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Re: Television Addiction

Re: Television Addiction2012-06-29T19:42:33+00:00
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My sleep is very broken and I just can’t get through the thread but I WILL now I know it’s here and can see there is so much interesting stuff in it.

Here’s my tuppensworth for anyone who can manage to wade through it:

I don’t watch TV. Here’s why:

I HATE advertising. I really loath it and I think my kids are happier for the lack of it – they are not being constantly told what they need to feel happy.

The culture of ‘kick out the weakest’ type programming makes my blood BOIL! It is culturally damaging and supremely degrading to those poor souls who have made bad choices through lack of understanding and are humiliated publicly.

The ‘beauty’ culture makes me want to puke.

I cannot and never have been able to remember to tune in at a certain time to see the next episode or to be content to wait a week to see what happens next.

I don’t want to get sucked into the endless channel hopping, desperate to find something remotely interesting.

HOWEVER:

I like DVDs – films or boxsets of things I enjoy, like Frasier or West Wing, that I genuinely get pleasure from.

I like i-player from the BBC. The BBC doesn’t advertise – I can watch something without being bombarded by things I find deeply offensive every few minutes. I can choose documentaries or comedies or films and watch them there and then. And I know that if I allow my kids to watch the 2 children’s channels on it, they’ll not be exposed to things that are unacceptable to me (like being told they NEED some games console.)

And I can’t sleep without the white noise of it = I put on Frasier every night and turn the sound down so I can’t quite hear it.

So, if you’ve managed to get that far, I think tv is great for me, provided I am in control of it. If I’m not, I don’t want to know.

I didn’t have one for 4 years and don’t even know how to use our family one as it only seems to be used by my husband for match of the day or if we’re all watching a film together. But I love having i-player and a DVD player on my laptop and I am happy to use them at the end of the day for an hour or two while I’m winding down.

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