wondering

What did people do in the evenings when TV and computers didn't exist?
I remember my parents (as when they were young the TV program lasted for only a few hours) meeting a lot with their friends. They were talking and playing cards. Sometimes they were even dancing.
Now we are coming at home and the first thing to do is turn on the TV. In our case, it's the computer, each his/hers.
We'll all die strangled by cables.