West Coast Connection Forum
Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: jeromechickenbone on April 12, 2007, 08:22:25 PM
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I find myself getting increasingly more angry with television. I cannot stand ANY of the major news outlets. Most of the channels that used to actually broadcast quality programming have all completely sold out. I'm so tired of being bombarded with all of their agenda's and hype. They're all part of a few massive conglomerates so it's like the same fucking formula rehashed over and over. I CAN'T FUCKING STAND COMMERCIALS. I go semi-comatose when I see one. I literally can watch 4 minutes of commercials and have no idea what I just saw. (Well at least on a conscious level).
I honestly don't even watch tv much anyway. I do watch sports, however a lot of those tend to suck. The announcers are usually extremely corny and sappy, and blow everything out of proportion and try to make it some monumental epiphanic moment. Like they just force everything. ESPN is beyond fucking horrible. And there's usually some interesting shit on the History channel or A&E but I don't tune into those much.
This is why I love the internet. I'm not forced to watch or listen to anything I don't want to. Not that I'm forced to watch tv, but there just doesn't seem to be any independance in TV, it's all big business. I've learned and heard infinitely more music on the net that I love, whereas MTV / BET stopped being relevant musically years ago. I can get my news from much more even handed sources. I can be enlightened and exposed to infinite knowledge online, whereas certain subjects that are important most tv stations won't touch with a 10 foot fucking pole.
Holla if ya hear me.
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Lol kind of ironic when i just sat through a marathon load of prison break episodes but I hear you apart from a couple of series, I watch jack all. What you said regarding the comatose state...you go into something which is lower that the alpha state of consciousness i.e. somewhere between sleep and being barely awake. That damn box is just the ideal tool for brainwashing because when your in that state you soak up what you are seeing and hearing without even reealising it. What you said about the bombardment of commercials is damn right to you can literally sit there for hours and recall maybe only a few of the commercials. Between the internet, reading and just being out and about in truth do we really need television? nope although I have a feeling the gamers will disageee but anyway......i respect what you are saying completely!
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the only thing i watch is court tv, food network, history channel, national geographic, discovery, etc..maybe you should get HD programming, it'll change your life., haha.
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i remember all those good Talkback productions in the 90s and just think what the fuck has happenned now its all reality tv and competitions and fucking shite
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The only channel I get is the CW. So I watch That 70's show, King of Queens, Seinfeld, and I'm up on my Top Model and Pussycat Doll shit lol
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I hardly watch TV.. basically I only watch TV for soccer and basketball... and DVD. Pretty much everything fictional that I watch I either rent or d*wnl*ad. And the sports that I watch I only get on pay-tv, which means no commercials. Awesome. Now that I think about it, the last time that I saw several minutes of commercials was when I was at the movies :)
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i only watch sports,the simpsons and family guy
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i only watch seinfeld, that 70s show, family guy, and movies, and i hate watching movies on tv, i like dvds or downloads from computer.
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Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order and the rest of the police shows are good to watch.
Rest of the shit is all reality shows. Everythang is played out.
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I only mainly watch sports, Prison Break, and The Shield when there are new episodes on. Anything else i just download or buy on dvd. After seeing what ridiculous reality series they got on like Flavor Of Love, Super Nanny, and those lame ass dating programs on mtv, i've just about had it with TV. I really could go without cable but i'm addicted to watching sports so thats why i keep it on.
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I never did understand man's need to watch sports, or series (Prison Break, Lost etc.), or action flicks. There's no damned merit in it.
I don't really watch a lot of tv at all. I'll sometimes watch a good talk show (not the American type), or some news backgrounds, but always attempting to remain focused on the message and the intentions. The only reason I watch tv is to stimulate my mind, not to let it slip into a subconscious state of idleness.
Oh yeah, sometimes when I'm over at a friend's place, or with my lady's parents, they'll have the tv on and they're watching these brainless celebrity-shows or soap series, always interrupted by commercials. Those are the moments I remind myself how happy I am that I don't have to rely on such bullshit to define my life. Don't get me wrong - I love those people, but something went wrong along the way.
Holla if ya hear me.
+1 :D
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only watch sports, re runs of seinfeld or fresh prince, sopranos, curb youre enthousiasm an entourage
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There is way too much trash on these days, but the history channel, discovery, national geographic, documentary channel, and even comedy central hold it down.
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Everything aired on comedy central is filler besides The Daily Show, Colbert Report and South Park.
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They show some good standup sometimes too
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One of the first things America did after invading Iraq and Afganistan is that they made sure they put TV's in everyone's houses, even in the remote regions of the country. They know that television is the greatest form of mind control in existence today.
It's funny people call the Muslim lifestyle extreme. The most extreme thing to me is the lifestyle of most Americans, they sit and watch other people's lives on TV all day, and don't even know what reality is, because the television is a mind-numbing device where they can occupy themselves with the lives of celebrities on television, and stay distracted from what's real.
I don't even have a television hooked up in my house. Because if I start watching it, I waste all my time, and when I turn it off I feel like a zombie and all my energy is zapped.
