Skrankio-X
New Member
This is my first ever post, so I want to kick off by getting something off my chest:
Over the last few years I've been nurturing a searing hatred for television.
I just find it completely ABSURD when I walk into a room and there's people lying around, staring at a screen which is usually showing one of the following:
-Shootings, explosions, gunfights, murder, torture etc.
-Bad quality soaps that are "so unrealistic they might as well be set on the fucking moon" (-Charlie Brooker), usually made up of a neverending series of arguments spiralling round each other in a vicious circle of grim stupidity.
-Ads for crap that no-one needs, patronising to anyone who has a shred of self respect.
-Reality TV. Cheap. Exploitative. Vacuous. Trash. We lap it up.
Television promotes materialism and apathy. There's a creeping tide of junk surrounding us and nobody seems to mind. Stop watching CSI, please.
I would like to see more people throw their set:
OUT THE WINDOW!
I can't express myself very well without spending too much time. Help me.
Do you agree? Disagree?
One more thing:
"American children and adolescents spend 22 to 28 hours per week viewing television, more than any other activity except sleeping. By the age of 70 they will have spent 7 to 10 years of their lives watching TV."
(-- The Kaiser Family Foundation)
Over the last few years I've been nurturing a searing hatred for television.
I just find it completely ABSURD when I walk into a room and there's people lying around, staring at a screen which is usually showing one of the following:
-Shootings, explosions, gunfights, murder, torture etc.
-Bad quality soaps that are "so unrealistic they might as well be set on the fucking moon" (-Charlie Brooker), usually made up of a neverending series of arguments spiralling round each other in a vicious circle of grim stupidity.
-Ads for crap that no-one needs, patronising to anyone who has a shred of self respect.
-Reality TV. Cheap. Exploitative. Vacuous. Trash. We lap it up.
Television promotes materialism and apathy. There's a creeping tide of junk surrounding us and nobody seems to mind. Stop watching CSI, please.
I would like to see more people throw their set:
OUT THE WINDOW!
I can't express myself very well without spending too much time. Help me.
Do you agree? Disagree?
One more thing:
"American children and adolescents spend 22 to 28 hours per week viewing television, more than any other activity except sleeping. By the age of 70 they will have spent 7 to 10 years of their lives watching TV."
(-- The Kaiser Family Foundation)