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Probably a lot. There's a lot of compelling entertainment today that didn't exist 20 years ago.



Sure there’s something for everyone but 20 years ago people sat in front of cable tv ad infinitum.


And 60 years before that dad sat in his chair reading the paper and listening to the radio until bed. Maybe the only thing keeping back the bmi was the dad in this time was smoking like a chimney and grew up slight and malnourished to begin with in the great depression.




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