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> it just so happens the cheapest entertainment these days is in fact in your own house.

These days? That is pretty much true since advent of home computers in 80s/90s.




Maybe late 90's. 80's Home computers were fairly expensive if you adjust for inflation and media was limited (and far from instant. Oh, the dial-up days where even saving a Gamefaqs guide could take minutes. Can only wonder how the early 90's went). In addition, it was much cheaper than today to go out on a bar crawl or even the arcades.

But i think we both agree entertainment got cheaper while outside life more expensive. We can grab internet connected devices for barely $100 and a single entertainment subscription (Netflix, Gamepass, Spotify) is maybe $10/month for an entire catalog. I can't even go out for lunch for $10 unless I do Costco.


In the 1980s, it was typically things away from the computer - renting videos or video games from Blockbuster and things like that. Not to mention all of the actually interesting things on cable.

The local video store would run a deal over the summers when I was a kid where you paid $30 and got three, two night rentals (new releases excluded) a week for the summer school break. Being able to grab a new game or movie every other day (since you were already there to return the previous one on time) was great.




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