when i was on the computer one day, the screen suddenly turned blank and said that there was a FATAL ERROR. i was so scared by the word FATAL that i thought i was gonna die. my mom WAS right. i was stupid.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to pronounce the word "Computer" as "Crocuta"
Anon - I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- When i was little i was so scared of cats, because i taught the turned in to tigers if you saw them.Anon
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna
- My cousin thought the BASIC computer command GOTO was prenounced "Got-oo" rather than "Go To"— Richard Davies
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny