When was about 5-7 I thought when we turned off the TV, the people stayed there, ya know like frozen there, until we turned the TV back on.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- I used to believe that when people talked about 4x4 trucks, I thought it meant all the wheels turned.
— tracy - That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- I used to think that there were small people on TV who worked when I turned on the TV— JAVIER
- I used to believe that when people died, they turned brown just like plants do when THEY die.— Joey Schwartzman
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana