Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:47PM
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Yeah, I think he's wrong by 25 years or so. The cheapest way 50 years ago was still TV.
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Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by vba616 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @08:34PM
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Cheapest? Help me out here. When and how was a TV cheaper than telling stories?
Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by hallway_monitor on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @08:51PM
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Time is money baby
Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by vba616 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:47PM
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Let's say you make $$$/hr with unlimited overtime.
Can you draw a schematic for me to understand how buying a TV saves money?
Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @06:30PM
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Also, kids 50 years ago already had ATARI consoles.
Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by kragen on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:08PM
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In 01972? Maybe Pong, but that was at the pizza parlor, not in your house. And it sure wasn't cheap.
Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by vba616 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:59PM
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Atari was producing home video game machines before long, I guess, but if they sold ~x00,000 units, that was an awfully small percentage of the population.
Some people had (non-kit) microcomputers ~1981, but again, that was an extremely small percentage of the US.
Re:The first fairy stories were never intended for children
by kragen on Thursday January 20, 2022 @12:55AM
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Yeah, but 50 years ago, Atari's home video game machines were still 5 years in the future.