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When I was a kid, everyone craned their neck to watch console televisions that sat on the floor.
Now everyone cranes their neck to watch wall-mounted, mantel-ruining televisions that sit up near the ceiling.
This is an architectural disaster.
Now everyone cranes their neck to watch wall-mounted, mantel-ruining televisions that sit up near the ceiling.
This is an architectural disaster.
I jest (slightly), but I really do think that what has been done to millions of American fireplaces is quite regrettable.
It's interesting to think about how the culture of watching TV has changed (and how it hasn't) over the decades - the placement and prominence (or not) of televisions in rooms, the amount of time the TV is left on, etc.
I am plagued by some degree of guilt that our living room is arranged around a television. It's a small house, with rather limited options. . .but my conscience tells me that's a bit too-convenient of an excuse.
I've noticed that, at least in my own experience, it's far less common for people to just leave the TV on all day than it was when I was a kid.
I honestly don't ever remember the TV not being on at my grandparents house, except when someone in the family had died.
We spent little time actually watching TV over there, but it was always on - we conversed alongside Fred Sanford, Archie Bunker, and George Jefferson.
We spent little time actually watching TV over there, but it was always on - we conversed alongside Fred Sanford, Archie Bunker, and George Jefferson.
