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		Americans spend 8 hours a day on screens (breitbart.com)
		9 points by systemtrigger on March 28, 2009 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 4 comments

xenophanes on March 28, 2009 | [–]

I may be an American, but I am not a statistic.

I don't spend 8 hours a day on screens.

I spend 13.

PS LOL, they counted a cell phone as a screen. And GPS navigation units.

colins_pride on March 28, 2009 | [–]

Mostly just people rotting their brains on TV ..

xenophanes on March 28, 2009 | [–]

Does insulting TV-watchers expand your mind?

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xenophanes on March 28, 2009 | | [–]

And you can tell who's who based on how much time they spend on it?

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