Getting rid of the Tube, can you do it? - Page 2

hectorberlioz · 11-16-2007, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tessar

Yes, Hector, I could easily get rid of my TV without blinking twice

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As Katya implies, Tess-O, are you just decieving yourself?

**Mari** · 11-18-2007, 09:01 AM

If you can use your computer with internet to watch anything you want, then yeah, it's easy to get rid of the TV.
The only reason I watch TV when I'm at home is because I enjoy watching Midsomer Murder and the like with my mother while guessing who did it and yelling a lot when one of us turns out to be right or their thoughts on motive or something makes no sense. But my parents don't watch a lot either, so all in all I don't spend much time in front of the TV.

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-19-2007, 01:33 PM

I'm not allowed a TV at my college, so I don't have any problems with it.

***Tessar*** · 11-19-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

As Katya implies, Tess-O, are you just decieving yourself?

How dare you challenge my honor, sir!

I shall meet you on the field of battle at dawn! *one glove SLAPPE'D!!!!!!!!*

sisterandcousinandaunt · 11-19-2007, 04:05 PM

I watch TV. I'm a news addict, and my computer doesn't do moving media.

Why should I give it up?

katya · 11-19-2007, 04:19 PM

TV's like drugs, you can use it, but you can also abuse it! I don't think watching the news is addiction. At least not TV addiction. News addiction is different.

**Nurvingiel** · 11-20-2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

I'm not allowed a TV at my college, so I don't have any problems with it.

Not allowed? Please do elaborate good sir.

Miss Cassandra · 11-24-2007, 05:12 PM

I cant get rid of my TV- I watch movies on it! Thats all the use it gets though. I havent watched cable in about a year. Screw you Comcast!

No one really needs it anyway. I just have lots of CDs and videos.
My boyfriend absoutely does not watch tv. We rent a lot of movies but we have never had cable hooked up. Does that make us weird?

**Mari** · 11-25-2007, 08:45 AM

No, not really, movies and stuff are short and you can watch them at your own convenience, but if you follow series, you have to watch at certain times and you have to watch for 26 weeks or so.

sisi041 · 11-25-2007, 09:20 AM

Internet is attractive than TV because internet is interactive and TV only has output. I like both of them.

Local channals: I like to watch warcraft3 matches in gamesTV. I also watch investment related channels because I buy stocks.

English language channals: Actually I watch them for learning english. So I watch CNBC, CNN, BBC the most. Sometimes I watch HBO,CINEMAX though I can't understand what peoples are speaking. Occasionally I watch animax for some cartoons I liked and discovery channal.

**Mari** · 11-25-2007, 05:10 PM

So, watching for educational purposes eh?

***Earniel*** · 11-25-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sisi041

English language channals: Actually I watch them for learning english. So I watch CNBC, CNN, BBC the most.

I am forever indebted to the BBC for that, the BBC and um... their Star Trek original series re-runs.

sisi041 · 11-25-2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mari

So, watching for educational purposes eh?

Yes, the news program speak english clearly and dulcetly. I can only follow some of it. Discovery T&L has a program called global treker in terms of travelling around the world, which I can follow most.

***Tessar*** · 11-26-2007, 01:24 AM

I take back everything I've said before.

My mom wants to get cable for Christmas. With the sci-fi channel.

So, umm.... if you guys don't see me again, like... ever.... after December 25th, now you know why

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brownjenkins · 11-26-2007, 11:21 PM

Watching TV is actually when my family does the most chatting with each other. It's pretty rare that there is a show so engrossing, or one that won't be on another twenty times, that it takes everyone's attention.

It's kind of like the twenty-first century version of sitting in front of the fireplace. Something to gather and socialize around.

katya · 11-27-2007, 11:00 AM

Yeah, when we're watching something, TV or a movie, I always insist that it's something that no one will mind if we talk though.

Video games are especially good for that.

11-18-2007, 09:01 AM	#22
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	If you can use your computer with internet to watch anything you want, then yeah, it's easy to get rid of the TV. The only reason I watch TV when I'm at home is because I enjoy watching Midsomer Murder and the like with my mother while guessing who did it and yelling a lot when one of us turns out to be right or their thoughts on motive or something makes no sense. But my parents don't watch a lot either, so all in all I don't spend much time in front of the TV. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

11-19-2007, 01:33 PM	#23
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I'm not allowed a TV at my college, so I don't have any problems with it. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

11-19-2007, 04:05 PM	#25
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I watch TV. I'm a news addict, and my computer doesn't do moving media. Why should I give it up? __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

11-24-2007, 05:12 PM	#28
Miss Cassandra Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 160	I cant get rid of my TV- I watch movies on it! Thats all the use it gets though. I havent watched cable in about a year. Screw you Comcast! No one really needs it anyway. I just have lots of CDs and videos. My boyfriend absoutely does not watch tv. We rent a lot of movies but we have never had cable hooked up. Does that make us weird? __________________ DIMMU BORGIR Antichristus Spiritualis

11-25-2007, 08:45 AM	#29
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	No, not really, movies and stuff are short and you can watch them at your own convenience, but if you follow series, you have to watch at certain times and you have to watch for 26 weeks or so. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

11-19-2007, 04:19 PM	#26
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	TV's like drugs, you can use it, but you can also abuse it! I don't think watching the news is addiction. At least not TV addiction. News addiction is different.

11-25-2007, 09:20 AM	#30
sisi041 Sapling Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9	Internet is attractive than TV because internet is interactive and TV only has output. I like both of them. Local channals: I like to watch warcraft3 matches in gamesTV. I also watch investment related channels because I buy stocks. English language channals: Actually I watch them for learning english. So I watch CNBC, CNN, BBC the most. Sometimes I watch HBO,CINEMAX though I can't understand what peoples are speaking. Occasionally I watch animax for some cartoons I liked and discovery channal.

11-25-2007, 05:10 PM	#31
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	So, watching for educational purposes eh? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

11-26-2007, 01:24 AM	#34
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I take back everything I've said before. My mom wants to get cable for Christmas. With the sci-fi channel. So, umm.... if you guys don't see me again, like... ever.... after December 25th, now you know why .

11-26-2007, 11:21 PM	#35
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	Watching TV is actually when my family does the most chatting with each other. It's pretty rare that there is a show so engrossing, or one that won't be on another twenty times, that it takes everyone's attention. It's kind of like the twenty-first century version of sitting in front of the fireplace. Something to gather and socialize around. __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

11-27-2007, 11:00 AM	#36
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Yeah, when we're watching something, TV or a movie, I always insist that it's something that no one will mind if we talk though. Video games are especially good for that.