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Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
When you couple that with how most entertainment offerings are designed to appeal to the lowest possible common denominator or to promote the police state with endless shows about the virtue of police versus the dangers of a criminal minded citizenry all it is, is exactly what they call it openly, programming.
The great vast once considered wasteland of TV has turned most of the world into one vast wasteland, of disaffected, misinformed, manipulated and lied to mass of humanity who employ a negative perspective and dysfunctional social skills as a result.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
I don't know about this....however, now that there is no Star Trek TV show in current production (first time in something like 20 years, since TNG started in 1987) I no longer have a reason to live...( )...kidding.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I put this in the philosophy forum because what prompted me to get rid of television service is a philosophical matter and I thought a discussion of it might be interesting and educational. Mods, feel free to move it if I'm mistaken.
I have just returned from a short (4-day) visit with my sister and her husband in Sedona. They "quit TV" in like 2001 and have never looked back. They didn't know whether the health bill had passed or not, much less know any details about it. I can assure you they don't know who Joe Barton or Eric Holder are. They get the news they need from the internet and are very aware of what's really happening in the Gulf because they're following it closely. Not the political side of it, but the ecological side.
I had a "moment" driving home from my trip to Sedona yesterday about living in he present and I realized how much watching TV actually hampers that. You might know a trip to Sedona would help align and balance me enough to see things more clearly. I'm very grateful for this. I'm surprised I didn't return with a pouch of crystals and a book on chakra alignment.
When I got home, my husband and I talked and decided to give up the satellite service (among making other changes in our lives). He's been wanting to do it for some time, but I was hesitant... Now, I am beginning to see how it affects my life and how tied up I am in the boob tube and the crap that is spewed forth from it on a regular basis. Talk about attachments! I am totally attached and after my trip, I feel like letting go of as many attachments as I possibly can. The TV service is going to be the first victim.
So I'm curious:
Have you quit TV? (All broadcast TV)
Why did you do it?
Have you found it to be a positive or negative change and why?
What have you noticed in your life since you quit?
Originally posted by Le Colonel
I hear ya.. Ive been regulated to downloading past seasons, so that I can watch them again.
Originally posted by Byrd
I have mostly quit tv. There's a few shows I watch ("Mythbusters") but for the most part I don't watch it at all. I have become beyond disgusted with the History Channel and the Discovery Channel, which are now presenting legend as fact and in their Disaster Of The Month mode, have actually done some harm... like this one:
io9.com...
I also do NOT watch Youtube videos.
[edit on 14-7-2010 by Byrd]
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
So I'm curious:
Have you quit TV? (All broadcast TV)
Why did you do it?
Have you found it to be a positive or negative change and why?
What have you noticed in your life since you quit?