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Life is just different than when we were in school. Our parents who worked in offices had secretaries (or were secretaries) who typed letters with carbon copies and then put them in envelopes and mailed them. No cell phones, no blogs, no 100 channels and nothing’s on. When I was a kid there were just 3 or 4 stations that broadcast 3 or 4 hours and we watched TV as a family until bedtime, and then my mom watched TV. (My dad worked shifts and wasn’t usually home in the evening but he watched when he was home.
I really hate all the crap on TV. But I watch some and my daughter watches a lot. I must say that starting with the Simpsons through Family Guy and now 16 and Pregnant (she found it on the computer, we don’t have cable), tv has stimulated some truly amazing conversations with my daughter. She reads a lot too but I find that she learns a lot. She also watches a lot of crap but she learned how to do Rubik’s Cube via Youtube on the computer–is that better?
“I never knew TV references other kids were making. It forced me to work double hard to find ways to connect with people.”
I remember when Thunderball got it’s first showing on TV. I was in JHS. All the kids were running around, ‘yo, he was fucking that bitch underwater, did you see him fucking that bitch underwater’. So I just said the same thing.
Don’t see why television in everyday life has to be either feast or famine. I still read books (loads of them), I do plenty of other things besides watching tv. TV doesn’t make you a couch potato unless you are inclined to be one. TV is one form of communication- you can still decide how to use it or abuse it. But shutting off communication is not the greatest option.
Denton, I’ve read the six books that Churchill wrote about WWII. That doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a movie about them – 2 parts made so far I believe. Books and TV are not mutually exclusive. And I enjoy both.
Life is just different than when we were in school. Our parents who worked in offices had secretaries (or were secretaries) who typed letters with carbon copies and then put them in envelopes and mailed them. No cell phones, no blogs, no 100 channels and nothing’s on. When I was a kid there were just 3 or 4 stations that broadcast 3 or 4 hours and we watched TV as a family until bedtime, and then my mom watched TV. (My dad worked shifts and wasn’t usually home in the evening but he watched when he was home.
I really hate all the crap on TV. But I watch some and my daughter watches a lot. I must say that starting with the Simpsons through Family Guy and now 16 and Pregnant (she found it on the computer, we don’t have cable), tv has stimulated some truly amazing conversations with my daughter. She reads a lot too but I find that she learns a lot. She also watches a lot of crap but she learned how to do Rubik’s Cube via Youtube on the computer–is that better?
“PS, CDog watches MSNBC news all day while I’m at work. Best informed dog around.”
CDog = Mr. Peabody (“Sherman, set the way-back machine for the 1840s”) (someone explain the ref to jackal and his kids, ok?).
“I never knew TV references other kids were making. It forced me to work double hard to find ways to connect with people.”
I remember when Thunderball got it’s first showing on TV. I was in JHS. All the kids were running around, ‘yo, he was fucking that bitch underwater, did you see him fucking that bitch underwater’. So I just said the same thing.
I don’t ban my son from watching TV. I just don’t make broadcast or cable channels available in our home.
Oh actually I guess the Internet is for the OT, porn, news, and University lectures.
Don’t see why television in everyday life has to be either feast or famine. I still read books (loads of them), I do plenty of other things besides watching tv. TV doesn’t make you a couch potato unless you are inclined to be one. TV is one form of communication- you can still decide how to use it or abuse it. But shutting off communication is not the greatest option.
TV is a mental wasteland.
The Internet is for porn, news, and University lectures.
“No worries, they will find ways to watch tv.”
Yep. My brother had a “NO TV” rule. So my younger niece figured out how to watch on her computer.
Denton, I’ve read the six books that Churchill wrote about WWII. That doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a movie about them – 2 parts made so far I believe. Books and TV are not mutually exclusive. And I enjoy both.