• anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    This. For better or worse people would gather to watch a show at a particular time and day. It often turned into much more of a social event than a let’s watch this show event. A thirty minute show was a several hour gathering of people. Laughing, eating, having a good time.

    You cannot replicate that using a phone.

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      And you could talk about it the next day with your friends in school.
      A lot less choice and everyone watched the same things.
      The experience can only be compared to a football final these days.