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When I say stop watching TV, I don't mean stop doing sedentary things. I specifically mean stop watching TV. You can do almost anything else and I sincerely bel
by latch 15y ago
When I say stop watching TV, I don't mean stop doing sedentary things. I specifically mean stop watching TV. You can do almost anything else and I sincerely believe that you'll be better for it. Read a book, exercise, learn to cook, program, help your kids with homework, play video games, go out with friends...anything is better than watching TV.
- pestaa 15y agoAgreed. I often tell my parents to turn it off, to spend their free time actively. Watching TV is passive entertainment at its worst. I wish they listened.
- wahnfrieden 15y agoYou should suggest and encourage them towards new activities, rather than trying to get them to stop one activity. It's psychologically much more effective.
- pestaa 15y agoI honestly do it with board games, card games, etc. It psychologically takes them a huge effort to even speak about playing.
- fmavituna 15y ago:) Clearly you are not a hard-core gamer or you don't have any friends who spends 200~ hours on a MMORPG per month. Although I generally agree with that TV argument.
- mikle 15y agoI'd argue that playing 200 hours of a mmorpg is more valuable, helps grow more, and is generally way better than watching TV 200 hour.
- FeelsGoodMan69 15y agoHave you played an MMORPG? I've done both (200 hours in a month of MMO, 200 hours in a month of TV), and I think the time spent on the MMORPG was far more of a waste.
- Psyonic 15y agoIt probably depends, but I'll add my 2 cents. Never done 200 hours of either in a month (really? 200 hours? that's insane), but after I went on my Dexter marathon, at least I'd seen Dexter. I still reference it all the time. The hours I spent on WoW were... well, I don't remember. That's probably your point.
- lsc 15y agoIn some ways, hacker news can be worse than TV, too. When I watch TV, it /feels/ like I'm wasting time. HN can feel like I'm doing something useful.
- Psyonic 15y agoSitting on reddit may be slightly better than TV, but not by much. I'm considering limiting all "light" reading soon.