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		superquest on Dec 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ESPN subscriber losses raise questions about the T... It's funny - my couch potato father just retired 3 weeks ago. After 10 years of trying, I had totally given up teaching him to watch YouTube or Netflix. When I called him a few nights back and asked him what he did that day, he told me he spent all day watching YouTube. Made me wonder how many other baby boomers might do this once retirement gives them more energy to try new things ...

6stringmerc on Dec 10, 2016 [–]

I wonder if there's a case to introduce Boomers to The AV Club "Wiki Wormhole"[1] series to show the internet isn't all memes and cats and uh, things we don't want to show them they can find for themselves if they really want...

[1] http://www.avclub.com/features/wiki-wormhole/

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