reply to post by Mad_Hatter
"The REAL Problem in America: The Biggest Drug Addiction Known to Man "
" When will we realize that it is no one's fault but our own."
lmao
Everytime I see someone oogeling a large teevee @ bestbuy or costco, I look for a chance to make my comments....which are usually along the lines
of;
" great technology, too bad the programming doesn't match "
I usually get a look like, their looking for antennas in my head or they get a soured look...because it never occurred to them, and I disrupted their
fantasy..
But the truth is, you can't tell folks who are deep in the rabbit hole, that they are deep in a rabbit hole, because they don't know it, and they
surely won't snap out of it from this post or anything else.
Those who are aware, can only plant seeds, [ I plant shock seeds..

] and hope they eventually grow.
I've found, that people do popular things, because of socialized expectations, and history/tradition and peer pressure to conform. So, even if they
really weren't interested, they find something about it, to focus on, that they do enjoy...eventually they forget about that they really weren't too
interested in the beginning, but to not be an outcast, they just went along.
If enough people start a family "teevee banning party", [ or something similar, to counter the crap on teevee ] the pressure from the grass roots
will start. with any luck at all, it may spead from a family, to a neighborhood, then town, then?!?!?
you may find this interesting;
www.hollywoodunmasked.com...
Frank Zappa did a song about the crap we see on teevee... " I am the Slime on the Video, I'm oozing along on your living room floor"
I had to go find the lyrics, so here's a few more words;
" I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed
I am the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin' out
From your TV set "
good post...another star for you
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