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Yeah, I think he's wrong by 25 years or so. The cheapest way 50 years ago was still TV.

• YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago
  Also, kids 50 years ago already had ATARI consoles.
  • kragen 5y ago
    In 01972? Maybe Pong, but that was at the pizza parlor, not in your house. And it sure wasn't cheap.
    • vba616 5y ago
      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.
      • kragen 5y ago
        Yeah, but 50 years ago, Atari's home video game machines were still 5 years in the future.
        • vba616 5y ago
          I wasn't there, but going by Wikipedia, 1972 was about when they started doing something.
          • kragen 5y ago
            Yup, Pong.
• vba616 5y ago
  Cheapest? Help me out here. When and how was a TV cheaper than telling stories?
  • hallway_monitor 5y ago
    Time is money baby
    • vba616 5y ago
      Let's say you make $$$/hr with unlimited overtime. Can you draw a schematic for me to understand how buying a TV saves money?