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submitted 4 days ago by Merlu@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.

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[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 48 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That encountering quick sand in real life was a real possibility every day.

Bonus: My kid doesn't believe that Santa is magical, he just has really advanced technology.

[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Clarke's third law. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Quicksand thing is fucking stupid though.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 days ago

Every kid from the 80s & 90s was taught* to believe that, so I don't blame you.

&nsbp;

*By movies & books & games and shit, not by teachers. Well, maybe some teachers...