My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- i used to believe that stomach aches were farts stuck in sideways. — amanda p.
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I thought if you point the video camera at the TV then both the video camera and the TV will explode.
Anon - My partner thought women used the brown packing tape as wax strips.— Helen
- I thought that an ambassador was simply someone who wore a tuxedo, top hat, and a monocle, and held a cane.— GE