When I was 10 I was jealous of the fact that my friend had a cell phone and I didn't, and when I asked my mother why this was she told me that it was because prolonged cell phone use could cause brain cancer. From then onwards and up until the age of 12, I straight-up refused to use cell phones (even in emergencies) and I even used to go around "warning" people about the dangers of using them. Then, up until the age of 13, I would only use cell phones when absolutely necessary. It wasn't until the age of 14 when I learned in physics class that the waves emitted from cell phones pose no health risk.
A childhood belief about telephones
others believed things like this
- Yep I thought the Zephyr song was fly away on my cell phone— Jenny
- I thought the women in Prisoner Cell Block H were actresses banged up in prison themselves.— Reb Kean
- I always thought that my relatives were really tiny, and inside my phone when I talked to them on the phone.Anon
- My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- i thougt robers could shoot into the phone and the bullet would come through and hit me— knowledge
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon