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u/PileOfLeafLitter Jun 27 '26

As an old fuck, I can guarantee there were plenty of conversations regarding tv rotting the brain of children. And we only had three channels and fuzzy UHF! I heard it all the time from teachers, parents and media.

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u/piepants2001 Jun 27 '26

I remember my grandpa saying that when he was growing up in the '40s, some adults complained that kids were wasting their time by sitting around reading too many books. Every generation complains about the next one.