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Without mentioning smartphones or social media, what societal changes have you noticed over the course of your lifetime? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Originally it was going to be "over the last twenty years" but I decided to be more flexible.

A lot of discussions about how society has changed or how the world is different always circle around to smartphones, social media, "no one talks to each other in person, they're on their phones always" and the like.

Outside of those topics, what else has changed, by your perception?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The death of appointment television.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Appointment television?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

A very popular show that everyone would watch live as it aired the first time. Then you could talk about it with everyone for a week because everyone is on the same episode. There was little to no ways to watch it if you missed it and you'd basically be screwed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Oh I wasn’t allowed to watch tele growing up. No wonder I have no idea what this is

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I haven't heard the term but I assume it means watching TV on the station's schedule. You know, broadcast and cable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

haha my dad was a tech nerd and when he bought his first programmable VCR back in the '80s he was on top of the world. He was recording everything...