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Neo-Nazis Celebrate After Elon Musk Appeared To Give Nazi Salute At Trump Inauguration Parade
Jan 21, 2025
After billionaire Elon Musk appeared to give a "Nazi salute" to the crowd at a Trump rally during yesterday's inauguration festivities, not once but twice, neo-Nazis celebrated his actions in their online channels.
Following President Donald Trump's swearing-in, Musk spoke at a rally held at D.C.'s Capital One Arena and said:
“Elections come and go, some elections are important, some are not, but this one really mattered. And I just want to say thank you for making it happen. Thank you.”
At this moment, Musk placed his right hand on his chest before extending it outward with his palm facing down and fingers pressed together—a gesture historically known as the “Roman salute.”
This gesture, co-opted by fascist movements in the early 20th century, is most infamously associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany. It remains a symbol tied to the far-right, particularly among fascist groups in Italy.
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After making the gesture initially, Musk turned to face the crowd seated behind him and, with his back to the camera, repeated the same action before saying:
"My heart goes out to you."
You can see the moment in the video below.
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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Neo-Nazis almost instantly came out of the woodwork to praise Musk.
Andrew Torba, the founder of Gab—a social media site known for platforming antisemites and white supremacists—said:
“Incredible things are happening."
Torba later said that Musk's critics are engaging in "the first major media hoax during the new Trump administration. He called the gesture "harmless, perhaps even playful, but certainly not the sinister act it was later portrayed to be by the media."
He later insisted that "the outrage exposes the media’s vulnerabilities, undermines their authority, and advances our agenda all at once. And as we move forward, we can expect more of these calculated moves, each one designed to chip away at the opposition’s credibility while solidifying our own."
Telegram channels filled with neo-Nazis also blew up, with Christopher Pohlhaus, the leader of the American neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe, saying:
“I don’t care if this was a mistake, I’m going to enjoy the tears over it."
Evan Kilgore, a right-wing political commentator and Holocaust denier, called Musk's action "incredible":
“Holy crap … did Elon Musk just Heil Hitler at the Trump Inauguration Rally in Washington DC… This is incredible. We are so back.”
His supporters were similarly ecstatic.
According to Claire Aubin, a historian who specializes in Nazism within the United States, Musk's gesture was very much a "sieg heil":
"My professional opinion is that you're all right, you should believe your eyes, and you don't need me to tell you all what you already know is true."
Similarly, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University, said:
"Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too."
Journalist and educator Mike Stuchbery also called the salute what it is:
"I studied the Nazis at university, taught the history of Nazi Germany on two continents and wrote for major newspapers about Nazi Germany. I am internet famous for fact-checking chuds on the history, ideology and policy of Nazi Germany. That was a Nazi salute."
Musk was met with outrage.
Musk later mocked his critics, insisting they'd blown the salute out of proportion:
"Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The “everyone is Hitler” attack is sooo tired."
Musk has otherwise not responded to news outlets requesting comment.
Musk was criticized for his ties to antisemitic and white supremacist groups earlier this month after he spoke with Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has placed AfD under surveillance, citing concerns over suspected right-wing extremism—a claim the party denies. The AfD, known for its hardline positions against immigration and Islam, has faced accusations of members using Nazi slogans in speeches and minimizing the significance of the Holocaust.
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Timothée Chalamet Rode E-Bike To Film Premiere And Got Fined For It—And People Are Obsessed
Jan 21, 2025
Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet caused a stir when arriving at the London premiere of his new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown on a Lime e-bike.
Lime is one of London's most popular shared electric vehicle companies offering an affordable, carbon-free public transportation alternative.
Chalamet reportedly chose to hop on a Lime to whip through London's busy street traffic to ensure he would arrive at the premiere on time.
You can watch the actor pull up onto the red carpet and end his ride using the Lime app on his smartphone.
People were obsessed.
Although he was punctual and his unconventional red carpet arrival delighted the crowd, things went nowhere fast when Chalamet was allegedly slapped with a roughly 79 USD fine for parking the e-bike in a no-parking zone.
On Wednesday, Chalamet appeared on the French chat show Quotidien and told host Yann Romain Barthès in French:
“There was a traffic jam, and I actually wasn’t allowed to park there, and I got a £65 fine."
