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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Thats true for a lot of storm drains. Typically less so for household waste drains in developed countries.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And this is where I'm reminded that the UK, thanks to not being bound by EU regulations after brexit, started dumping raw, untreated sewage into the ocean.. which immediately washed up on tons of beaches and forced them all to close.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

First time I’ve heard of this. Horrible, horrible decision. What the fuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Toilets, showers, etc. I didn’t understand why people liked swimming in the ocean.