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    12 hours ago

    Man imprisoned in 1900 and released in 1950 wonders why everyone reads newspapers and drives cars.

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      6 hours ago

      Man imprisoned in the 60’s and released in the 2010’s would have his mind blown

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      10 hours ago

      LOL, newspapers exploded around 1830. :) Maybe, ‘using electricity and driving cars’.

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          10 hours ago

          Was thinking on magazines standing in line at CVS. They had quite a selection so I assume people still buy them, but who?! GenX is well beyond caring and most Boomers are tech literate enough. Weird.

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            7 hours ago

            I remember all those kids going door to door selling magazine subscriptions when I was a teenager. Obviously people still buy them. I think my wife got a Vogue last time we traveled but that was a few years ago and we had not bought one since we last traveled a few years before that.

            So we have bought two magazines in the last five years or so. I would be interested to see just who is still buying them. I read somewhere that they are more popular than newspapers.