Why do my kids waste hours watching millennials play video games on YouTube?
And that's pretty much my point. It's watching, not doing. Therefore, it's wasting time.
WHEN I was 12 or 13, I busied myself with a range of pursuits, from the dumb to the very dumb to the hugely and galactically dumb. Every month, I purchased a new issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. I memorised the entirety of Young MC's debut album, which contained Bust a Move and 12 songs that weren't Bust a Move. I got really, really into Dr. Mario (but I stand by that one, as over time I became startlingly good at it).
When you're in those weird cul…
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