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Sort of like how executives think [[Viewers are Morons|viewers are stupid]], they also think you have the [[Did Not Do the Research|memory of a goldfish, which, according to common legend, lasts about three seconds]].<ref>real life goldfish have been proven to have longer memory; a study concluded a maximum limit of seven months. And, if you don't buy that, it's also been [[MythBusters|busted]]</ref> Because remembering what happens over the course of a ''whole thirty minutes'' or, god forbid, ''an hour'', is too difficult for [[This Loser Is You|your general media consumer,]] there is a handy little device called a [[Flash Back]] that can be used to rewind, oh, five minutes or so to say, "Hey! This just happened, moron!" <ref>[[Ad Break Double Take|It may also be the case that a viewer has tuned in partway through the program or series, and therefore has no memory of what happened even moments earlier.]]</ref> It may also come from an ancient survey that stated that [[We All Live in America|Americans]] change the channel 20 times every minute on average.