“And actually it’s horrible because it was an advert for them.”
The Independent noted professional photographer Aidan Zamiri, who traversed the Westminster Bridge on the way to the premiere alongside the 29-year-old actor, was also hit with a fine for the same parking violation.
However, according to Zamiri's Instagram story, his fine for "incorrect parking" was £2 (2.44 USD).
Chalamet's "hefty" violation prompted the Guardian to cite a possible fine discrepancy as Lime's penalty structure typically hovers in the "£2 to £20" range.
Nevertheless, fans got a kick out of the Dune actor's mode of transportation and the resulting £65 fine.
Some theorized Chalamet gave a shout-out to music artist David Byrne, who arrived in a white suit at the 2024 Met Gala on a bicycle.
Others saw Chalamet's red carpet arrival as an homage to the legendary singer/songwriter he was portraying in A Complete Unknown.
Bob Dylan was known for getting around on a motorcycle, his preferred mode of transport. Dylan bought his first motorcycle, a Harley 45, when he was 16.
He would later purchase the Triumph Tiger 100 (actually a T100 S/R Road Sports) in 1964.
On July 29, 1966, Dylan infamously got into an accident riding the British motorbike near his home in Upstate New York. He claimed to have broken several vertebrae in his neck and suffered facial lacerations.
While there was no official police report filed as to the cause and extent of injuries tied to the mysterious accident, the alleged motorcycle crash forced Dylan to back out of touring, recording, and appearance engagements for eight years.
As the "The Times They Are a-Changin'" singer in A Complete Unknown, Chalamet rides a Bonneville T100, which was chosen to represent "the spirit of freedom and individuality that also defined Dylan’s early years," according to Autoweek.
“The period-specific T100 was sourced for the film, as a faithful representation of the bike Bob Dylan himself rode," the article added.
A Complete Unknown is based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald and tracks the folk singer's early rise to fame to his controversy of using electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
The biographical musical drama film, directed by James Mangold, also stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, and Scoot McNairy in supporting roles.
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People Share Their Best 'Oops, I Just Really F*cked Up' Experiences
Jan 21, 2025
"To err is human".
Anyone who claims never to have made a mistake in their life is mostly likely lying. Thankfully, most mistakes we make, be they at work or at home, alone or directly in front of people, generally go unnoticed.
Sometimes, however, hiding the fact that we goofed up simply isn't possible.
In extreme cases, these blunders will likely never be forgotten by us or those who witnessed them.
Redditor moegreeb was eager to hear about people's all-time biggest, most embarrassing goofs, leading them to ask:
"What's your favourite "Oops, I just really f*cked up" moment?"
"Be Vewy, Vewy Quiet..."
"It was my first day as a help desk technician."
"I had been asked to change printer toner on the main printer in the company office."
"I pulled the black toner out, and I dropped it."
"The thing exploded like it was a new years' fireworks show."
"All over me, all over the floor, all over the printer."
"Even 10 years later, I still think they're digging toner out of the cubicle.'
"I looked like one of those cartoon images where Elmer Fudd was given a bomb just before it exploded and then it blew up."
"Fortunately my boss was my friend, and he laughed his a** off."
"Photos, email distribution, the works."
"I made my best effort to clean it up until the facilities guy shoved me aside and said 'Let me do it'."
"With his nuclear-powered backpack vacuum."
"I'm just glad it wasn't the yellow I dropped."
"I didn't want to look like I peed my pants all day."- EarHumble1248
First Day Jitters...
"I had just started a new job as a registered sales assistant at a major firm."
"All fresh and excited with my new Series 7, I was ready to do trades."
"My supervisor handed me a client’s statement and told me to liquidate the holdings."
"Not noticing some of the holdings were highlighted, I proceeded to liquidate the entire account instead of about 25% of it."
"Worst part, I didn’t realize it until she came over (she could see the trades in real-time as I was selling) and asked me WHAT WAS I DOING?! "
"I got red, heated, and ran to compliance to get it fixed."
"Our compliance officer told me to dry my tears, take a walk, and have a coke - he called it my rite of passage."
"Never had another trading error."- fake-august
Wonder How Far They Made It
"I prepaid for gas and never pumped it."
