OT - WTF happened to AMC?

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 January 21st, 2004, 10:35 AM

that sounds about the same.

General Woundwort · #2 January 21st, 2004, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by Combat Wombat:
I dont watch tv anymore and its done me a world of good

APIB (Amen Preach It Brother)

Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television

[ January 21, 2004, 10:45: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

Gryphin · #3 January 21st, 2004, 01:31 PM

(I didn't have a TV till a friend gave us one about a year ago).
I only watch Buffy and Star Gate 1.
Comercial breaks are time for me to talk to my sweetie or resume IMing or do email. Still I wish there were less of them.

Loser · #4 January 22nd, 2004, 02:01 AM

I'm with the Wombat. I haven't watched TV for years. The hardest part was weaning myself off the shows I really liked, but eventually I got there. I still waste my time, internet, computer games, whatever, but now I waste my time on things that, at least, have an illusion of accomplishment.

Lets face it, the time I send on SE IV is no more productive, and has no more benefit than time I'd spend watching TV. But what it does do for me is leave me with a feeling of accomplishment. Even when I lose.

Also, leaving TV behind has cut me off from a large source of memes of unknown value.

I haven't read that essay yet, GW, but I'm stuck here at work for about thirteen hours today, so I suspect I will get to it.

Geckomlis · #5 January 21st, 2004, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by Combat Wombat:
I dont watch tv anymore and its done me a world of good

We could not afford cable when I got married, nor could we get decent broadcast reception. Can't say we miss TV except for things like the Olympics. As for progams we might have missed, I fully expect them to be available on DVD for rental or purchase some day - it is just a matter of time.

[ January 21, 2004, 13:13: Message edited by: Geckomlis ]

Cipher7071 · #6 January 21st, 2004, 07:06 PM

There are still some things that I watch on TV. I like things like "Nova," "Scientific American Frontiers," and "Antiques Roadshow" on PBS. I also like "Jeopardy" and "CSI" on commercial broadcasting. Aside from that, I have to be pretty bored to watch TV.

As to Loser's comment on the value of playing SEIV: there is little comparison between that and watching TV. SEIV usually makes you think, TV usually does not. Granted, both are time killers.

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 January 21st, 2004, 09:11 PM

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Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television

would be more beleivable if he didn't think guns are evil.

on the other hand, a newspaper is a much better instrument for the distribution of information. i would say that the blurbs on tv are not very informative and that no harm would be done to eliminate broadcast television and have all shows downloadable off the internet and that would eliminate some of the mindlessness.