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Something irks me the wrong way about mindsets like the one that the author of the article has, it's like they're refusing agency and independence to their olde

Something irks me the wrong way about mindsets like the one that the author of the article has, it's like they're refusing agency and independence to their older relatives. What's wrong with they want to have soap-operas running in the background all the time? Why do these younger people feel the need to change that to "background nature shows from YT"? (and in so doing helping out a trillion-dollars behemoth).

tremon 3y ago
Aren't soap opera's produced by their own trillion-dollar behemoths?
- dryanau 3y ago
  I think the poster's point is that it really should be the person's own choice what they watch. The moralising around what gets chosen is tangential.
  - looping8 3y ago
    I would agree. Not sure why 8 hours of shots of Iceland with no narration is better than a TV show in daytime? Not all of it is trash, maybe they are showing classic movies. Even if it is some soap opera, at least the aunt will feel engaged with people, even if those people are characters on TV. Living alone at that age must be lonely, let her have her joys.
    - joseda-hg 3y ago
      I've lived with an elderly that only watches variations of CSI in TV, as long as it keeps her entertained she gets to pick* *It's still up for debate if those shows or the news are worse for making her a bit paranoid, you'd think it'd be more clear cut, but she only brings up stuff on the news, if it goes too far we will have to make some changes
BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
> Why do these younger people feel the need Yes, curse these hip, fresh-faced, (checks author's bio) 76-year-old whippersnappers for thinking they know better than the elderly!
- paganel 3y ago
  Well, he's certainly behaving like a millenial angry that his/her parents are watching Fox News instead of switching to PBS.
  - boomboomsubban 3y ago
    Or he talked to her, asked her what she likes to watch, and she said she puts on any channel for background noise. Or he added a section because he found the option interesting even if his aunt didn't care for it. Or something else. You're extrapolating a ton from the phrase "better than soaps?"

tremon 3y ago

Aren't soap opera's produced by their own trillion-dollar behemoths?

dryanau 3y ago
I think the poster's point is that it really should be the person's own choice what they watch. The moralising around what gets chosen is tangential.
- looping8 3y ago
  I would agree. Not sure why 8 hours of shots of Iceland with no narration is better than a TV show in daytime? Not all of it is trash, maybe they are showing classic movies. Even if it is some soap opera, at least the aunt will feel engaged with people, even if those people are characters on TV. Living alone at that age must be lonely, let her have her joys.
  - joseda-hg 3y ago
    I've lived with an elderly that only watches variations of CSI in TV, as long as it keeps her entertained she gets to pick* *It's still up for debate if those shows or the news are worse for making her a bit paranoid, you'd think it'd be more clear cut, but she only brings up stuff on the news, if it goes too far we will have to make some changes

BHSPitMonkey 3y ago

> Why do these younger people feel the need Yes, curse these hip, fresh-faced, (checks author's bio) 76-year-old whippersnappers for thinking they know better than the elderly!

paganel 3y ago
Well, he's certainly behaving like a millenial angry that his/her parents are watching Fox News instead of switching to PBS.
- boomboomsubban 3y ago
  Or he talked to her, asked her what she likes to watch, and she said she puts on any channel for background noise. Or he added a section because he found the option interesting even if his aunt didn't care for it. Or something else. You're extrapolating a ton from the phrase "better than soaps?"