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Who has Boycotted TV and Why?
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Sean-E-Sean
Location: Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
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Jan 13, 2009 - 7:46pm |
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...because everything worth watching can be 'borrowed' off het innernets...
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Jan 13, 2009 - 7:44pm |
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ytrav24 wrote: This is one of my favorite bands I first listened to them in 95 but I haven't heard this song, very powerful.
It's from the album 10,000 Days
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DD redgiff
Location: Havre de Grace, Maryland Gender:
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Jan 13, 2009 - 7:43pm |
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I quit watching tv over 8 years ago because i live in a small town with limited service. Then the cable companies came alone and tried to charge me electric rates for a basic connection. So I tole 'em all to fuck right off.
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(former member)
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Jan 13, 2009 - 7:39pm |
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Eye on the TV 'cause tragedy thrills me Whatever flavor it happens to be Like: "Killed by the husband" ... "Drowned by the ocean" ... "Shot by his own son" ... "She used a poison in his tea, Then (she) kissed him goodbye" That's my kind of story It's no fun til someone dies. Don't look me at like I am a monster Frown out your one face, but with the other (you) Stare like a junkie into the TV Stare like a zombie while the mother holds her child, Watches him die, Hands to the sky cryin "why, oh why?" Cause I need to watch things die from a distance Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies You all need it too - don't lie. Why can't we just admit it? Why can't we just admit it? We won't give pause until the blood is flowin' Neither the brave nor bold Nor brightest of stories told We won't give pause until the blood is flowin' I need to watch things die from a good safe distance Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies You all feel the same so why can't we just admit it? Blood like rain fallin' down Drum on grave and ground Part vampire, part warrior, Carnivore and voyeur Stare at the transmittal. Sing to the death rattle. La, la, la, la, la, la, la-lie (x4) Credulous at best Your desire to believe in Angels in the hearts of men. But pull your head on out (of) your hippie haze And give a listen Shouldn't have to say it all again The universe is hostile So impersonal Devour to survive So it is, so it's always been ... We all feed on tragedy. It's like blood to a vampire. Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies Much better you than I. ~Tool Goodnight Friend
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mzpro5
Location: Budda'spet, Hungry Gender:
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Dec 5, 2008 - 8:18am |
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Alafia wrote: Sounds extremely expensive. I think I'd rather take a trip to Europe or Hawaii...
I would like to see your system though (I AM a gear-wienie, after all...)
It is a bit pricey, It's taken about 5 years and I probably have about 12K invested in equipment alone, doesn't count the 1300 CD's and 200 movies I have. I lost the travel bug about 8 years ago. And the equipment I have is going to last for a good long time. Of course if I wasn't single and no kids I could never have afforded it all. It has become a bit of a disease.
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Alafia
Location: the dojo Gender:
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Dec 5, 2008 - 8:08am |
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mzpro5 wrote:I think I am the exception in the RP universe. Audio and home theater are my hobbies and I am an all out TV junkie. Plenty of junk on, yeah, but that's what a remote and changing the channels is all about, it's like saying I won't read anymore because there are tons of trashy romance novels on the shelves.. Commercials? Haven't watched any for 3 years since I got a DVR. Run a 50" plasma with HD DirecTV hooked up to a surround sound system with an Outlaw 990/7700 pre/pro amp combo and SVS MTS-1 speaker system. Have a Sony BDP S550 blu ray player. CD player, Squezzebox and several other compnents. If you really want to experience good TV and home theater stop by my place. Sounds extremely expensive. I think I'd rather take a trip to Europe or Hawaii... I would like to see your system though (I AM a gear-wienie, after all...)
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ScopArch
Location: Taking a break Gender:
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Dec 5, 2008 - 8:08am |
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Laptop + Netflix = Happy!
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mzpro5
Location: Budda'spet, Hungry Gender:
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Dec 5, 2008 - 8:04am |
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peyotecoyote wrote:
I used to love television for winding down at night before going to bed, but the commercials, especially at this time of the year, are so blaringly in-your-face, that I find them to be an assault on the senses. Now I just set the timer to record programming that either I know I love to watch or that I may find interesting and go with that.
