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Re: Tell me... said by mod_wastrel:does watching not even a tenth that much make my viewing consumption less than average? or, in a better sense, better than average? (Well, I feel better for having watched so little.) The real question is, do we consume TV? or does TV consume us? I know that many who work don't watch much at all they must be talking about the unemployed who has too much freetime  |
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| said by jadebangle:said by mod_wastrel:does watching not even a tenth that much make my viewing consumption less than average? or, in a better sense, better than average? (Well, I feel better for having watched so little.) The real question is, do we consume TV? or does TV consume us? I know that many who work don't watch much at all they must be talking about the unemployed who has too much freetime Hey what about retired people who don't have to work any more.
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said by Caddyroger:said by jadebangle:said by mod_wastrel:does watching not even a tenth that much make my viewing consumption less than average? or, in a better sense, better than average? (Well, I feel better for having watched so little.) The real question is, do we consume TV? or does TV consume us? I know that many who work don't watch much at all they must be talking about the unemployed who has too much freetime Hey what about retired people who don't have to work any more. As you get older you watch less and less
The kids watch the most, nearly as much as they spent in school. 151 hours a month is only true for children but for adults its actually much less say 20-40hrs a month
How many of us have time to watch more then a couple of hour of tv after we are done with work? Most teen who have a part time job watch a little more say 60-80 hours a month
TV is no way to live your life. Its an addiction like gambling, cigarette, beer, video games
Life is either too boring or dull for some to watch that much television. I have better things to do, I have a hobby.  |
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CWCville USA | said by jadebangle:As you get older you watch less and less The kids watch the most, nearly as much as they spent in school. 151 hours a month is only true for children but for adults its actually much less say 20-40hrs a month You're mis-interpreting the statistics;
It's not that when we turn 80, we'll automatically hate tv. It's that people who are 80 years old now never watched that much tv when they were younger. Even the people who are now 30-40 grew up in a time when most people only had 8 channels, and none of them were even broadcasting between 10PM and 7 AM. Of course those generations wont be as used to watching hours and hours of TV. |
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| Actually, the younger you are the more likely it is that you grew up in front of a TV that was being used more as a baby-sitter than anything else. So, now those people feel "lost" without a TV constantly feeding them. (To paraphrase B5, "The TV is mother. The TV is father."; they have an emotional attachment to it.) The older you are the more likely it is that you simply watch those specific shows you like and ignore the rest as the drivel they are, because you didn't have that experience as a child. (Studies have shown that watching TV for extended periods has pretty much the same effect on the brain as many mind-altering drugs.) |
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james
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CWCville USA | said by mod_wastrel:(Studies have shown that watching TV for extended periods has pretty much the same effect on the brain as many mind-altering drugs.) Studies have shown that 99% of people who quote unnamed "studies" are lying or grossly exaggerating. |
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| What? I'm supposed to remember every little thing I've ever read on every topic I've come across? Google it yourself. (And I'm not saying the studies in question are necessarily "true". Two studies can take the same data and come up with different conclusions. But, given what I know about how perception can alter brain chemistry--and vice versa, I don't doubt the findings of these particular studies at all. You, however, may certainly feel free to do just that. )
The real point is, however, that too many people watch too much television for no better reason than they'd rather sit there and watch flashing images and listen to the accompanying sounds because it keeps them from doing anything actually worthwhile with their time, and that's the way they like it... their life... none of my business. |
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james
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CWCville USA | said by mod_wastrel:that's the way they like it... their life... none of my business. Also, it keeps them off our internets, so it cant be all that bad! |
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