Now we can't even be bothered to peel a tiny sticker off a piece of fruit.

If I torrent anything my cable modem will lose its connection. I can go for weeks at a time with no problem but if I decide to torrent a TV show I missed my connection will be dead within 20 minutes and I have to power cycle the modem. It is very annoying.

If the parent poster is a troll, how the heck is the GP not a troll?

Many people still work in factories in these conditions. Take a drive to the industrial side of town. You will see a lot of open windows in factories.

There is no way that most people under 40 get most of their TV from the internet. Yeah, I really want to sit in front of a desk watching a show on my computer monitor on computer speakers when I have a comfortable sofa, 50" plasma, and a surround sound system sitting in the other room.