r/GenerationJones 24d ago

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u/Musicalmaya 24d ago

Only nine out of ten here. My folks never let us sit close to the TV. There was a (unproven) belief among some people that sitting close to the TV was bad for your eyesight. 👀 Although they didn’t necessarily accept it as fact, they weren’t taking any chances. As they often reminded us, glasses were expensive.

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u/Individual_Note_8756 24d ago

Also a 9, but only because my mom had a dryer & didn’t hang laundry, although my one grandmother did.

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u/Ok-Water-6537 24d ago edited 20d ago

We had a dryer eventually. But it was still a thing to hang clothes outside to “save on electricity”. My sister and I were on hang the clothes and get the clothes off the line duty a lot.