when i was a little kid (about 5), i thought there were little people in computer speakers. I thought whenever you would turn the volume up a little needle poked their butts to make them be louder. So (being a kind person) i always turned the speaker down.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana
- I used to think that when Dad turned the radio up in the car the artist was made to sing louder!!— Sparks
- I thought if I poked people on the tv in the eye, they would feel it and go 'ow'. — Helen W
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna
- I used to believe that they got the lunchmeat bologna from cutting off dead people's butts.— angie
- I thought that cars could only make turns when you used the turn signals...— Toby