re: What's the most embarrassing misbelief you've had that you're willing to admit?

I thought quicksand was going to be more of an issue at this point in my life when I was in grade school

I was about 35 years old and working in the mortgage business. I was talking to a guy that was interested in refinancing so we began to discuss his income. He said he raised reindeer. We had a good laugh, then I said that I really needed to know what he did for a living. Again, he said he raised and sold reindeer. This went back and forth for a bit until he had to convince me that reindeer are actually a real thing. I though reindeer were just part of the Christmas miracle of Santa Clause. It still baffles me that reindeer are a real thing. I can't be the only person that thought reindeer were like elves that made toys in the North Pole, all the same story. I didn't earn his business.

I also thought SPONGE Bob Squarepants was a talking sandwich. My niece promptly corrected me on that one. He still looks like a sandwich with a blue towel around his waist to me, but whatever.

Somehow, I got through my master's in college without learning (or hearing) a particular word. My second? grade son one day comes home and tells me he is writing cursive. I say great, not thinking anything bout it. The next day he says the same....and I think, "well this cursive must be the name of a pen pal ...some sort of lesson in writing letters." The third day he says the same, and I say, "who is this Cursive? You write him everyday from school?" My second grader looked at me like I was an idiot, and rightfully so. Swear I had never heard the word before.

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I believed Asian women’s pussies were horizontal until about the age of 15.

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Me too. I learned to play the harmonica for nothing.

I probably have a lot if I think about it, but when I was a kid, I remember thinking everyone who worked at a bank was rich.

did you think everyone that worked at a restaurant was fat

I thought AYCE catfish and shrimp was a brand of seafood.
I learned the truth 5 yrs ago at 40 yrs old.

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I thought the Bush family were conservatives.

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When Trump first announced he was running in the primary, I thought it was just another publicity stunt and there was no way he would actually convince people he was conservative.

Also, I thought there was no way people would buy his bullshite, but not only was he able to win the primary then the election, he has created a cult like following to the point he has become his own party.

And it blows my mind that people literally believe everything he says.

When I was a kid (maybe 8 or 9), I would get an Athlon preseason football magazine each year. I had never seen a Playboy or porn, but the magazine had a section featuring all these hot cheerleaders.

I would try to imagine what these girls looked like naked. For whatever reason, it never occurred to me that women also had nipples.

are you john mulaney?