When I was like 4 or 5 (don't remember exactly), I asked my dad why we had to turn off the computer after that "It is now safe to turn off your computer." thing appeared. He said it would blow up if we didn't do that. I was always careful to shut down the computer at the right time until I saw my dad just push the off button on the computer and nothing happened.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to pronounce the word "Computer" as "Crocuta"
Anon - I used to believe Chad Kroeger from Nickelback was computer generated— Indeed
- When I was a child, I believed that thunder was God playing on the computer.
— Gabriela - I used to beleive that the computer bugs were real creatures that lived in your pc and ate away at it.— BoBo
- When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna