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Title: Odd things you used to think
Post by: renaeden on February 17, 2012, 07:44:05 AM
I used to think that bands and artists were playing live at the studio when I heard them on the radio.
I used to think that school teachers lived at school.
I used to think "veterans" was another way of saying "veterinarians".
I used to think that if something was "priceless" that meant it was free.
When I was growing up I had to go to church and the priest always used to offer "Christ's body". I thought it was strange that they weren't running out after nearly 2000 years.
I used to think motorbike riders were allowed to go faster than the rest of the traffic.
I used to think that because powdered coffee smelt nice, a spoonful of it would taste nice too.
I used to think that other people could tell what I was thinking.

Yeah I thought some strange stuff.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: 'andersom' on February 17, 2012, 07:59:25 AM
I knew people would pick different brands than other people. But, somehow I thought that if someone used X for the dishes, like we did at home, that they would make all their other choices the same as made by us at home too.

I've found the differences in that mind boggling, for years and years.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Parts on February 17, 2012, 08:26:47 AM
That old radios played old music
The past was in black and white
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: eris on February 17, 2012, 09:22:18 AM
I used to think that bands and artists were playing live at the studio when I heard them on the radio.
I used to think that school teachers lived at school.
I used to think "veterans" was another way of saying "veterinarians".
I used to think that if something was "priceless" that meant it was free.
When I was growing up I had to go to church and the priest always used to offer "Christ's body". I thought it was strange that they weren't running out after nearly 2000 years.
I used to think motorbike riders were allowed to go faster than the rest of the traffic.
I used to think that because powdered coffee smelt nice, a spoonful of it would taste nice too.
I used to think that other people could tell what I was thinking.

Yeah I thought some strange stuff.

when i was in preschool (age 4) i asked my mom if my teacher lived at school and she laughed at me :(

and i used to think people could read my thoughts too until i was like 11 years old and all of a sudden thought i was being silly

oh, and when i was a kid i thought women only ever had one orgasm in their entire life because i looked it up in the dictionary and it said "the sexual peak of a woman" So i thought it only happened once :D I remember thinking i was going to make mine really really special :D
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: eris on February 17, 2012, 09:34:56 AM
oh and i was like 25 before i knew that ponies and horses were different animals. i thought ponies were baby horses :P
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Phallacy on February 17, 2012, 11:09:26 AM
I thought that the teachers lived in the schools, too.

Also, not only did I think that the past was in black and white, but sped up, too. :autism:
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Adam on February 17, 2012, 11:13:01 AM

Also, not only did I think that the past was in black and white, but sped up, too. :autism:

:laugh:
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Parts on February 17, 2012, 11:57:25 AM
I used to think everyone was nice till about the fourth grade :hahaha:
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: eris on February 17, 2012, 12:01:50 PM
i used to think women were sexy
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 17, 2012, 01:51:38 PM
I thought alacrity meant "slowly."  When I found out what it meant those sex manuals began to make sense.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Parts on February 17, 2012, 01:54:13 PM
That everyone had the same issues I did with bright lights and noise
That cats were nice
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: odeon on February 17, 2012, 03:38:16 PM
I thought everyone was hypersensitive to touch and could not understand why anyone would touch me since it hurt.

And I remember thinking that once I grew up and became an adult I would understand everything others did. I thought so until well into my twenties and still feel that sometimes.

I thought that people could read my mind, too.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 17, 2012, 04:00:17 PM
Thank you Odeon for sharing that.  I never realized that may be why my sister was not the touchy, feely type.  She and I are pretty much opposites, and she understood a lot more about social interaction than I did/do.  Maybe she has autistic tendencies also, since it seems to be in our Mom's family.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: 'andersom' on February 17, 2012, 04:13:14 PM
I thought everyone was different, as much different as I was. I never realised that others could rely on something as vague as a theory of mind.

Took me till a few years ago, to realise there are things in which most people are said to be not as different as I am.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Parts on February 17, 2012, 05:51:45 PM
That I lived in a normal family and everyone was like us.
All animals loved me and wanted to be petted
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Adam on February 17, 2012, 05:52:50 PM
I used to think it was rude/wrong to not close my eyes and look down during faggot-prayers in school assemblies

Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 19, 2012, 07:42:46 PM
I used to think that people who were "following" me or gave me strange look from across the street were from the future sent back to make sure my timeline was going correctly.

I of course didn't actually believe that, but hey the thought was there nonetheless.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Pyraxis on February 19, 2012, 10:52:26 PM
Hey, that's a lot more creative than thinking they're government agents out to get you.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 20, 2012, 12:50:57 AM
YAY CREATIVITY
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: odeon on February 20, 2012, 01:34:48 AM
Hey, that's a lot more creative than thinking they're government agents out to get you.

The truth is often boring. :P
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: 'andersom' on February 20, 2012, 02:35:22 AM
That I lived in a normal family and everyone was like us.
All animals loved me and wanted to be petted

The latter thought was ruined early in me, when a lookalike of my grandma's dog bit me as a toddler.  :'(

Took me a while to trust the dog of my grandmother again, after that.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 20, 2012, 02:51:18 AM
Hey, that's a lot more creative than thinking they're government agents out to get you.

