I used to think that the laugh tracks you hear during tv shows were actual people who were watching the same show at home, and you could hear them laughing through the speakers, and they could hear me. So every once in a while I got annoyed at the laughing and yelled "SHUT UP" into the speakers.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you spoke into the speakers that they would hear it at the radio station. — natalie
- When i was about 5 years old, i used to believe that everything i thought people could hear!Anon
- I used to think that the laugh track on sitcoms were the camera men, directors, other actors, ect. laughing.Anon
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- I used to believe the angels were in the speakers at church because of the loud female voice singing.Anon
- I used to believe that no one could hear me when I hummed — Grace