My mom collected these tiny little glass figurines when I was a kid, and she said if I touched them they would shock me because of static electricity. I believed that until I picked one up at the age of 22.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when there was static on the tv, it would be showing the inside of your body.— Dr.Starr2.0
- I used to think the Static in the TV where millions of flying bugs stuck wanting to escapeAnon
- When I was 4 or so I believed if you touched a dead person you'd die too.— anonymous
- My cousin once told me that glass was made from ground up beetles, and I believed her! — benjymous
- I once believed that if you touched hamburger meat, it would explode!— Dipaloe
- Thanks to my Nan I believed if I picked my nose my head would "cave in!"— Tilly