When I was a kid, my dad would warn us not to break the TV screen because it would implode. I didn't know what implode meant, so I assumed he meant explode. I was often afraid to sleep near it, because I thought it would blow up.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- I thought if something was radioactive it meant if you turn on a radio near it it would blow up— Nate
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- I thought that socialism just meant being social and didn't get why anyone would be against it!— Olcasgean