The only ads I ever paid any notice to were toy commercals, which usually only advertised new toys. I believed for the longest time that only new things were advertised on television. I'll never forget the pepsi commmercial that made me realize my error...
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that commercials would only go away when you bought the product that was being advertised.— Hayabusa
- I used to think that if a movie was advertised on the side of a bus, that meant it was really good. — Aretia
- I used to believe that you could break open the Television and get the toys— Certeria
- When i was about 4 or 5, for the longest time, i believed that the preist of our church was god.— hunnybee
- For the longest time I believed New Hampshire was New Hamster and that was where all the hamsters came from. — Giny
- I used to believe that realistic looking toys could actually see. But only the shadows of things.— Micah Dunlap