Like most kids, I learned a lot of what I knew from TV, which includes a substantial amount of disinformation. One really scary episode of Family Matters led me to beleive that beepers (and pagers, since I didnt know the difference) were a dangerous commody linked to drug and gang activity. when my (already kinda scary) uncle's beeper went off at a family party, I freaked out and asked my dad if Uncle Joe was in a gang. My dad told me that he was and I thought he was some kind of Irish mobster for a long time.
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- When I was a little kid. I thought that police officers were a gang of mean people who bullied others.— LOOL
- Until I was well along in years I always thought our family was Irish because my dads birthday was March 17th— Gladys
- I used to think that 'black comedy' was show like Family Matters and The Cosby Show.— Katie
- My uncle harry has a very long beard and a hariy face. I used to think he was a wizard.Anon
- I was about 6 and thought my family invented the fart because I never heard anyone outside my family do it.— Bob
- my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles