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reply posted on 27-12-2009 @ 12:55 AM by Epsillion70
Look I think I must say here that I do believe that most of us here have two appendages sticking out from ones torso yeah?
Then these appendages are referred to as arms yeah?
And on the end of these arms or hands yeah?
Then at the end of these hands are fingers yeah?
I do believe that when I was a somewhat new Human being some many years ago
I worked out that my Brain controls these Arms and the hands and also the fingers and a few times I got near an appliance called a stove and I worked out a thing could reflex action and almost instantly I was able to withdraw my hand from the appliance that had a high level of heat dissipation and so I avoided what I later learnt was a burn to the skin that could range in intensity of pain yeah?
So I have learnt that there is this Black box that lives on electricity and sits in my lounge room. I thought it was a friend at first but then realised it could synthesis into any of my relatives with its direct communication of vision and sound and was simply like a Window in to the world outside. But unlike any ordinary window. It could distort reality and then my reality if I let the sound and vision keep going incessantly.
Then I remembered I had that appendage on the end of my torso called an arm and then a hand then the fingers etc. Being a Right armed/handed person
I learnt that due to the dissipation of excessive vision and sound my reflex action would kick in and I would hit the red button on the TV with my finger and then I would go outside and pat my Cat or talk to a Neighbour or pick some flowers or read a book.
But I still keep my Black box in the same way I still keep my relatives and friends

[edit on 27-12-2009 by Epsillion70]


reply posted on 27-12-2009 @ 02:16 PM by sumgai
reply to post by downtown436


Good on ya, Mate!

I did the same thing in June 2008. Never felt better or more relaxed in my life. Some people would argue that you could just change the channel, but even then you're bombarded constantly with the psychologically enhanced brainwashing techniques of advertising.

Plus it's way overpriced. I mean I live in Canada, and I don't speak French, or Italian, or Chinese. Yet there are about 5 channels airing programming in these languages 24/7. And if that's not bad enough, there are other useless channels (depending on your taste) that you would never watch. For me it would be:

The TV Guide Channel (I use the built in guide that comes with my digital box)
the religious channel (Not that religious)
the community channel (doesn't affect me one bit)
the shopping channel (I don't buy crap)
the sports channel (not TSN; and I don't watch sports)
The Weather Network (when the 24hour news channel has it on their screen)
YTV - Youth Television; Children's TV (I'm 27)
WTN - The Woman's Television Network (gimme a break)
and FOX.

And that's just basic cable for around $20-25/month. And I'm only using half those channels. If I want more like TLC, or Discovery, I have to pay more and get additional channels that I don't need.

And to top that off, only about 30-50% of the programming is really worth watching, IMO.

So yeah, F it. I cut the cable. The family was pissed off at first, but now they do more productive things like meditation, yoga, and reading. Our quality of life has improved a lot. No more watching TV while eating dinner, being zoned out with our brains glued to the "idiot box".
I've gained more useful knowledge from the internet than I ever would have from watching TV. YouTube alone has been a godsend.

Most of what I used to watch on TV, I now watch on the internet. There's more choice and you're not bogged down by someone else's programming schedule.

[edit on 27-12-2009 by sumgai]


reply posted on 28-12-2009 @ 12:27 PM by Spiramirabilis
reply to post by downtown436



Also it makes this high pitched sound, that I can't really describe, that really really bugs me. Try it. Mute the TV, and tell me what that sound is. Is it the electrons hitting? I don't know, but it sucks.


this part made me laugh :-)

I know exactly - and it drives me crazy too - have similar feelings about my fridge and my computer

my TV just removed itself - died a couple weeks ago from natural causes

I've gone through a few periods in my life without a TV - longest continuous amount of time without one was about 5 years - maybe longer - but 5 for sure (my memory...)

you won't miss it - I never did

the interesting part is the reaction I get from friends and family when I tell them it's gone - you'd think I was going without food

thing is, there is some stuff I will miss - and that would be comedy. It's the antidote to all the toxic crap that I absorb during the day - and when it comes to dumb TV, sometimes the dumber the better

but I have my computer - so I can still find plenty of dumb stuff to keep me sane :-)


reply posted on 31-12-2009 @ 02:29 PM by TheUnCola
Originally posted by Sean48
reply to post by downtown436

I just bought a 52 inch Flat Screen HD

I only bought it to help the economy though.


Last I heard the economy of China was doing OK.

Anyways, you can do more than watch broadcast TV with a screen. Such as... visit this website.


reply posted on 31-12-2009 @ 02:48 PM by without_prejudice
reply to post by downtown436


I guess I'm coming onto this thread a little late, but wanted to share my experience, too.

The beginning of the end for me and TV was the morning of September 11, 2001. I woke up late that morning, answering the phone and being told to turn on the TV, two planes had attacked New York. As I watched the second plane crash into the towers the first time (for me) I told my wife, "This is the CIA. Hijacks like that don't happen in America." After an hour of being bludgeoned with the "event," I turned it off. Shortly after that, we stopped paying the cable bill (not out of protest, my business was just slow at the time, ha ha). I moved the TV (an old 31" Mitsubishi, the thing weighed like 75 pounds) into the bedroom closet and we were amazed at how much space we reclaimed in our tiny apartment living room.

The changes were subtle at first. I missed watching reruns of Voyager and Third Rock From the Sun and my wife missed her shows, but neither of us had watched the news or talk shows for years. We already spent an inordinate of time on the internet, so that didn't change. What did change was the nature and the quality of our conversations.

First thing I noticed was that we didn't talk about what was happening in the shows we watched anymore. That might seem obvious, but it was significant: our friends that came over still were talking about what they saw on TV and we realized what a large percentage of their conversations were little more than that. As time went on, it seemed that my thoughts were becoming more and more my own thoughts, and not those that had been "programmed" in to me by some show or commercial.

I also noticed that I was becoming open-minded again. By that, I mean I was really listening to and evaluating the content of what information came to me, from conversation, reading, the internet, etc. What I saw my TV-watching friends doing, and realized that I must have been doing the same thing, was giving a moment's attention to some topic or subject, and then accepting it or rejecting it whole after a very short time. I think what was going on was they were "channel-surfing"--if the topic agreed with what they already had in their head, they stayed with it, otherwise they changed the subject or just tuned it out. Often they would just dismiss whatever they didn't like with a very hip, flippant comment that really didn't have anything to do with the subject at hand and that was it, end of conversation. There was no bringing them back to it once that happened, either.

So what began as a minor personal economic crisis soon became a kind of militant stance with me. But even though I was very anti-TV, I was still susceptible to its dubious charms. I remember going over to a friend's home and as soon as I walked in getting completely sucked in by their 48" screen. It had been about 2 years since we dumped our set, but after 15 minutes we (my wife, my son, and I) were still standing at the edge of the room, coats on, staring slack-jawed at some car commercial. When we realized what was going on it struck us all as very funny, but it impressed me as to just how powerful a programming tool the TV really is.

So star and flag, great post and a great move on your part, o.p. Stick to your guns and I hope that the experience of no TV enriches and bolsters your own independent mind!


reply posted on 31-12-2009 @ 04:16 PM by without_prejudice
reply to post by coverfirehero


Ever heard the saying, "in a perfect world"? In aperfect world, all would and should be as you say.

However, it's not a perfect world. Far from it. And in this imperfect world we are all hypnotized to one extent or another. No matter how "aware" we believe we are, we experience reality through the distortions that our experiences, beliefs, and a priori assumptions provide. The programmers of TV are well aware of these facts and use their opportunistic access into our conditioned minds to insert and reinforce certain values and concepts, and to set up blockades against other values and concepts.

The type of brain wave pattern enforced by viewing TV suspends many of our conscious defenses and speaks directly to our subconscious minds. After a short time of watching TV we become unplugged from the extant reality we are immersed in physically and even our autonomic responses become reactive to the perceptions being broadcast. Even the most innocuous or foolish programs are designed to take advantage of these facts. What is not apparent to the viewer, however, is the nature of their own subconscious mind or the methods used by the programmers to access, influence, and stimulate it.

So I must respectfully disagree with your statement.


reply posted on 22-1-2010 @ 08:06 PM by wizardwars
reply to post by Serafina


That is what I do dvds only no net work tv. And there is no way I will pay 100 dollars a month for tv just to get my brain washing. What a racket.
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