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80s Quote by Dan Mangan

“I remember somebody saying, "I feel really bad for kids…” quote by Dan Mangan — Download Open image

“I remember somebody saying, "I feel really bad for kids growing up around iPads right now. It's just too complicated. Life's too complicated." I think, yeah, but I remember being a kid and holding up a new piece of technology that was made in the '80s and my grandparents going, "Oh, it's too complicated." It didn't seem complicated to me.”

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