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i download anything i want to watch, just because commercials are so mindnumbing that its frustrating, most of them theres no way any person would ever react that way in real life. tv news is a joke, most of it is just advertising....."news" stories on new products or drugs coming out
i only watch hockey on tv, we mostly just have one for dvds and video games
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It's funny people call the Muslim lifestyle extreme. The most extreme thing to me is the lifestyle of most Americans, they sit and watch other people's lives on TV all day, and don't even know what reality is, because the television is a mind-numbing device where they can occupy themselves with the lives of celebrities on television, and stay distracted from what's real.
+1
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You can apply the same thing to europeans as well infinite...I used to watch a hell of a lot of tv but as you rightly said it leaves you feeling brain dead and tired. i still watch tv of course but maybe for about an hour a day...I don't even watch too many movies and have practically stopped playing on my playstation 2 also.
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I don't have a TV anymore. When I moved to my current place (about 4 years ago now), I didn't bring the TV that I had shared with my ex, and I haven't bought a new one since. It doesn't really make much sense to have a TV in this day and age. If I want news, I read the web sites of the news agencies. If there's a good show on TV, I download episodes, either legally (iTunes) or off Rapidshare. If I want to watch DVDs, I can play them on my laptop. About the only reason I might need a TV is to watch ACC games and boat races on ESPN, and then I usually just go to other people's houses cause that's the kind of thing you do as a social event. Given the fact that I spend almost all of my money on guns, explosives, and printing propoganda for my revolution, I don't see myself putting down any money for a TV anytime soon.
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Given the fact that I spend almost all of my money on guns, explosives, and printing propoganda for my revolution, I don't see myself putting down any money for a TV anytime soon.
good stuff sir good stuff
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i havent watched tv for 3 years..everytime im at a friends house and their tv is on, i notice i havent missed anything at all, i simply get everything i need using the internet, news, music, movies, porn etc.
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There is a lot of bullshit on the television today, but that is why you have 600 channels to choose from. There has to be something remotely interesting on one of them. But after I moved, I didn't have a TV and after a while it was easy to forget to turn it on even when I actually wanted to watch a show. Plus Viacom, NewsCorp, ClearChannel, and most of Turner are pretty much unwatchable.
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throwin my tv? hell naw! cable tv all the way
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i'll take it off ya hands :D
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I feel you bro, i haven't really been watching TV for about 4 years now, only sometimes i'd watch an episode of Family Guy, South Park, or Colbert Report... but you can get that shit over the net anyway, so TV is pretty much becoming absolete IMO. More than 90% is complete and utter junk, and i'm not even gonna talk about the news, so therefore TV is pretty much for watching movies now, at least for me.
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throw it to me if its a plasma or acl tv
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It's typical how most people here don't want to stop watching tv at all - they just don't want to be dependant on the tv channels and their commercials..
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^You sound like a vegetarian
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^You sound like a vegetarian
Rofl (+1) Nah, I'm straight and I love ham!
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i download most of my tv shows, since here in .au we normally get a tv show at the end of the current season in the US, at one point we were 3 seasons behind in smallville, but none the less, i watch;
war:/Volumes$ ls -al /Volumes/p/
total 1360
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 15 10:28 .
drwxrwxrwt 5 root admin 170 Apr 23 10:46 ..
-rwx------ 1 admin admin 21508 Apr 20 21:04 .DS_Store
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Mar 20 19:09 24
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Feb 6 18:37 Afro Samurai
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Nov 28 17:43 American Dad
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Nov 28 17:04 Boston Legal
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Sep 22 2006 CSI
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Mar 24 19:03 CSI Miami
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Nov 11 08:39 CSI NY
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Sep 3 2006 Chappelle's Show
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Sep 5 2006 Clerks
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 13 17:56 Cold Case
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Oct 14 2006 Danger Mouse
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Sep 25 2006 Desperate Housewives
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Oct 2 2006 Everybody Hates Chris
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Nov 28 17:44 Family Guy
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Dec 9 18:25 Fantastic Four
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Mar 5 18:18 Heroes
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 4 22:26 House
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 19 17:18 Jericho
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Mar 26 19:29 Las Vegas
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Oct 2 2006 Lost
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 4 22:35 Monkey
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 20 19:09 My Name Is Earl
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Sep 20 2006 NCIS
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Jan 10 19:07 Prison Break
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Feb 27 18:43 Rocko's Modern Life
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Sep 11 2006 Simpsons
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Mar 18 19:11 Sleeper Cell
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 13 17:54 Smallville
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Mar 11 14:08 South Park
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 17 16:33 Stargate Atlantis
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Nov 28 17:11 The 4400
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 29 2006 The Boondocks
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Nov 26 08:25 The Nine
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 11 16:50 The Shield
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Feb 10 10:29 The Sopranos
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Jan 9 19:52 The Unit
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Mar 24 19:06 The Winner
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Apr 16 18:18 Without A Trace
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Jul 23 2006 X-Men Evolution
drwx------ 1 admin admin 16384 Jan 26 10:43 misc
that's active shows i guess, then i have shit on dvd (angel, buffy, transformers, thundercats, other cartoons) what i pull out when the current tv season ends
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commercials are the best part sometimes