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		noduerme 51 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly Just got back from Reno, and I can confirm that there are hundreds of old ladies there addicted to playing video games all day. (But I grew up in Vegas, and this ain't news... The Economist should check their local slot parlor, or fruit machines or whatever they call it there).

yapyap 51 days ago [–]

Oh yeah, the videos of the (mostly elderly) sitting in front of a slot machine just pulling the lever like a zombie are dystopian.

And in the even worse cases they don’t even get up to go to the bathroom anymore. They just let it all loose.

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