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I think we should think about it more as the economic gain being experienced when people don't have these things to distract them.


There was an old joke from I believe Jerry Seinfeld which came out around the time the Y2K scare was in full force.

I am probably going to butcher it as I am no comedian but it went something like:

>All these people are freaking out about this whole Y2K thing. What are we going to do when the internet and computers all stop working?! I always respond with, "I know it will be horrible, it will be like living in the 80s again"

Now clearly I realize if all computers went down there would be real world consequences and issues, however I still like the joke.


Damn, of course ! It's a Stranger Things marketing ploy !


In The Morning, Dude Named Ben.




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