well as I said my OP was wink wink nudge nudge but since you addressed it I will reply that news was less biased back then, not so many agendas. The news that was to be had was more thought out and less speculative. You got one Sears and One JC Penny's catalog per year if I remember right. Rolling stone was still a somewhat underground magazine at least until Spin came along. I really don't remember "black Fridays" back then but then again there was only the local newspaper to alert you (or local tv commercials) of sales the day after thanksgiving (at K-Mart) but I don't remember people camping out to be first in line.
When you say "Nothing has really changed except you don't have to be at home or a phone booth to do all those things now." ....well that in and of itself has changed society immensely because society in general has become insulated, for instance. I was waiting at a Pizza place yesterday for my takeout pizza and a couple in front of me were waiting on their two slices to eat in store. They weren't reading People magazine and they weren't having a conversation (with each other)...they were both eyes glued to their smart phones typing away and this couple was in their late forties or early fifties. So I'd say things have changed.
Lol at the "people are slightly more literate now as they use (modified) written language " . ....I fixed that one 4 U.
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