FunnyOCT 3, 2023

“I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’

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Children are creative powerhouses, since they often take in new information daily, without being given any clear explanations about the “why” and “hows” of the world. The result is what some adults deem “kid logic” where they take a shot at working out the mechanics of the universe.

So one netizen asked the internet to share their own examples of bizarre and hilarious things they believed as kids. From the universe being black and white until the 60s, to various theories on how babies are made, people delivered stellar cases of “kid logic.” So get comfortable as you scroll through and be sure to upvote your favorite posts.

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“I Didn’t Realize He Was Joking Until I Was Like 14”: 40 Hilarious Cases Of ‘Kid Logic’

I thought that bands lined up at the radio station waiting their turn to play their song and then went to the back of the line.

drumorgan, Rene Asmussen

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#2

Way back in the 70's I thought my Grandpa had a car that told him where to go, like GPS today. As he was driving a green arrow on the dash would start flashing to the right. He would then turn right. Then another arrow flashed to the left. He would turn left. I was totally blown away.

Inner-Mousse8856, Alex McCarthy

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157points

One can’t just blame ignorance and leaps in logic on some of the things we sincerely believed as a child. Many parents (fathers in particular) have a penchant for having a little bit too much fun inventing and spreading disinformation. Or, perhaps equally as common, some parents refuse to reveal that adults don’t actually know everything about the universe and will simply make some facts up.

Regardless, this often leads to some amount of normal “magical thinking,” the process when a person imagines connections between things that are simply not true. As a kid has a lot less information to work with, can happen all the time, i.e. “if it works like that in my family, it must be true everywhere.”

#3

i thought that every time i played with a toy the person who bought it for me would get money. i used to try and play with all my toys equally so everyone would get the same amount of money.

robarazzi2, cottonbro studio

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154points

#4

That your blood was a finite amount you had throughout your life and obviously that means old people die when they lose too much of their blood.

I was terrified every time I got a cut or scrape, and as a bonus I was/am still clumsy as all hell.

At 6 I got hit by a car. I was lucky that it was a side street and slower moving cars. I crawled to the curb after, noticing my elbows and knees were busted up and bleeding. I was crying and panicking and trying to cover the bleeding with my shirt when my mom arrived (I was just down the street and a watchful neighbor phoned my mother.). I got carried back home where an ambulance was waiting. I got patched up and the lovely EMT gentleman patching me up let me know that people make their own blood, so my "big boo-boos" weren't as bad as I thought. (BLESS YOU, SIR! Wherever you are now, I thank you. It's been 30 years and I never forgot his kindness and how he humored a small 6yo girl.)

SarcastiMel, Karolina Grabowska

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144points

#5

When I saw a character die in a movie I thought the actor sacrificed themselves and died in real life for the sake of the film.

Fun_Ferret5125, RDNE Stock project

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141points

A child has to learn everything for the first time but is often limited to what their physical senses can “detect.” So, as one might notice, the majority of “kid logic” listed here featured the physical appearance of something having an exaggerated effect on it. This often has comical results, where “superpowers” are attributed to items of clothing and, for example, the color of a car.

#6

My grandparents on one side of the family have a house in our state and a cabin in another that we would spend weekends at growing up. For some reason, when I was really little, I didn't really get how that worked. Since you can go to Grandma's house or Grandma's cabin, I just assumed I had two identical grandmas, and one just lived at each house. To make it worse, I understood that I only had the one grandpa and just assumed he was married to two identical grandmas. My family still mentions this in jest occassionally.

Kitsune_Wife, Paul Theodor Oja

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139points

#7

My son asked me that question when he was little. "When you were little, was the world in color?"

I was born in 1981.

TheOldestMillenial1, Rodolfo Clix

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137points

#8

I genuinely thought you could hear the actual ocean anywhere you wanted by listening to a sea shell.

International-Hat950, Elle Hughes

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132points

However, the desire to understand “why and how” tends to only really develop around the age of eight. Once a child starts to get a bit more independent, they might turn away from bombarding their parents with questions and will instead try to “figure it out” themselves. This list has just a few examples of the hilarious logical paths that they take.

#9

I thought the chalk outlines from crime scenes were residue left by souls leaving the victims’ bodies.

ABB0TTR0N1X, cottonbro studio

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132points

#10

My dad had a gay younger brother named Mark, my mother also had a gay younger brother named Mark. When I was 5 years old my dad told me if your name is Mark that means you're gay.... I didn't realize he was joking until I was like 14.

Important-Anybody-74, Polina Tankilevitch

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132points

#11

I was absolutely certain that if somebody got a 100-plus year prison sentence, they would leave their drying bones in there until the full sentence was completed.

JiveChicken00, https://www.pexels.com/photo/medical-eyeglasses-and-full-of-blood-vials-on-diaper-4230620/

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This is a result of working with bad assumptions. While elements of a kid’s logic may be solid, they tend to often not recognize that just because something is true for them, doesn’t mean it’s universal. You can actually discover a lot about a child’s internal thoughts and family life just by seeing what they assume is the baseline.

#12

Lions are boys and tigers are girls just like dogs are boys and cats are girls. Horses are boys and cows are girls and so on.

maddasher, Pixabay

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117points

#13

I thought putting sticky tape on torn paper would repair it. So like most kids, I was told putting a bandaid on a cut made it better. Which made sense because when you took it off the cut had started healing. Well I figured that sticky tape must do the same thing right? I used to pull tape off of things to check if it was "fixed" yet 🤦🏽‍♀️

ShutterBug1988, Kelly Sikkema

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115points

#14

When I was little I thought gunpoint was a street so whenever I saw the news that someone got robbed at gunpoint. I would think to myself why would people go there if they're just going to get robbed?

valtboy23, Kaique Rocha

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113points

While many of these ideas fall apart as new evidence is gathered, some bits can remain for an embarrassingly long time, often becoming an inside joke for the entire family. So if you want to keep exploring the hilarious chaos of “kid logic,” look no further, Bored Panda has another article on the best of bizarre ideas children have put together.

#15

When I was really young, I used to think people had different accents because the air in their country made their voice that way.

TheOtherMother91, Mizuno K

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112points

#16

I thought condoms were for boys periods!!

Debsrugs, cottonbro studio

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105points

#17

I thought wearing green during day time gave us extra energy since plants are green and made energy that way.

I even wore green clothes every time there was a sports event assuming it made me faster and stronger.

Now i realise chlorophyll is different from green dye and its an entirely different concept of biochemistry.

SuDi10298, RDNE Stock project

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104points

#18

I thought hamburgers were called hand-burgers. Since you eat them with your hands 🤚🍔🤚

SlugGirlDev, Marta Dzedyshko

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103points

#19

Quick, before BP staff notice it’s postable! Know you are such an amazing person. And the world is incredibly lucky to have you. You. Are. Loved.

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#20

I thought that when films had a character as both a child and an adult (flashbacks, time lapse, etc.) that it was the same actor filmed years previously. I thought it must take forever to make a film and that's why they were so expensive.

snoozy_sioux, Jakayla Toney

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100points

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