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Consider that for every older person like OP who watches less than 6 hours, someone else is watching more
by michaelhoney 4y ago
Consider that for every older person like OP who watches less than 6 hours, someone else is watching more
- nradov 4y agoAre they really watching, or is the TV just on in the background while they do other stuff?
- itishappy 4y agoAt 42+ hours a week I'm no longer sure it matters.
- ido 4y agoI think for retired people, there mostly isn't all that much other stuff to do.
- hackernewds 4y agoThere used to be
- lostlogin 4y agoThere still is.
- MengerSponge 4y agohttp://bowlingalone.com/ http://bowlingalone.com/
- cafard 4y agoI am not retired, but my wife is. She does watch TV, an hour or two at night. She gardens and volunteers. Various acquaintances who have retired engage in volunteer activities: helping other seniors during health-plan "open season"; organizing free dental clinics in poor counties in Virginia; teaching and tutoring; even making sure that there are bags available for dog-walkers.
- ido 4y agoI would hope to be like that myself, but looking at my parents they did basically nothing after retirement (especially my father, my mother kept an active social life).