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makeitdouble 5 days ago

Imagine talking with someone face to face and there's a giant tv right behind you pumping inflammatory news headlines.

That's a present day situation but I never seen anyone shaking their fist at tvs screens in cafes.

incone123 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The square in the middle of Woolwich, London has a giant screen showing BBC News all day. No idea who decided to put that there but it gives the place a strong 1984 feel.

izacus 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Probably because many of us avoid such cafes? The "wall plastered with TVs bar" seems to be much less popular here and those places are aggressively unpleasant for me.

Vinnl 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oof, I hate that. Luckily most cafes over here don't have TVs, or even clocks, for exactly that reason. I've been in countries where TVs in cafes are more common, and I don't know how you put up with it.

pnut 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Obviously, they don't have the gesture bracelet for the TVs yet.