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I mean to be fair, usually these were tucked away in the back of a heavy, wooden TV cabinet where it was dark and difficult to reach into to match the colours, even with a torch; and you couldn’t just feel your way around the back to plugging them in because they all felt the same.
Kids be like wtf you didn't have flashlights yet?
Torches in this context are flashlights.
... Yes... That's the joke.
No mirrors back then, too /s