Sure, it's true that kids will do and say crazy things, but let's take a look at all the crazy things parents and teachers say to them. Perhaps craziness begets craziness. After all, and this will annoy all the anti-musical theater folks out there, but it was Stephen Sondheim who said "children will listen." If you tell an impressionable eight year old that toilets are evil creatures trying to swallow you whole, that eight year old may very well believe you. And what happens when they believe you? Let's just say that kid may not be using the bathroom for the foreseeable future.
Many of these folks did not realize that the lies they were told at such a young age were, in fact, untrue. It often took a shocking revelation or a painfully embarrassing moment for the truth to come out. These Redditors, who shared the worst lies they were ever told via the following r/AskReddit thread, are thankfully proof that the truth does ultimately reveal itself… although it may not be for some time. For more stories like this, here is a compilation of passive-aggressive compliments.
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