my mom always told me that if i kept watching the microwave oven while it was going that i would mutate from the energy waves or something. only later did i not only realize that this probably could never happen but she had no clue what she was talking about.
im still afraid of the microwave though
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could get cancer from looking in the microwave while it was running.— Kayla
- When I was little I thought the microwave was the Michaelwave because my name is Michael.— Michael
- When I was around seven years-old, my friend and I put a rock in a microwave and thought it would melt.— Lars
- I used to believe that all my energy "came from my nipples and my back" I literally said that to my parents.— Eleanor R
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle
- I used to believe the whitewash on waves was actually whale pee.— Tessica