The truth is often boring. :P

Amen
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Adam on February 20, 2012, 10:07:25 AM
i used to think traffic lights were controlld by ppl watching that street/area on cctv and deciding to change them at the right time based on how much trafic there was in each direction
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Adam on February 20, 2012, 10:08:51 AM
also used to thînk that when i grew up îd be a lot cooler than i turnd out to be in reality
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: 'andersom' on February 20, 2012, 10:29:52 AM
i used to think traffic lights were controlld by ppl watching that street/area on cctv and deciding to change them at the right time based on how much trafic there was in each direction

Me too.  :laugh:
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 20, 2012, 10:35:02 PM
also used to thînk that when i grew up îd be a lot cooler than i turnd out to be in reality

I think you're super cool. I'd want to hang out with you just so some of the cool-ness could rub off on me. :P
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 20, 2012, 10:37:22 PM
I used to think that all autistics would be just like me.



...LOL!!!
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 20, 2012, 11:11:22 PM
I used to think that all people with Down Syndrome were happy and gentle.  That may be most of them, but not all of them.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Adam on February 21, 2012, 08:48:45 AM
also used to thînk that when i grew up îd be a lot cooler than i turnd out to be in reality

I think you're super cool. I'd want to hang out with you just so some of the cool-ness could rub off on me. :P


haha Thanks! If I'm ever in your part of Aus (which I probably won't be as I'm scared of airports :P ) then I'll drop by !
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 21, 2012, 09:04:29 AM
also used to thînk that when i grew up îd be a lot cooler than i turnd out to be in reality

I think you're super cool. I'd want to hang out with you just so some of the cool-ness could rub off on me. :P


haha Thanks! If I'm ever in your part of Aus (which I probably won't be as I'm scared of airports :P ) then I'll drop by !

Well I plan on visiting the UK at some stage (I have far too friends there not to), so maybe I'll drop by!
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: eris on February 21, 2012, 09:09:08 AM
I used to think that if someone was my 'best friend' that they wouldnt try to fuck my boyfriend. what a silly thing to think
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: ZEGH8578 on February 21, 2012, 09:12:54 AM
I used to think that if someone was my 'best friend' that they wouldnt try to fuck my boyfriend. what a silly thing to think

awwww, so naive!
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 21, 2012, 09:12:59 AM
oh and i was like 25 before i knew that ponies and horses were different animals.  i thought ponies were baby horses :P

 Errr ... aren't they?  :-[
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 21, 2012, 09:14:24 AM
I used to think that if someone was my 'best friend' that they wouldnt try to fuck my boyfriend. what a silly thing to think

As someone who's been in the 'best friend' position... Sorry  :( :-[

Errr ... aren't they?  :-[

No, they're distinct animals.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 21, 2012, 09:15:29 AM
i used to think women were sexy

    We are!  :boobs:
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Kaelyrhn on February 21, 2012, 09:16:45 AM
i used to think women were sexy

    We are!  :boobs:

 :yarly:
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 21, 2012, 09:21:29 AM
 Like Renaeden, I thought musicians were playing and singing live from the radio station.
 Poor musicians, think of all the traveling they'd have had to do to play live from every
 radio station in the country!  :laugh:  I knew there were such things as records, which my
 parents would play on their hi-fi, but my parents grew up in the 1930s and '40s, so their
 music was from another era than mine.  I guess I never thought the modern rock music
 on the radio was also available on records.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: renaeden on February 21, 2012, 09:31:11 PM
I used to think that I wasn't like regular people and that I must be an alien of some kind.

Well I got that partly right.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: midlifeaspie on February 21, 2012, 10:14:44 PM
oh and i was like 25 before i knew that ponies and horses were different animals. i thought ponies were baby horses :P

I thought that until about 3 minutes ago.
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: eris on February 21, 2012, 10:16:35 PM
are you saying 'huh' because you cant believe i was that old before i knew that ponies were a separate species of animal than horses, or 'huh' because you thought that too :p
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: midlifeaspie on February 21, 2012, 10:17:25 PM
I changed my response.  Learn something new every day  :viking:
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: eris on February 21, 2012, 10:18:13 PM
eureka !!  :orly:

cant be bothered to edit. :P
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: 'andersom' on February 22, 2012, 01:59:06 AM
are you saying 'huh' because you cant believe i was that old before i knew that ponies were a separate species of animal than horses, or 'huh' because you thought that too :p

I first believed that they were the same, just different in size. Then found out they were different, and, after that got baffled to find out that the only real difference is the height.

So, now my idea of species is not the way it used to be, and it seems that my first idea about ponies and horses wasn't that wrong after all.

Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 22, 2012, 10:38:42 AM
That being a grown-up was cool and meant you could do what you wanted.  Boy, was I wrong!  Old age is cool and you can do what you want to do (as long as you're physically able)
Title: Re: Odd things you used to think
Post by: lutra on February 24, 2012, 02:45:17 PM
Thought in my puberty days that girls kinda never enjoyed having sex.  :tard: That turned out to be a silly idea.