy. Later, I learnt that the princess didn't exist and I was very disapointed. My parents lied to me !

french_user2010

When i was a child i used to think the actors really died in films.
I used to go the cinema with my familly, a character died and his was bleeding, i was very sad for him
But in the car when we returned to home, i said to my family that was very sad because the actors i liked had died, but my family said "no it's just acting" I felt very stupid !

art fr

I used to believe that sitcom stars actually lived in the cities where their shows were set - even though I knew the shows were filmed in studios. For instance, I thought Jaleel White (as Steve Urkel) lived in Chicago, while Jodie Sweetin (as Stephanie Tanner) lived in San Francisco. So, I was quite surprised to learn that these shows were actually filmed right next to each other in Los Angeles!

AC