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We watch them on the bus. At work. At play. We have been invaded by screens

We watch them on the bus. At work. At play. We have been invaded by screens

Charlie Brooker:

When a cow saunters by without so much as a single plasma display embedded in its hide, I instinctively film it on my phone, so I can see it on a screen where it won’t freak me out. Then I email a recording to the folks back home, so they can look it up online and tell me what it is. Ooh: apparently it’s a type of animal. I get it now, now it’s on my screen.