I was a kid and I was like, money has value because we believe it does, so people will give you things for it. Sooo I can create my own money and it'll have its own dynamics and whoever believes it has value can use it!
And so I created my own currency based on the cartoon Ed, Edd n' Eddy that had its own supply dynamics and serial numbers, and I printed it out. There was a total supply of something like 3 Eds. And I gave two to myself and one into circulation. At that moment I realized that fiat doesn't have anything backing it but empty promises, and that declaring something as legal tender against all else is purely arbitrary and only makes it worse. I was 9 years old.