dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoWhat weird false belief did you have as a kid?message-squaremessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down14
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-squareWhat weird false belief did you have as a kid?dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square206fedilink
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-29 days agoI used to think the poles holding up traffic lights were hollow, and there was a person sitting inside throwing switches to change the lights while looking at a watch to keep the timing fair.
minus-squareNutteman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 days agoI thought there was a little room under ground with people watching cameras underneath each intersection to control the lights
minus-squareProfessorozone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoWell you got the hollow part right, at least on some of them.
I used to think the poles holding up traffic lights were hollow, and there was a person sitting inside throwing switches to change the lights while looking at a watch to keep the timing fair.
I thought there was a little room under ground with people watching cameras underneath each intersection to control the lights
Well you got the hollow part right, at least on some of them.