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Re: Tell me... 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
join:2001-02-26
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
join:2001-02-26
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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