"What’s the weirdest thing you remember misunderstanding as a kid?"
Writer Jennifer Wright posed the question to her Twitter followers on March 7, and lots of users responded with their own hilarious answers. Here are some of the best ones.
Wright tried to give clowns the respect she thought they deserved.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I also thought clowns were born looking that way. I’d been told it was VERY RUDE to point or laugh at anyone who looked different, so at kindergarten birthdays I would gaze at them with respectful solemnity, like a little Queen Victoria.</p>— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenAshleyWright/status/971368764523544576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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This person just wanted everyone to feel confident in themselves.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Assumed TV presenters could see who was watching. I refused to turn a show off even if I didn’t like it because I thought it would be so demoralising for them that they’d just give up once I’d gone. Kept watching and smiling at the TV to encourage them.</p>— Elizabeth Clark (@lizziekclark) <a href="https://twitter.com/lizziekclark/status/971370251014123520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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And this person accidentally came up with a better name for a color.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I misheard "Navy blue" as "maybe blue" and I ran with it because it sure was hard to tell if it was blue or not.</p>— Theresa Dorsey Meis (@FireBUnicorn) <a href="https://twitter.com/FireBUnicorn/status/971370376793067520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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There was the person who thought cottage cheese was produced in minature houses ...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I thought cottage cheese was just like regular cheese but made in small houses in the country.</p>— The Daily Nonprofit (@Maggie4Beers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Maggie4Beers/status/971379528932233217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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... And the one who thought it was only consumed by academics.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I thought it was college cheese, made by smart people.</p>— valsch (@valsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/valsch/status/971466029544165378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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This person thought her body's feelings were hurt.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That my right and left had had feelings and that my left hand was mad at me because I don’t use it as often</p>— diamond rah (@draasharae) <a href="https://twitter.com/draasharae/status/971415264867880966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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And this person was living in dread of being invited to his first divorce ceremony.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I thought a divorce involved a public ceremony before family and friends like a wedding, but everyone wore black and the couple walked down the aisle together at the start and separately at the end. <a href="https://t.co/nqEBruyAaM">https://t.co/nqEBruyAaM</a></p>— Josh Barro (@jbarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/971610211000770560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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We're guessing this person often made excuses to skip dinner.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I thought the dining room was called the dying room - as opposed to the living room. 😂</p>— Carl Hall-Gallus (@challgallus) <a href="https://twitter.com/challgallus/status/971750093865938944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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And this person apparently thought color was a modern invention.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I thought the past was silent - and black and white - and moved quickly</p>— Otto English (@Otto_English) <a href="https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/971815406481694720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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This person is a clear animal lover.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I used to confuse 'agile' and 'ugly' and spent a lot of time being really upset by nature magazines being jerks to animals I liked.</p>— Dave Rudden: THE ENDLESS KING 22/3 (@d_ruddenwrites) <a href="https://twitter.com/d_ruddenwrites/status/971486595378491392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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And this one thought a mini-verse was contained inside of their radio.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I thought little people lived in the radio playing music and talking. I was 5.</p>— OKoye 💋 (@HarlighQuinn) <a href="https://twitter.com/HarlighQuinn/status/971371272742555648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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