arctic pie (he/him)@beehaw.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoWhy did/do people refer to TV as "boob tube"?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up118file-text
arrow-up118message-squareWhy did/do people refer to TV as "boob tube"?arctic pie (he/him)@beehaw.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-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-squareLinkOpensChest.wavlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoI should add that the “tube” part comes from TVs back then using cathode ray tube (CRT) technology
I should add that the “tube” part comes from TVs back then using cathode ray tube (CRT) technology