When I was younger, I always noticed that all the commercials on television were always of things we didn't have, whether it be some new toy or an insurance company. After we switched phone companies, we suddenly started getting commercials for our old company and stopped seeing the one we had switched to. It made me think that all companies kept track of what we had purchased so they could concentrate their advertising on those who did not have their product.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought that the insurance company Aflac was owned by Ben AffleckAnon
- I used to believe that commercials would only go away when you bought the product that was being advertised.— Hayabusa
- When I was younger I thought that if I ate Gusher's, my head would turn into fruit, like in the commercialsAnon
- Thanks to the commercials,I believed that Philadelphia Cream Cheese was made by Jesus.— Too Literal
- For some reason I thought any 4X4 vehicle would pull a wheelie when switched into 2 wheel drive.— Richard Davies
- i used to believe that when a person moved away, they switched houses with the person that bought their house— alli