I used to believe that when you turned the TV off ,all the programs would stop. so i would leave the TV on when there was a program i didnt like just because i thought it was the only way to watch the next one.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought cartoons were for kids and "real-life programs" for adults.— Ichigo
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - From a TV news program about freedom fighters, I though that `Gorrillas` could use guns.— adrian
- I used to believe that rocket ran on gasoline and that in order to save gas, we should end the space program.Anon
- when i was little i thought that toys had parties wee little partys when you would leave home— Dominique Tello