"I just paid, walked out the door and got in my car and drove off."- stupidsexyf1anders
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Why We Thing Before We Speak...
"I was a brand new, right out of college Computer Programmer (back before we had Software Developers)."
"We worked on minicomputers at the time, and I had a long process that I needed to run, which tied up my terminal."
"I went into the storage closet and dragged out another terminal so that I could do stuff while the process ran."
"An old version of multi-taking."
"You kids have no idea how easy you have it nowadays."
"Well, because the new kid had two terminals, none of the other programmers wanted to look less productive, so everyone else did that."
"Then a week or so later, the president of the company came back to the programmer area so he could mess around with some new hardware that came in."
"He looked around and said, 'Looks like everybody has two terminals now!'"
"Being a smart-a**, I quicky quipped, 'Well, we all have two hands!'"
"Which was met with silence."
"Huh, usually my quips get at least a chuckle."
"It was then that I remembered that the president of the company did not, in fact, have two hands."
"He had a birth defect, and one did not develop properly."- Bigfops
All That Goes Up Must Come Down...
"Got a basketball stuck high up in a tree one time, I thought it would be a good idea to throw a rock at it to dislodge it."
"My dad’s car was under the tree, and the rock went right through the windshield on the way down."- OreoKing10
You Think You Know Someone...
"Recommended a buddy of mine to work with me."
"Gave him extremely high praises because he truly does deserve it."
"He failed the drug test."
"Last time I ever recommend anyone for a job."- LoweeLL
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Sharing Isn't Always Caring...
"I got a text from one of my higher-ups in the military about needing to change barracks rooms, and he had a b*tchy tone, so I immediately screenshotted it and sent it to my GF with the caption 'Look at this b*tch.'"
"But as soon as I hit 'send' I saw I sent it back to him instead."
"The following days were not fun for me."- sasqualtch
SQUIRREL!!!
"Just yesterday, I was coming home from the pre-dinner walk (5 pm road rush time) with my husky; I got to my door, and like a total f*cking idiot, I shuffled the order of operations."
"I unclasped his leash then pulled out my keys to open my door, turned around and my boy was gone."
"Spend 20 minutes playing what seemed like a fun game of tag for him, but it was incredibly scary for me because he was weaving across busy roads."
"Finally got em, but it was totally a TIFU, and I was glad that we all got home safe for dinner."- sjbennett85
There Is Always Humor To Be Found
"I was fresh out of undergrad and working at a small university."
"One of my coworkers came out crying, so I asked her what was wrong."
"She said she just got a phone call that her sister lost her leg."
"I didn't mean to say it, but my brain decided for me, and I replied to her 'Oh, well I hope she finds it!'..."
"Her sister's leg was run over and cut off by a trolley."
"They did not need help locating it."
"She did take the joke like a champ though and even thanked me later for 'adding some light hearted humor, and making her laugh'."
"Like her sister's leg, I left the part where I didn't mean to say it cut off."- milkandcookies21
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Remember To Hit Save...
"Wouldn’t say it’s my 'favorite' but it’s one that haunts me the most."
"When I was in college I went to a computer in the school library."
"They were on these big circular desks with computers all around."
"It was morning so I was kind of tired, some people were on the computers working already."
"And me being kind of tired still, I sat there got on a computer and then I stretched my arms and then stretched my legs out, and unfortunately the power strip for the computers was near me on my side and my foot his the button on the power strip and turned off all the computers on that desk I don’t remember what she looked like, but I still remember the kind of look of quiet anger and frustration of this girl that was working on a paper, just suddenly lose all of her work."
"She just quietly got up and walked away."
"I would’ve felt better if she just stood up and punched me in the face."- Lobothehobosexual
Know Your Audience
"High school gym class, playing street hockey in the gym."
"One of the guys in my class picks up the net and kind of jokingly pretends to throw it at me."
"I say, 'Hey, it's all fun and games until you lose an eye!'
"He just quietly puts the net down and walks away, as I slowly remember, horrified, that he had lost an eye in a skiing accident a few years earlier."
"He had a glass eye, so it wasn't always immediately obvious."
"I wanted to melt through the bleachers."- mirandanmf
OPA!
"I just started a new chef job at my dream restaurant."
