when we were little, my sister and I would play on our parents' computer. The computer would crash a lot while running games, and an error message would appear with a bomb icon next to it. when my sister saw that she would run out of the room screaming, because she thought it meant the computer was about to explode.
A childhood belief about computer games

others believed things like this
- When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam
- I used to think cut and paste meant there were scissors and glue inside the computer!Anon
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna
- My cousin thought the BASIC computer command GOTO was prenounced "Got-oo" rather than "Go To"— Richard Davies
- I used to pronounce the word "Computer" as "Crocuta"
Anon - I used to believe Chad Kroeger from Nickelback was computer generated— Indeed