I really dislike Television – minor rant

[Nolerama]

TV keeps us in slavery... in a way, at least.

 

[CoryKS]

TV keeps us in slavery... in a way, at least.

Um... yeah.

Don't worry, I'm sure that those souls who have been forced to endure slavery, past and present, will not take exception to this comparison.

Next thread: Illegal file sharing is genocide!

 

[Nolerama]

I have never had cable of any kind as an adult, and I've had my old 19" TV since about 1995. My inlaws decided to give us a 37" HD TV and a year subscription to Cable as a Xmas gift. Actually, they had bought the TV for themselves and decided it wasn't big enough and so bought another one, and gave us the first one as a gift.

Before they handed this off to us, I had a long discussion with my mother-in-law about this, as she tried to get me excited about the idea. I was very clear in my position that I really DO NOT WANT THE TV, and I really DO NOT WANT THE CABLE. We joked and laughed about it, but really I was very clear and firm about it.

A couple days later, my wife can home and said, "OK, so they want to give us this TV for Xmas..."

So now we have it, and we have cable, but at least they are paying for the first year.

I've watched very little so far, and much of what my wife watches was already available on the limited number of broadcast channels we were getting before.

So now my in-laws are paying for us to have a few hundred or so channels of crap that has very little worth watching. Now we get the option of spending our time surfing all these channels in search of something, and wasting our lives that way instead of wasting it actually watching something stupid. Not sure which is the better way to waste time...

I suppose if I really tuned into it I would figure out a small number of channels and shows that I would like, but we are still stuck with this contract of hundreds of channels that are just a complete waste. ****ing weird, I don't get it. I can't even order up pay-for-porn because it would show up on the bill that my in-laws are receiving and paying for, talk about awkward...:erg::rofl:

anyway, I agree with you, it's mostly a complete waste of time and money, I really wish we didn't have it. Wouldn't mind having the big TV for watching DVD movies altho I didn't feel strongly enough to be willing to buy it myself, but the cable is just stupid. I notice my wife has a greater tendency to sit and surf the channels, and I wish I could get her to do ANYTHING else with her time instead. Not like she watches a whole lot, but I feel just about any time spent on this is a piece of your life that is lost.

preaching to the choir here, my friend.

For some reason, my Dad wanted to buy me a new TV for Christmas... Then I convinced him that I'm never home enough to use a TV, especially a Hi-def flatscreen uber-vision, and that he should buy me a new BJJ gi instead.

 

[Steve]

For some reason, my Dad wanted to buy me a new TV for Christmas... Then I convinced him that I'm never home enough to use a TV, especially a Hi-def flatscreen uber-vision, and that he should buy me a new BJJ gi instead.

Dude, have him buy you an Atama Mundial #7. Best. Gi. EVER!

 

[Andy Moynihan]

I *have* a TV but rarely watch it--nothing on worth a pint of **** anymore but the history channels, the military channels and cartoon network.

 

[Xue Sheng]

My pet peeve when it comes to tv is how all scheduled programming MUST come to a halt when we have an earthquake. Even if it's a small quake it seems that they always cut into our show and overkill us with quake coverage for hours. Maybe it's just a Southern Calif thing.

In Southern California that's got to be what about every 15 minutes or so

In NYS we have had 2 or 3 tremors in the last 20 years and you would think they would interrupt TV for that here but they didn't mention a thing.

 

[Xue Sheng]

It is for Xue.

Well I SAID it was a minor rant didn't I :disgust: besides, I'm not 100% just yet...But keep it up and I'll be ranting about you and the Chocolate pie recipe again

 

[Aefibird]

I literally don't watch TV these days seen as I no longer have one that can receive television signals (I keep it for playing DVDs and for the Wii). I got fed up of paying over £100 a year for a licence just to receive crap that I don't want to watch.

These days if there's anything on that I desperately want to watch then I either go up to my mums to see it or catch it on one of the "on demand" internet services, such as the excellent BBC iPlayer or 4OD.

TBH, there's not a lot of shows that I DO watch so for the sake of having to watch them via BBC iPlayer on the laptop, I'd rather do without a telly.

The only show I will put other things on hold for to watch is Doctor Who. I also watch QI on occasions, along with the news and any interesting history documentaries.

 

[Sukerkin]

MAC, you need to come and live here and watch the BBC. Zero adverts (tho' probably a few too many trailers).

When I was in Calgary, I couldn't understand how anyone could tolerate the TV service - it seemed like 30 seconds of programme for every five minutes of commercials :lol:.

When we (or more precisely the missus) got satellite, it was the same story. Now, if a series comes along that I like, I wait until it comes out on DVD and buy it.

 

[girlbug2]

I love TV. I also like a lot of the shows on the Food Network, particularly Good Eats with Alton Brown and Iron Chef America.

I also try to watch The Daily Show and the Colbert Report as often as I can, although I miss episodes. Others that I'll watch when I see them are Dirty Jobs and shows on History or Discovery. Cool stuff there from time to time.

TiVo helps a lot.

Another AB fan!

Seriously, Alton is kinda the anti Rachel Ray, that's what I love about his show...intelligence over everything else.