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Nothing worse than hollier than thou high and mighty "TV is dumb and for the idiot masses". If you actually learnt how to use a TV guide, and decided to watch
by axod 17y ago
Nothing worse than hollier than thou high and mighty "TV is dumb and for the idiot masses".
If you actually learnt how to use a TV guide, and decided to watch only programs that interest you, you might have a different view point.
And how can you not even mention "micro men" from the BBC which was a fantastic look at the 80s home computer revolution. How can you not rate Newsnight? Question time?
Will the next meme be "I haven't even been connected to the internet for a year! The internet is full of rubbish and I don't miss it one bit"?
- jgrahamc 17y agoYes, I did watch Micro Men. That was great. Downloaded it on the iPlayer Desktop and watched it on a long flight to the US. I've watched Newsnight twice in the last year. I've never watched Question Time. Is it good? Mostly, I feel I don't need to learn to use a TV guide because the people around me are constantly saying 'Did you see X?'. They are doing the filtering for me.
- axod 17y agoFair enough. Maybe I was harsh. I just hate the implication that TV is for dumb idiots. I would say if we took the content on the web, and compared it with the content on TV, the web would not come out of the comparison well at all. And yes, if you're interested in politics,news,world issues,etc Question Time is good. There's 100s of other TV shows that are of fantastic quality and well worth watching. QI springs to mind for example (Stephen Fry).
- zach 17y agoOh, you lucky so-and-sos who get to watch Only Connect on BBC Four. There is no legal (or even expedient) way for me to watch it here in the USA. Then again, we don't pay for a TV license...
- axod 17y agoYeah it's a whole other world. If I was in the US, I probably wouldn't watch TV either. But I'd also quickly go insane.
- lg 17y agoI wish I could give up web surfing for a year.