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National TV Turn Off Week
beforewisdom writes "Next week (April 19th - 25th 2004) is National TV Turn Off Week in the USA. Among the many benefits claimed by tvturnoff.org is that 90% of the people who participate in a TV Turnoff Week successfully reduce the amount of television they watch permanently."
People who claim holier-than-thou that they watch "almost no tv" are full of it. Scratch a little deeper and find out people watch moe than they claim.
I hate TV becuase I consider it to be a tool of government and corporate control and I dont want to be affected. So I dont have a TV in my house and I dont watch. I live a different life becuase of that and my choice I've made.
:) Gotta check that one out, trust me!
Just to make sure you're aware... The Unibomber felt the same way about technology too... Just want to make sure you know who your neighbors are.
I have a TV, but only watch the news and usually the history channel. Lots of good stuff on there like "Mail Call"
But let me know if you start bombing people ok? I'd like to know of nuts in advance... Government control... man you people really do wear tin foil hats around here...
Join a Militia yet?
www.slightlycrewed.com - Because aren't we all?
Quoting MYSELF since some people don't pay attention...
I don't even have HBO, and half the shows mentioned in this thread as "top quality tv" are on HBO
mentioned in this thread... as in, by other people. Understand ? It's even in friggin quotes !
So the shows you listed are not actually good? Is that the point you're trying to make?
Basically you're just saying that there are lots of other shows that suck just as much as the garbage on HBO.
I'm not saying the stuff isn't somewhat entertaining, it's just nothing new. Same jokes, different context. Some new jokes. I turned away from TV for the most part because it's mostly no longer creative or innovative, it's just more new shows that are really just old shows in disguise.
I don't know why I'm arguing with you. You said Crank Yankers was good. Does that show suck? YEEEEEEESS! Does it have the most annoying character on TV? YEEEEAAAAAH!
True story.
Amen to that.
For years, tv has been liberally biased. Yet I believe one of the reason why the Democrats have lost power in the House and Senate is that the popular tv stations were broadcasting the liberal dogma. What happened was that while liberals were watching their tv sets, conservatives were building political networks. The end result was that the liberal programming actually dumbed down the viewers so that their political effectiveness extended little beyond repeating the same tired, old expressions taught to them by TV. They knew what they were supposed to feel and think, but lacked the ability to actually change their world.
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