There was no button to click or mouse or anyway to suddenly start watching entertaining clips. If you were desperate you could get up turn on the tele and rotate a clunky dial to one of four channels to watch some dreadful and extremely limited daytime TV options. Probably why people wrote betterer back then. Alternatively, you'd just get stoned and think about how great things are - before getting the munchies.
When in the day you get FRESH thoughts? How often and for how long? When I say fresh, I mean original; emanating from your own series of thoughts - culminating in a spark that is new to the world. We spend a lot of time worrying about shit - past, present and future. We also spend a lot of time thinking about satisfying our animal instincts. Then, we spend a lot of time absorbing things thrust upon us through TV, film and the internet. How much time is left for thinking our own stuff in a day? Not much.
I like to try and get in a good chunk of fresh thought creation every day. This requires alone time, preferably in nature. Walking, at the beach, sitting watching life pass by.... that kind of thing. It's most enjoyable and the more you do it, the more you like it. Forgive me if I'm going to far, but, I daresay, fresh thoughts are the new sex.