Any particular reason you've stopped posting under your account and gone full AC? You think I'm not toying with you the very same way you think you're toying with me? Go ahead, have your fun.
Very few would consider a show glorifying the most reviled biblical character a "Christian" show, my friend. In fact, I'd say only the most ignorant would make that connection.
It comes down to why you do things, moreso than what you do. For example, killing is generally considered wrong, but killing someone who's about to kill a lot more people saves those people and, thus, would be viewed by most as the right thing to do.
Oh yes, please, let me detail my life to a stranger on the internet. No, sorry, I have better things to do and would, honestly, rather not let you know when I will or will not be home, for hopefully obvious reasons.
And you continue with your incorrect assumption, despite having been told once already that your are incorrect. Maybe you're the one spending too much time trying to life-coach people on the internet who you know nothing about?
First slavery, then Jim Crow, then the Red Scares, then the War on Some Drugs, then the War on Terror...
And all of those occurences were learned of through what, fucking mental osmosis? Telepathy? No, the fucking news.
The time spend watching some inane talking head yammering away could be better spent volunteering for the ACLU or Innocence Project.
As long as those organizations continue to have your best interest at heart, assuming they currently do, or ever did. If you limit yourself to their echo chamber, you'll never know the difference.
You don't think it's worth knowing that your 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendment rights are under attack? Fisrt we lose the 2nd (which guard the 1st and 4th), then the 1st (which also guards the 4th), then... well, prepare your anus, because the searches will never cease.
That's an extreme worst-case scenario, of course, but not entirely out of the realm of possibility if we lose our ability to defend the few rights we've managed to retain thus far.
That's not entirely true; you could have two majority groups of roughly the same size (close enough as to be statistically insignificantly different). In this case, Christians are the majority, split roughly equally into conservative, moderate, and liberal. That's three majorities, right there.
You assume me to be an average American. My friend, the average American reads this report and thinks the average American watches 7hr 50min of TV every day because they don't realize that the word "household" means "more than one person". My previous post should be a dead giveaway that I'm a bit above average in that regard.
That said, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. If the news truly is enemy propaganda, all the more reason to keep your eyes on it.
Sounds like the average American spends 5 of their 8 non-work-non-sleep hours each day doing things other than watching TV. The size of the average US household is 2.54 people, meaning the average American watches 3hr 2min of TV per day. Perhaps still a bit excessive, but remember that will include those who watch none and those who are unemployed and watch 10-12hr/day, as well. Nice (incorrect) assumption in your parenthetical, there, as well.
That, and the fact that unlike yours, the average US household consists of more that one person.
The size of the average American household is 2.58 people, which brings the average per-person down to 3hr 2min. That sounds about right, actually: in Stereotypeville, Mom might leave the TV on while she cooks and cleans, which could account for 5-6 hours, leaving 2-3 hours for Dad, Little Timmy, and his sister, Alice. That's only one hour each and, unless Dad watches the news, in which case Little Timmy and Alice have only watched a single half-hour show each, unless they also watched the news and/or both watch the same shows.
For a family of four, it could be Mom watching the news in the morning, dad watching the news in the evening (we're up to 4hr now), each kid watching an hour of their favorite shows (that brings us to 6hr), and the family sitting together for the evening with the TV on while they play a board game.
Mom and dad will have watched 4hr each, half of which will have been the news, while the kids only took in 3hr each, though 2hr of that would have been as a backdrop to family bonding over other activities. In other words, it might sound like a lot to your single-and-living-alone ass, but it's really not that much for the average US household.
What's really annoying is that the good shows often go right over most peoples' heads, so they don't last long. Some good shows do exist that have been on the air practically forever (The Simpsones is one example); usually, these shows have some intelligent content for those of us with a brain (e.g. smart humor in The Simpsons) mixed in with more obvious entertainment for the masses. It's a delicate balance, though -- not enough obvious shit and you lose the audience the advertisers want; too much and it ceases being a good show.
Take Lucifer as an example. Most Christian conservatives aren't going to watch it, simply for its name. The few who do will initially observe that it portrays Lucifer as "the good guy" and tune out. Very few will notice that the series is actually about Lucifer growing and maturing, with a very strong Christian message behind it. Since Christian conservatives are a majority in this country, that means most of the potential audience is gone right out of the gate, and the show is being cancelled after only 3 seasons, despite having built a universe that could easily support 10 or more (just with what we know thus far). Sure, it has its hokey moments, but what show doesn't? If you didn't see it coming already and you actually make it through the first two seasons and what's aired thus far of the third, you learn just what makes it such a great show; if you did see it coming, you have affirmed what you already suspected. Of course [SPOLIER ALERT] the notion that we (and not God) choose whether we view ourselves as devils or angels is offensive to many Christians, so revealing that plot point sooner might not have saved the show, but the show really does make one think and we do need more of that in this country.
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Any particular reason you've stopped posting under your account and gone full AC? You think I'm not toying with you the very same way you think you're toying with me? Go ahead, have your fun.
If that's true, then it means that very few people think.
Mhm.
Until participants get fired for having restricted availability due to the classes they're now taking.
Wow. Paranoid as well as defensive
Neither, just not fucking stupid.
despite your using a pseudonym here as well?
Yes, a pseudonym and a publicly visible email address that happens to be much less of a pseudonym.
I have no need to be paranoid, as I don't go around spreading inflammatory bullshit like some people here.
And you keep assuming I'm a shut-in. Why? Projection, much?
