arctic pie (he/him) to No Stupid [email protected]English • 1 year agoWhy did/do people refer to TV as "boob tube"?message-square19fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy did/do people refer to TV as "boob tube"?arctic pie (he/him) to No Stupid [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
I’ve heard this phrase so many times in my life I dont even think about it, but the more I dwell on it, I dont really get it
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI’ve also heard “squack box” implying it’s a loud obnoxious thing. Conjures up images of the bouncing TV in the Calvin and Hobbes comics
My mom calls it the idiot box. Aptly named, i suppose.
I’ve also heard “squack box” implying it’s a loud obnoxious thing. Conjures up images of the bouncing TV in the Calvin and Hobbes comics
Most definitely!