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Not having a TV when you have kids is borderline abuse IMHO. For me, having a TV at home when I was a kid was borderline abuse. I've considered it the idiot bo
by cousin_it 17y ago
Not having a TV when you have kids is borderline abuse IMHO.
For me, having a TV at home when I was a kid was borderline abuse. I've considered it the idiot box for as long as I can remember myself, which would be since about three years old.
When I first moved away from my parents to live with my then-GF, she kinda wanted a TV but I firmly said no.
I've never had my own TV and never will.
I can't stand being in the same room with a running TV. I always ask to mute it at least; if that isn't possible, I leave the room or cover my ears. The issue isn't the noise; it's those horrible fake intonations that everyone uses on TV.
- axod 17y agoCome now. Is the internet really all that much better for people? seriously? You could easily call the internet the 'idiot net'. People under the delusion that their opinion matters, mindlessly posting inane useless comments like this one. Many of the biggest sites out there serve no real use other than to waste peoples time.
- donaldc 17y agoOne immediate difference that comes to mind is that the internet is a two-way medium, whereas television is a one-way medium. That doesn't mean that any given part of the internet will be better, but it does mean that the internet has the potential to be far better.
- sree_nair 17y agoTotally Agree. It's Just another level of idiotisam. 90% of the time is wasted on the Net.
- cousin_it 17y agoThe Web has made me a better programmer, a better musician, a better debater, gave me a better understanding of mathematics, kept my English skills from rusting, and a lot more. Wikipedia or the instructional videos on YouTube are miles above TV in usefulness. Also, TV doesn't enable me to talk with intelligent people across the ocean. Would you exchange the Web for a TV with 1000 channels?
- axod 17y agoThey serve different purposes. My point was that there's good and bad in everything. It would be a really hard decision between TV and the web, not sure which I'd choose TBH.
- trafficlight 17y agoThanks to the History Channel I know everything there is to know about World War II.
- JeffL 17y agoI think "surfing the net" for hours on end is a step above channel surfing, but still definitely a step below purposeful action on a project you're working on.
- thismat 17y agoHonestly, I know the reply to this has a valid point about "idiot net", but I feel the same way as you. Except I grew up with the TV always on, even if no one was watching it, it was running, when I moved out, I avoided cable and TV for a while, too busy really. Now when I visit my parents or my brothers, it drives me up the wall that the TV has to constantly be running.