What if we talked about over-60s’ screen time as we talk about young people’s?
The idea here seems to be that it&#x27;s OK for people to watch hours of TV a day every day.<p>I find it amusing that they consider TV-watching &quot;the traditional British way&quot;. It&#x27;s the traditional working class British way, sure. It&#x27;s a status symbol here to _not_ have a TV, or to have a tiny one like 15&quot; in a large room.<p>The issue is really that doing _anything_ mindlessly is a waste of life. TV, flicky flicky lighty box things like TikTok, and World of Warcraft enable that in exactly the same way.<p>And yeah, I played years of that shit when I was younger. A complete waste. Am I still here? Sure. Did it have some minor benefits? Sure. Would I recommend it? No, huge waste of time.<p>There&#x27;s also an enormous difference here in that older people often can&#x27;t really do much else. My grandma finds it difficult to read books because her eyesight is going and lots of physical pursuits are out for obvious reasons. Cosying up in front of the TV is comfortable for a woman living out the end of her days.