I was absolutely convinced that anything I saw on the television was all live and happening at that second and were all performing for me at that moment. Repeats didn't come into the equation...
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- last time when the television was on i thought the people were performing in it -.-
— irritated kid - I used to believe that I could jump through the television and be where the people were on television.— Ash
- I used to believe that the cold war was happening in Siberia or Alaska.— Liam
- i used to believe anyone who didn't live in my neighborhood was rich.— Spencer
- I used to think that when a movie was 'based on a true story' it was happening for real then and there— Tom
- I used to believe that a 'Flea Circus' really was a circus with performing feas!— Jo Lancashire