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What about television disorder, Netflix disorder? BBC News seem to be implying that 20 hours per week is too much [1]. I feel like most people that watch TV/Net

What about television disorder, Netflix disorder? BBC News seem to be implying that 20 hours per week is too much [1]. I feel like most people that watch TV/Netflix/Youtube etc. would easily watch more than 3 hours a day. They also claim that if you're putting too much meaning on your online friendships that this is a bad thing. For many, their online friendships are the only ones they have, or they will be better and will be longer lasting than their school friendships. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44504683/embed https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44504683/embed

sasaf5 8y ago
This. Play 2 hours of videogames and babyboomer parents start loosing their minds (but not after spending the whole evening watching TV)
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- dragontamer 8y ago
  Which is hilarious. Because a single game of American Football is like 3 hours, and its "fine" to watch every game throughout a season, often multiple times a week. Ehhh... no thanks. I'll stick to my games. Nothing against Football or sports, but DAMN those things are huge timesinks I don't personally want to be a part of. I generally just spend a few minutes reading the scores / major plays so that I can continue to have conversations with my coworkers (I do see the importance of smalltalk and being able to keep up socially, so that's the level I try to stay at with sports). Spoiler alert: pretty much every hobby eats up a lot of time. I'm not convinced any particular hobby is better or worse for you, aside from health-mandated fundamentals (ie: a bit of exercise and time in the sun).
  - always_good 8y ago
    > pretty much every hobby eats up a lot of time. Yes, but I wouldn't call idle consumption a hobby. It's like calling masturbation a hobby. Reminds me of the trope of gamers annoyed that the opposite sex isn't impressed with their "hobby" as if it's some injustice that someone isn't impressed that you can sit in a chair for hours to play games or binge Netflix or enjoy amphetamines.
- watwut 8y ago
  Through, if you say hello to them or ask them questions during that time, they will not yell at you. They don't demand to be tiptoed around like gamers do. They also don't swear loudly and randomly during that time at teammates. They are able to join family dinner preparation with everyone else - they don't do "just one more game" ad-infinity. They can tell when their favorite show ends when they want to not be disrupted, which is usually 20-40 minutes you in advance when it movie ends and you can expect them to join. They are rarely seriously angry, excited and annoyed after watching TV, possibly with exception really involved sport match. That have impact to other people in the room, who shockingly, dont particularly enjoy dealing with that. I like games, but gamers often feel entitled to behave the way that is considered rude in pretty much everybody else.
  - krageon 8y ago
    The problems you listed are absolutely issues with people watching sports as well, but have nothing to do with the subject material. It's a people problem and can be resolved on that level. Let's not pretend that this is somehow unique to gamers or sports fans or really any other involved hobby.

sasaf5 8y ago

This. Play 2 hours of videogames and babyboomer parents start loosing their minds (but not after spending the whole evening watching TV)

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dragontamer 8y ago
Which is hilarious. Because a single game of American Football is like 3 hours, and its "fine" to watch every game throughout a season, often multiple times a week. Ehhh... no thanks. I'll stick to my games. Nothing against Football or sports, but DAMN those things are huge timesinks I don't personally want to be a part of. I generally just spend a few minutes reading the scores / major plays so that I can continue to have conversations with my coworkers (I do see the importance of smalltalk and being able to keep up socially, so that's the level I try to stay at with sports). Spoiler alert: pretty much every hobby eats up a lot of time. I'm not convinced any particular hobby is better or worse for you, aside from health-mandated fundamentals (ie: a bit of exercise and time in the sun).
- always_good 8y ago
  > pretty much every hobby eats up a lot of time. Yes, but I wouldn't call idle consumption a hobby. It's like calling masturbation a hobby. Reminds me of the trope of gamers annoyed that the opposite sex isn't impressed with their "hobby" as if it's some injustice that someone isn't impressed that you can sit in a chair for hours to play games or binge Netflix or enjoy amphetamines.
watwut 8y ago
Through, if you say hello to them or ask them questions during that time, they will not yell at you. They don't demand to be tiptoed around like gamers do. They also don't swear loudly and randomly during that time at teammates. They are able to join family dinner preparation with everyone else - they don't do "just one more game" ad-infinity. They can tell when their favorite show ends when they want to not be disrupted, which is usually 20-40 minutes you in advance when it movie ends and you can expect them to join. They are rarely seriously angry, excited and annoyed after watching TV, possibly with exception really involved sport match. That have impact to other people in the room, who shockingly, dont particularly enjoy dealing with that. I like games, but gamers often feel entitled to behave the way that is considered rude in pretty much everybody else.
- krageon 8y ago
  The problems you listed are absolutely issues with people watching sports as well, but have nothing to do with the subject material. It's a people problem and can be resolved on that level. Let's not pretend that this is somehow unique to gamers or sports fans or really any other involved hobby.