"Until I was 18 or 19, I thought Gotham City was a real place - I didn't think Batman or Joker were real, just Gotham City. Mind you, I had never traveled outside of my hometown. It wasn't until I got a job with older adults who informed me that Gotham City was indeed not a real place and I could not visit."
"I remember that when we rode in a car late at night, driving north on I-75, I could always see lights in the sky ahead, and I just assumed they were from a city up ahead. It wasn't until I was in my late 30s, riding with a friend late one night, that I commented that we always see the lights but never seem to get to the city."
Adults share lingering childhood misconceptions that persisted into their teens, twenties, thirties, or beyond. Examples include believing that pressing buttons on soft drink lids would physically change the beverage, assuming Gotham City was an actual place, and mistaking the northern lights for distant city lights. Some beliefs stemmed from family language or religious concepts, such as thinking fertility required divine agreement. Many misconceptions lasted until direct correction by older peers, coworkers, or friends, often producing surprise, embarrassment, or amusement when the true explanations became known. Revelations often came through personal anecdotes and everyday encounters that dispelled the misconceptions.
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