How Did You Pop Your 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Cherry?

I'll never forget when I first watched Loose Change for the first time. I jokingly searched "9/11 Inside Job" on YouTube when I was in 8th grade (this was in 2008 by the way) because I thought it would be funny to see how ridiculous and crazy those wack-job 9/11 conspiracy theorists could be. I never thought my worldview would be so quickly altered forever. I was in middle school at the time, and the next day I had this group discussion period called "Teen Talk" where once a week you and a group of people (typically your friends) could voluntarily eat lunch in a room with a guidance counselor who guided a discussion about anything that was on your mind. This sounds corny but it was actually a lot of fun and led to some interesting conversations. My close friends at the time and I regularly attended. 

I, still being young and naive, thought it would be a good idea to lead the discussion about how I watched Loose Change and how I was now convinced that the official story was bogus. You can only imagine how that went, and looking back it actually makes me laugh at how blissfully ignorant I could have been to think this was a good idea. I of course spent the rest of the session being lambasted by the entire room about how ridiculous I was being and essentially how stupid I could be for believing such nonsense. Even my guidance counselor, who was a pretty open minded person, was very unwilling to consider my point of view. The worst part was that the father of one of my friends in attendence was a firefighter who was pulled out of the rubble (still alive) on 9/11, so he did not take kindly to my discussion topic.

This probably comes as no surprise to the people reading this, but it was a big deal for me at the time. The reactions from my guidance counselor and close friends remains to have a lingering effect on my life. It really woke me up to how strongly conditioned most people are to worship their government to a point where they are unable to critically assess anything claimed by them. I remember also bringing this up to my parents that same week. Although they were more understanding, I got a similar reaction from them as well (luckily I have been able to move them closer to my side over the years).

There's my story. Sorry it isn't that detailed but it has been a long time. Please share yours, I am very interested to hear the experiences of others.