Can Your Life Be Richer Without TV?

[whoami]

I do think that TV could be a time-sucking addiction for some people.

Something that irritated me when I didn't have one though was being in the dark on pop culture references. lol There were people that I thought were really funny and witty, and once I started watching a little TV I realized that those persons had no original thoughts of their own, they were just repeating popular punch lines!

[houston]

That's what she said.

[missourimary]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Netflix looks like a good deal at 8$ a month

It can be. I can go to Blockbuster or Redbox and rent a movie for $1, though, or get them free from the library and don't usually watch more than four or five a month. Unless I have Netflix. Then, in order to "get my money's worth" I want to watch one every night. So for me it's not such a good deal.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by missourimary

It can be. I can go to Blockbuster or Redbox and rent a movie for $1, though, or get them free from the library and don't usually watch more than four or five a month. Unless I have Netflix. Then, in order to "get my money's worth" I want to watch one every night. So for me it's not such a good deal.

LOL! What I don't get is my library co-workers who rent Netflix. I guess they can't wait until their hold comes in.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by whoami

I do think that TV could be a time-sucking addiction for some people.

Something that irritated me when I didn't have one though was being in the dark on pop culture references. lol There were people that I thought were really funny and witty, and once I started watching a little TV I realized that those persons had no original thoughts of their own, they were just repeating popular punch lines!

That's what SHE said!

[canam]

Originally Posted by ILG

Can you watch those online?

yes, channellsurfing .net

[*AQuietPlace*]

We didn't watch any television, movies, dvds..... NONE, including YouTube, Veggie Tales or Andy Griffith.... until a few years ago. We do now.

I haven't noticed any difference, period. Before, we spent time on the internet, reading books, whatever. Now, we watch movies and tv shows together (among other things, of course). We are no more or less productive than we were, spend no more or less time together, are no more nor less richer.


edit to add:

On second thought, come to think of it, I'd say our life is slightly richer because of adding tv shows/movies, etc. We probably do spend a little more time together because of it..... laughing, sharing memories, sharing punch lines. But I certainly didn't find that the life we had before tv was richer than the one we have now.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

We didn't watch any television, movies, dvds..... NONE, including YouTube, Veggie Tales or Andy Griffith.... until a few years ago. We do now.

I haven't noticed any difference, period. Before, we spent time on the internet, reading books, whatever. Now, we watch movies and tv shows together (among other things, of course). We are no more or less productive than we were, spend no more or less time together, are no more nor less richer.


edit to add:

On second thought, come to think of it, I'd say our life is slightly richer because of adding tv shows/movies, etc. We probably do spend a little more time together because of it..... laughing, sharing memories, sharing punch lines. But I certainly didn't find that the life we had before tv was richer than the one we have now.

You mean, you don't sit around staring at each other marveling at how much more saved you are than those heathen who brought satan into their homes in the form of the one-eyed devil?

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

You mean, you don't sit around staring at each other marveling at how much more saved you are than those heathen who brought satan into their homes in the form of the one-eyed devil?

Well, we can't now, we're heathens now, too.

Probably did a bit of that before.

[Sister Alvear]

Originally Posted by ILG

???

just joking...