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Originally Posted by mikeo80
Some other things we would not have seen IF T2K happened.
2) Teenage Moms
5) Retirement of Space Shuttles (Maybe even some new ones??)
10) ALL of the damn Judge TV shows
These are a few off of the top of my head.
My $0.02
Mike
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2) Teen pregnancy happened IRL long before the Twilight War. With economic and other conditions brought about by the war, I think a case could be made that teen pregnancy could increase; some girls might end up "doing what is necessary" just to get some food in her belly.
5) Again, economic conditions of the time and after the war runs down. I'd expect in the decade or two after the war ends, NASA would be running on a tight budget. However, I think as soon as monetary conditions allowed, the US would want to get back into that game, expecting the Soviets are doing the same.
10) Judge shows existed by the mid 1980s, I know because my ma used to watch a few of them back then.
What might be really great is a lessening of "trash TV", like Springer or Maury. I vaguely recall in the 90s Maury was at least trying to be respectable; of course now he only does shows with skanks who bring in a dozen or so guys trying to find the one who is the daddy.
Now I'm thinking what WOULD happen with TV during and after the war. Of course, areas hit by EMP would have lost the ability to watch, but what about the other areas? I imagine once the daily toils of keeping alive were done for the day, people would be eager for anything to take their minds away from reality, if even for an hour.