I think I am the exception in the RP universe. Audio and home theater are my hobbies and I am an all out TV junkie. Plenty of junk on, yeah, but that's what a remote and changing the channels is all about, it's like saying I won't read anymore because there are tons of trashy romance novels on the shelves.. Commercials? Haven't watched any for 3 years since I got a DVR. Run a 50" plasma with HD DirecTV hooked up to a surround sound system with an Outlaw 990/7700 pre/pro amp combo and SVS MTS-1 speaker system. Have a Sony BDP S550 blu ray player. CD player, Squezzebox and several other compnents. If you really want to experience good TV and home theater stop by my place.
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peyotecoyote
Location: London, Ontario
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Dec 5, 2008 - 7:32am |
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Alafia wrote: 1. 90% of programming is crap for retards. 2. It's a waste of time; I have more fun and productive things to do with my time. 3. I HATE commercials.
I used to love television for winding down at night before going to bed, but the commercials, especially at this time of the year, are so blaringly in-your-face, that I find them to be an assault on the senses. Now I just set the timer to record programming that either I know I love to watch or that I may find interesting and go with that.
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Alafia
Location: the dojo Gender:
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Dec 5, 2008 - 7:26am |
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1. 90% of programming is crap for retards. 2. It's a waste of time; I have more fun and productive things to do with my time. 3. I HATE commercials.
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meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
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Dec 5, 2008 - 7:23am |
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JrzyTmata wrote: i have boycotted TV mainly because it was getting in the way of my reading anything and I noticed I was eating more. I basically got rid of cable (which in Philadelphia means, no TV) a little bit after 9-11, the visuals were too much for me, and for the above reasons.
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JrzyTmata
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Dec 4, 2008 - 5:35pm |
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mem_313
Location: Beachside, Paradise Gender:
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Dec 1, 2008 - 8:18pm |
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katzendogs wrote:ma heard that too. you are both dolts! power in numbers! newspaper print makes my fingers swell... for real! weird huh?
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DD redgiff
Location: Havre de Grace, Maryland Gender:
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Dec 1, 2008 - 8:12pm |
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katzendogs wrote: Once upon a time there were newspapers.
There still are ! I use googl.com/ig as a home page. All I have on it are the news feeds from The Washington Post, New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde etc. And I will also solve your internet savvy issue and just tell you how to find almost anything you want to watch, on demand, without having to download a torrent. Go here : http://www.ovguide.com/
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katzendogs
Location: Pasadena ,Texas Gender:
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Dec 1, 2008 - 8:06pm |
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mem_313 wrote:blasphamy! i laugh like a hyena when spongebob is on. I am a dolt. ma heard that too. you are both dolts!
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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Dec 1, 2008 - 8:06pm |
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When I was about 9 years old, our old black & white TV broke and my father refused to buy a replacement unless our grades came up for a year. Somehow a year became three years and by they time we got a TV back in the house, reading and homework had become a habit with me.
Now I have no TV in my home. I have a monitor hooked up to my DVD player but no antennae or cable. I've decided I'm better that way. The only time I want to watch TV is when there's a good show on and I've found that the good shows tend to be podcast on computer or available on DVD later...
Pay TV... go figure.
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mem_313
Location: Beachside, Paradise Gender:
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Dec 1, 2008 - 8:05pm |
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CoffeeGirl wrote:
I can't stand it anymore.... I get the small tic in my left eye when it is on. Thankfully we can usually negotiate and he'll put on Avatar...now *that's* a cool show. IMHO
yea I don't have to listen to it anymore either, but the happy little music, that gay laugh of patricks, and the rye humor of squidward makes me giggle. I find the shows with violence (morals aside) make my eyes twitch worse. IMHO.
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katzendogs
Location: Pasadena ,Texas Gender:
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Dec 1, 2008 - 8:05pm |
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mem_313 wrote:cable is exploitation. I miss the discovery channel, bravo, tcm, and a few others. But life is a lot more interactive without it. I was sad to have missed the olympics. But once I become more internet savvy i think that I will find the info I am missing on the TV. Once upon a time there were newspapers.
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