so just found out about this check it out not so long ago there was this novelty technology called "teevee" not too many people know about this you would sit and watch stuff, sitcoms or news or whatever not like Netflix tho, see . . .
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You had to watch things at certain times, the same times as everyone else (unless you were in a different time zone) And there were only three things on at once! Plus sometimes a government station And you know what people ate this shit up, like 10 hours a day Crazy thing is,
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people LOST THEIR GODDAMN MINDS about teevee not like normal people but the Intellectuals, they absolutely hated it attributed all kinds of disorders to it, thought it was Ruining Our Country and turning people into zombies and that kind of nonsense barmy right?
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And really quickly it ended up super regulated Lots of political controls and speech codes and stuff Fringes got pushed out, actors had to toe the line or they'd get blackballed, that kind of thing
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I'm not sure this timeline is correct; the Hays Code was applied to film before television had been invented.
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Sorry, we're all out of history. We only have libertarian bromides available.
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"when i want to know what you think-- ill never want to know what you think" (thats from a teevee show)
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