Turn the dial. Flip the switch. Turn the knob, grab the remote, punch in the channel, and let go. Hours and hours drift past as flickering lights wash across unblinking eyes, an endless cacophony of sights, sounds, messages, advertisements, and ideals being pumped directly into a limp brain. This is the reality that was warned against throughout the '80s, a world obsessed and enslaved to television. What was once a technological marvel of the 1950’s devolved into what became known as “the idiot box”, a giant screen that sucked the life out of anyone who sat in front of it for too long. As writer Keith Giffen prophesied, the addiction to television would only become worse as the lines between reality and broadcasted culture blurred.
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