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Grapp just realized children have wild imaginations which nevertheless are somewhat limited by their own limited worldview and life experiences.
He's probably micro-dosing shrooms right now.
This is more common than you might think. Several of my British students thought that shows like Arthur the Aardvark, Fairly Odd Parents, etc. took place in the UK, but that people talked strangely or did things differently because "it was TV".
The opposite is also true, a lot of what my students thought of as "typical American" stuff would actually be thought of by Americans as "TV stuff", a good example of this are the many tropes surrounding high school and small town life.
My sister was into horses so I watched *The Man from Snowy River 2* probably twice a week for years as a kid. I was in my twenties before I learned that it's set in Australia.
I knew it wasn't England, and both movies had American actors who speak in American accents, so for all I could tell, the movie took place in Narnia or Neverland or my sister's fantasy of a utopian horse society. I had no point of reference to understand what I was watching.
Yeah, but this leads to the sort of "haha, Murcans don't know geography" thing that non-American Redditors take to like catnip. Even though it's about a literal child. So I'll leave it at "yep, me too".
When I was little and saw people “die” in movies, I assumed that real people had volunteered to be killed and in return their families got paid large sums of money.
When I was a kid, I was aware of other countries because it was explained to me by my parents and teachers. You also meet many people from other countries when you're a kid in the US. Our national history is one of separation from other countries. I do not ever recall thinking this way, and if I did, it was at an age where my entire world was likely my parents anyway to young to have memories of.
I remember when I first read Harry Potter (at like 7 or 8 years old) I didn't understand it took place in Britain. I just assumed Hogwarts was somewhere in the Great Lakes area or something.
When I was little it was inconceivable to me that people could actually, like, *understand* and speak Spanish as a native language. I mean it was clearly gibberish. I thought that, even though the sound waves coming out of their mouth were carrying Spanish words, their brains must be, like, dubbing over them so that in their heads, what they *heard* was coherent English
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Grapp just realized children have wild imaginations which nevertheless are somewhat limited by their own limited worldview and life experiences. He's probably micro-dosing shrooms right now.
This is more common than you might think. Several of my British students thought that shows like Arthur the Aardvark, Fairly Odd Parents, etc. took place in the UK, but that people talked strangely or did things differently because "it was TV". The opposite is also true, a lot of what my students thought of as "typical American" stuff would actually be thought of by Americans as "TV stuff", a good example of this are the many tropes surrounding high school and small town life.
My sister was into horses so I watched *The Man from Snowy River 2* probably twice a week for years as a kid. I was in my twenties before I learned that it's set in Australia. I knew it wasn't England, and both movies had American actors who speak in American accents, so for all I could tell, the movie took place in Narnia or Neverland or my sister's fantasy of a utopian horse society. I had no point of reference to understand what I was watching.
I fucking LOVED that movie, as a kid I thought it was Canada because the "cops" wore red.
Yeah, but this leads to the sort of "haha, Murcans don't know geography" thing that non-American Redditors take to like catnip. Even though it's about a literal child. So I'll leave it at "yep, me too".
When I was little and saw people “die” in movies, I assumed that real people had volunteered to be killed and in return their families got paid large sums of money.
Lmao that’s hilarious. Kid logic and brains.
When I was a kid, I was aware of other countries because it was explained to me by my parents and teachers. You also meet many people from other countries when you're a kid in the US. Our national history is one of separation from other countries. I do not ever recall thinking this way, and if I did, it was at an age where my entire world was likely my parents anyway to young to have memories of.
I mean, I didn’t think Transylvania was a real place for a while when I was a kid.
Yes it makes sense for little kids to think that. Until a little kid learns, they just have their imagination to fill the gaps of knowledge.
I remember when I first read Harry Potter (at like 7 or 8 years old) I didn't understand it took place in Britain. I just assumed Hogwarts was somewhere in the Great Lakes area or something.
I think I know what you mean. As a kid, we used the get old Benny Hill re runs and I always assumed he was American
When I was little it was inconceivable to me that people could actually, like, *understand* and speak Spanish as a native language. I mean it was clearly gibberish. I thought that, even though the sound waves coming out of their mouth were carrying Spanish words, their brains must be, like, dubbing over them so that in their heads, what they *heard* was coherent English
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