"I had been there for a couple weeks and prepping in the back kitchen when I went to put a cutting board back on the rack."
"I didn’t realize it was falling to the side, and it was too late when hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars of restaurant white dishware fell, shattering to the ground. plates, bowls, ramekins, trays, you name it."
"Still can’t believe they kept me."- WearyEnthusiasm6643
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Trends We Don't Miss...
"Somehow when I was in high school (late 90s), everyone who still lived at home at the time had waterbeds, which made moving into a new house a bit of a pain in the a**."
"I remember getting all of the beds set up and having the garden hose in the last one to fill it up."
"While this is happening, the van with the rest of the house in it arrived and everyone goes to start unloading."
"No one is watching this last waterbed fill."
"Several hours later over pizza, my sister comes into the kitchen and says that the carpet in the hallway is wet."
"And we all had a collective "Really f*cked up" moment."
"The bed had overfilled to the point that the fill nozzle was like three feet over the sides of the frame, the mattress was horribly stretched, the hose had detached and was just dumping onto the floor."
"It took several hours to shopvac the water out of the carpet, but we were able to deflate and salvage the mattress at least."- PowerSkunk92
Why We Always Triple Check...
"When I was in college and my dad lived in DC, he bought me a plane ticket to go visit him."
"I went to Texas A&M, so the closest major city was Houston, and I’d never flown out of there before."
"So I arrive at the airport about an hour and a half before my flight, and I can’t find the check in for Southwest Airlines."
"So I asked an airport employee, and he gave me this look like, 'Dude, please tell me you’re not being serious right now'.”
"I was at IAH and Southwest only flies out of Hobby, which is all the way on the other side of Houston, and it was rush hour."
"I did not make the flight."- ice-eight
DUDE!
"Coaching my young (7-year olds) son’s hockey team, and after a few practices, I just have to walk up to one of the mothers."
"tryingtobeopen: 'Excuse me, but is there any chance you have a younger sister that went to XX high school?'"
"Mother: 'tryingtobeopen! It’s me!'"
"tryingtobeopen: [embarrassed expression]."- tryingtobeopen
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There's nothing worse than knowing you've spectacularly shoved your foot in your mouth.
Barring extraordinary cases, however, most of the time, the only way someone will notice you've f*cked up is if you notice it first.
That being said, asking a woman if she has a younger sister is NEVER going to end well, no matter the circumstances.
(...seriously, who is this guy...?)
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Kyle MacLachlan Pens Beautiful Tribute To David Lynch For Giving Him His 'Entire Career'
Jan 21, 2025
Kyle MacLachlan, a frequent collaborator of the late filmmaker David Lynch, wrote a heartfelt tribute on social media detailing how working with the iconic director significantly changed his life.
Lynch's family announced that the filmmaker died on January 15 at the age of 78, prompting a flood of tributes from fans and industry colleagues on social media.
MacLachlan, who starred in some of Lynch's most critically acclaimed projects such as the 1986 mystery thriller Blue Velvet and three seasons of the surrealist drama series Twin Peaks, shared his own personal tribute to his late collaborator.
"Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie," wrote MacLachlan of his role as Paul Atreides in the 1984 sci-fi film Dune. It is the predecessor to Denis Villeneuve's recent two-part remake of the same name.
MacLachlan continued:
"He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision."
"What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to."
"Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I’d ever met."
"David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath."
"While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own."
"I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice."
"We’d talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh.His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other."
The mourning actor concluded his post with:
"I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone."
MacLachlan signed off with a nickname Lynch called him by, writing:
"David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything."
The post was accompanied by many behind-the-scenes photos chronicling their time working together on various projects.
Actor Naomi Watts, who starred in Lynch's 2001 surrealist mysteryMulholland Drive was moved by MacLachlan's post and responded with:
"Oh what a wonderful tribute 💔💔💔 sending big love. I know all the good memories will be missed but trust they will keep you smiling too. No one like him. He loved you so xxx"
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Fans and friends in the industry also expressed condolences and remained inspired by MacLachlan and Lynch's collaborative partnership.
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In Twin Peaks, MacLachlan played Special Agent Dale Cooper, the FBI agent assigned to the murder investigation of Laura Palmer.
