When I was little, my family had a stereo system with the speakers standing upright. This is the way it was set up all through my childhood. I used to believe that if the speakers were put on their sides, the music would come out sideways.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you spoke into the speakers that they would hear it at the radio station. — natalie
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- I used to believe the angels were in the speakers at church because of the loud female voice singing.Anon
- i used to believe that stomach aches were farts stuck in sideways. — amanda p.
- My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
Anon - Not me but my classmate. He thought that stereotyping was listening to the stereo.Anon