In those days, most people read newspapers, whereas today, most people do not. What caused this change One big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in the newspaper industry would never say so in print. (Dave Barry)

In those days, most people read newspapers, whereas today, most people do not. What caused this change One big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in the newspaper industry would never say so in print.

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