The first season, which premiered in 1990, received rave reviews and earned 14 Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for MacLachlan, and another for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for Lynch.
For the show's second season, MacLachlan won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series.
When discussion floated around to revisitTwin Peaks after its much-anticipated third season in 2017, MacLachlan said Cooper was his "favorite role of all time" and that he would "absolutely" reprise his role for a fourth season "without even seeing the script."
Lynch told Sight and Sound, in an interview in August 2024 that he was suffering from emphysema from years of smoking and was housebound as a result to prevent health risks.
His health declined rapidly after he was forced to evacuate from the Sunset fire, part of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires that ravaged through 40,000 acres and destroyed roughly 12,300 structures, including homes.
The Hollywood visionary, famous for such cinematic masterpieces as Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Mulholland Drive and Wild at Heart, died at his daughter's home on January 15, five days shy of his 79th birthday.
His family shared the sad news in a Facebook post that read:
“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch."
“We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us."
"But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”
Rest in Peace, David.
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The Weirdest Things People Actually Believed As A Kid
Jan 21, 2025
As children, many of us believed anything was possible. From money and success to travel to our biggest dreams coming true, many of us dreamed it all.
But as kids, we also had some weird perceptions about life, how the world works, and even our bodies.
Curious, Redditor Gypx asked:
"What's the weirdest thing you believed as a kid?"
A Parcheesi Investment
"Oh, I've got a good one. For whatever reason, I thought that if something was wrapped in plastic and kept for a really long time, it would increase in value."
"My parents watched a lot of 'Antiques Roadshow,' which is the only explanation I can offer besides me being kind of a weird kid."
"So I received a wrapped game of Parcheesi for a birthday or something and I kept it in my closet, waiting for the day it would surely be worth hundreds."
- molly__hatchet
"Maybe Parcheesi will be the new currency after society collapses."
- oompaloompa_finder
"I genuinely find this really cute! You made an observation, came up with a hypothesis, and forgot the part about testing it before coming to a conclusion. Like a little scientist who hadn’t learned about the scientific method yet."
- sowingdragonteeth
Streetside Secrets
"I thought that inside street lights were trained mice with tiny ladders and lanterns."
- BookerDeWittness
"I had similar thoughts about other appliances. I blame the 'Flintstones' for that."
- JeanRalfio
"I believed that since there were air traffic controllers that worked in a tower (sky), there were also street traffic controllers that worked underground to operate the lights."
"I thought that is what manhole covers were for: the door to their office."
- filthyantagonist
Surprising Forest Friends
"I deeply believed that mushrooms could hear you and would hide when looking for them."
"My dad used to take me morel mushroom hunting when I was a kid and always told me to be as quiet as possible because the mushrooms would go back into the ground if they heard me."
"Many years later, I found out we were just trespassing on somebody's property."
- Unb0rnKamaza
Our Greatest Of Concerns
"I was concerned that quicksand would be a very big problem in life."
- Ok-Foot7577
"Quicksand, the Bermuda Triangle, Killer Bees... I was certain one of those three was how I would go."
- GitEmSteveDan
"Don't forget spontaneous human combustion! I watched some random documentary as a kid and was scared of that possibility throughout my childhood. Now I don't know if I should be relieved or disappointed that I've yet to see a giant pit of quicksand or seen someone explode."
- Horror_Reader1973
Belly Button Phobias
"I thought my belly button was where my skin was tied together. I thought if I messed with it too much, my skin would come off."
- mustachewarlord
"My mom told me I would internally bleed to death if I played with my belly button. I cried myself to sleep far too many nights as a kid thinking I was going to die because I accidentally poked it."
- calebinitas
"I think it's one of those things parents say on impulse and forget but just scar you forever and they genuinely didn't mean it."
- zodwa_wa_bantu
A Lifetime Supply
"I knew blood was inside me, because I had seen it come out. But I had no idea about organs. At one point I thought I was basically just a sack of blood, without anything else inside. Like a water balloon."
- ImprovementFar5054
"Oh dear, were you afraid you would pop?!"
"That would be terrifying combined with what I believed, I thought that I started with a limited amount of blood and the body never made more."
- guypenguin4
"Pennywise the Daaaaancing Clown is giggling in his grave somewhere right now."
