I used to think that the people in the commercials were doing the commercial 'live' each time. I would follow along each time to see if they did anything different.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that santa came to your house at a different time depending on where you live.
— santa 1:00 am - When I was a little girl, I used to believe that there were little people behind on TV moving all the time — Tayde
- last time when the television was on i thought the people were performing in it -.-
— irritated kid - i used to believe that the sun/moon would follow me because i could see it where ever i was.— Omar
- for some time I used to think that at a drug store people really sold drugs.— NEO_ryu
- I use to think that when you say a "one-way" stree sign you had to follow it.— Ron