arctic pie (he/him) ( arcticpiecitylights@beehaw.org ) to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agoWhy did/do people refer to TV as "boob tube"?message-squaremessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up126file-text
arrow-up126message-squareWhy did/do people refer to TV as "boob tube"?arctic pie (he/him) ( arcticpiecitylights@beehaw.org ) to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
I’ve heard this phrase so many times in my life I dont even think about it, but the more I dwell on it, I dont really get it
minus-squareHannahBecz ( HannahBecz@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoI think the argument there is to personally be able to verify the original meaning hasn’t been changed by whoever is telling you what it says.
I think the argument there is to personally be able to verify the original meaning hasn’t been changed by whoever is telling you what it says.