- TheBookishAndTheBard
Two Stomachs
"My mom taught me humans have two stomachs: an ordinary stomach and a dessert stomach."
"Her reasoning for this: No matter how full you are, you always have room for dessert."
"I believed this for such a long time: until I was a teenager and had biology in school."
- NonaAndFunseHunse
"Annoying psychologist* here. Your mom wasn’t completely off. It’s called sensory-specific satiety, and it’s exactly why you can be full of mashed potatoes but still want brownies. Your body basically tricks you into thinking you aren't full because you haven't had the thing you're craving to satisfy you."
"*I’m not annoying because I’m a psychologist, but I am annoying, and I am a psychologist."
- SwansonsMom
Where Babies Come From
"I thought that babies were born from the butthole."
- Persimmonpluot
"Since a common phrase is 'there's a baby in her belly,' I thought moms gave birth through their mouth. Like just vomited out a baby."
- SuperS0nicW0man
"New nightmare sequence unlocked."
- Valuable_Anxiety_246
She Could See And Hear Anything...
"I was SURE Mom had eyes on the back of her head somewhere under all those curls."
- twats_upp
"My brother was once actually digging in her hair looking for those eyes on a road trip!"
- New_Scientist_1688
A Ghostly Neighborhood
"One day my father opened a letter that arrived and he exclaimed our neighbor died. He was an older man who was around 60 at that time."
"The next day I left my house to go to school, and when on my way, I saw my neighbor. I seriously thought I was seeing a ghost and was freaking out for a while."
"I later realized we also had neighbors on the other side but I've only ever saw the wife of the deceased person and genuinely didn't know she wasn't living alone all this time."
- zenodr22
A Disproven Hypothesis
"I somehow got it in my head that ice melting in a drink made the drink colder."
"So if I put a bunch of ice in a drink and then microwaved it until the ice had all melted... it would make the drink super cold a lot quicker."
"Yeah..."
- varthalon
A New Definition For "Method Acting"
"I used to think people would volunteer to be killed to make horror movies. I would cry during horror movies, but my parents thought I was just terrified."
- Commercial_Ad_5813
"Oh, you poor thing. That must have been traumatizing for you."
"Here's my movie one! Not as gruesome, but..."
"It took me a while to grasp the concept of a period film. Especially if the film itself was also old but not as old as the events happening in it."
"So I knew, for example, that Mary Poppins was an old movie, but Mr. Banks was singing about it being 1910, so I thought the movie was from 1910 and couldn't figure out how they did it in color."
"It was all very perplexing."
- OkSecretary1231
To Be A Child Again...
"I believed deep in my heart that grown-ups knew everything and when I was a grown-up, so would I."
- Popular_Monster111
"That's me, too. I thought grown-ups got to do whatever they wanted..."
"I legitimately thought my dad got up at 5:00 AM for work because he liked getting up early..."
- Drakmanka
"I had similar beliefs regarding anxiety and confidence. My much older sister was the epitome of 90s cool (people always compared her to Cher Horowitz), and my little mentally ill a** always saw her as worry- and carefree. My life was ruled by anxiety annd stress and I couldn’t wait to hit that milestone!"
- Louielouielouaaaah
We'd Listen To This
"I thought a 'wildebeest' was a rapper named 'Will-Da-Beast.'"
- superRad7
"How has no one taken that rapper's name yet?!"
- Broomstick7
"Hold up, this is a FIRE idea."
- Kizywa
"My Spotlight Unwrapped would hate to see Will-Da-Beast comin'."
- SqigglyPoPoP
Why Question It?
"My grandpa told me that the boxes/transformers at the top of power line poles were full of stew and soups for hunters and homeless people, lol (laughing out loud). I believed this for far too long."
- kitc-ig
"My dad told me when I was potty training that if I sat on the toilet for 'too long,' my toes would turn blue and fall off."
"I fully believed that until I was legitimately like 17."
- CheshireAsylum
"For reasons known to her alone, my Auntie had me convinced that if anyone blew in my ear, I would explode. I did not think about this critically until I was, like, 15."
- Navi1101
It's wild to imagine that Redditors believed some of these things, but it's even more alarming to imagine children living with some of these fears.
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