Yes, and there's a vast difference between doing that and doing what b0s0z0ku insisted must be done. Presumably, you recognize this.
I don't think I've ever read something with this high of a nonsense-to-content ratio in my entire life. Good job!
Very few would consider a show glorifying the most reviled biblical character a "Christian" show, my friend. In fact, I'd say only the most ignorant would make that connection.
It comes down to why you do things, moreso than what you do. For example, killing is generally considered wrong, but killing someone who's about to kill a lot more people saves those people and, thus, would be viewed by most as the right thing to do.
That's beyond the capabilities of most users, though, and I'd honeslty be surprised if more iPhones in Russia aren't jailbroken already.
One would first have to know what ebola was.
You're missing the point, of course, which is that you wouldn't know this if you weren't exposed to it.
Oh yes, please, let me detail my life to a stranger on the internet. No, sorry, I have better things to do and would, honestly, rather not let you know when I will or will not be home, for hopefully obvious reasons.
Well, that's one issue that should probably be discussed. How would you know if you weren't watching? In fact, how do you know, if you don't watch?
And you continue with your incorrect assumption, despite having been told once already that your are incorrect. Maybe you're the one spending too much time trying to life-coach people on the internet who you know nothing about?
First slavery, then Jim Crow, then the Red Scares, then the War on Some Drugs, then the War on Terror...
And all of those occurences were learned of through what, fucking mental osmosis? Telepathy? No, the fucking news.
The time spend watching some inane talking head yammering away could be better spent volunteering for the ACLU or Innocence Project.
As long as those organizations continue to have your best interest at heart, assuming they currently do, or ever did. If you limit yourself to their echo chamber, you'll never know the difference.
You're right, brain fart, thank you for feeding me the word I was looking for. Still two groups roughly the same size, though.
You don't think it's worth knowing that your 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendment rights are under attack? Fisrt we lose the 2nd (which guard the 1st and 4th), then the 1st (which also guards the 4th), then... well, prepare your anus, because the searches will never cease.
That's an extreme worst-case scenario, of course, but not entirely out of the realm of possibility if we lose our ability to defend the few rights we've managed to retain thus far.
That's not entirely true; you could have two majority groups of roughly the same size (close enough as to be statistically insignificantly different). In this case, Christians are the majority, split roughly equally into conservative, moderate, and liberal. That's three majorities, right there.
You assume me to be an average American. My friend, the average American reads this report and thinks the average American watches 7hr 50min of TV every day because they don't realize that the word "household" means "more than one person". My previous post should be a dead giveaway that I'm a bit above average in that regard.
That said, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. If the news truly is enemy propaganda, all the more reason to keep your eyes on it.
Sounds like the average American spends 5 of their 8 non-work-non-sleep hours each day doing things other than watching TV. The size of the average US household is 2.54 people, meaning the average American watches 3hr 2min of TV per day. Perhaps still a bit excessive, but remember that will include those who watch none and those who are unemployed and watch 10-12hr/day, as well. Nice (incorrect) assumption in your parenthetical, there, as well.
I didn't say they were the majority...
What am I missing?
I think it's this:
per household
That, and the fact that unlike yours, the average US household consists of more that one person.
The size of the average American household is 2.58 people, which brings the average per-person down to 3hr 2min. That sounds about right, actually: in Stereotypeville, Mom might leave the TV on while she cooks and cleans, which could account for 5-6 hours, leaving 2-3 hours for Dad, Little Timmy, and his sister, Alice. That's only one hour each and, unless Dad watches the news, in which case Little Timmy and Alice have only watched a single half-hour show each, unless they also watched the news and/or both watch the same shows.
For a family of four, it could be Mom watching the news in the morning, dad watching the news in the evening (we're up to 4hr now), each kid watching an hour of their favorite shows (that brings us to 6hr), and the family sitting together for the evening with the TV on while they play a board game.
Mom and dad will have watched 4hr each, half of which will have been the news, while the kids only took in 3hr each, though 2hr of that would have been as a backdrop to family bonding over other activities. In other words, it might sound like a lot to your single-and-living-alone ass, but it's really not that much for the average US household.
What's really annoying is that the good shows often go right over most peoples' heads, so they don't last long. Some good shows do exist that have been on the air practically forever (The Simpsones is one example); usually, these shows have some intelligent content for those of us with a brain (e.g. smart humor in The Simpsons) mixed in with more obvious entertainment for the masses. It's a delicate balance, though -- not enough obvious shit and you lose the audience the advertisers want; too much and it ceases being a good show.
Take Lucifer as an example. Most Christian conservatives aren't going to watch it, simply for its name. The few who do will initially observe that it portrays Lucifer as "the good guy" and tune out. Very few will notice that the series is actually about Lucifer growing and maturing, with a very strong Christian message behind it. Since Christian conservatives are a majority in this country, that means most of the potential audience is gone right out of the gate, and the show is being cancelled after only 3 seasons, despite having built a universe that could easily support 10 or more (just with what we know thus far). Sure, it has its hokey moments, but what show doesn't? If you didn't see it coming already and you actually make it through the first two seasons and what's aired thus far of the third, you learn just what makes it such a great show; if you did see it coming, you have affirmed what you already suspected. Of course [SPOLIER ALERT] the notion that we (and not God) choose whether we view ourselves as devils or angels is offensive to many Christians, so revealing that plot point sooner might not have saved the show, but the show really does make one think and we do need more of that in this country.
Not just deaf people, anyone who can't hear mid- or high-ultrasound, which is, well, everyone.