In the early days of the internet, the first time my computer gave me the now ubiquitous error message "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" I was honestly scared. I immediately logged off, shut off the machine, and went to the window to see if the cops were coming to arrest me for trying to find help for my math homework.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that dragonflies would sew your mouth shut.Anon
- i used to believe that drangonfly's would sew your mouth shutAnon
- I used to believe that if you told a lie, Dragonflies will come and sew your mouth shut. For real.— Casey
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- I used to think that Legal and Illegal meant the same thing (illegal)— Dhruv