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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought peas were little unborn animals. Because they had a "cocoon". Refused to eat peas for years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My alcoholic aunt scared me out of eating broccoli for most of my life. When I was ~5 I was watching Powerpuff girls and there was an episode where broccoli aliens attack earth. My aunt told me if I kept eating broccoli I would turn into a broccoli monster like the ones on TV. I fucking love broccoli and only found out when I was 18 or 19. I could've been eating broccoli this whole time and I'll never forgive my aunt or my stupidity for the countless years wasted not eating it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe a demented aunt might have been involved with mine too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

It's settled. Unstable aunts are a blight on society and vegetables

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe you got it confused with pea moths.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds just like Futurama's Popplers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I imagined them more like the tiny foetuses of some kind of butterfly/moth-type creature.

Popplers actually look delicious.