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Originally Posted by Anchor
Karen,
why do you even watch TV ? Dont watch it - problem solved.
Works for me. A..
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Well Anchor, I'll answer that question. I am 57 and in high school I noticed that when I was trying to do my homework and my little brother was watching the TV and I would come out of my room and pass through the living room to get something I needed, that stupid TV would suck me in with some crazy kind of power I couldn't believe. I would have to rip myself away and go back to the homework.
Therefore from that time on I watch very little TV, rather than be slave to see the Wed night showing of "Lost in Space", etc. on through every night of the week. I have watched few movies throughout the years, because I don't want to be subject to the mind control they are trying to impose on the collective consciousness. I got a little bit addicted to Mario Brothers video game for a short while when my kids were the age for that, then one day I said this is so utterly stupid and walked away and never looked back.
Heck - I don't even listen to music because I'm well aware as some on this forum are about the really creepy level of mind control, etc embedded into the music. I love the silence and listening to my very own thoughts.
Ok, but now, for the last few years, I live with my mother and that is her life long pattern after working all day, still at the age of 77, she watches 2 or 3 hours of TV. She hates it when I spend all day long isolated in my room doing my work on the computer, which I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE information and learning. I have tried to stand my ground on the TV issue, but it's a losing battle and
for the greater good of this household I have made the concession of spending time in front of the boob tube with her.
We talk during the commercials and it makes it bearable in short segments to chatter about stuff I don't have any interest in. If I bring up any of my whacky stuff, she says nothing or changes the subject. I like the detective theme of the CSI shows, but it is only the last year or two that the scanty clothing, sexual innuendo, and graphic, graphic violence, blood and guts saturate nearly every show.
Well, she doesn't like this either and I am gaining a little ground saying I don't want to watch that kind of gore anymore on the TV shows. I will not watch reruns with her. And at the start of the new season this fall - I'm down to about 1 or 2 hours 3 or 4 nights a week.
So actually I can thank the sex and violence from releasing me from about half the hours in front of the "programming" box. I have made suggestions like why don't we sort through family pictures or work on the genealogy, or label who this or that was handed down from, but she's tired after working and at her age and well ...
for the love of my mom and all she does for me, I make the concession of sitting down and watching a little TV with her and visiting during commercials.