Realize just how stupid Television is

[sharpezor]

you know they did a study somewhere and found out that a very large majority of chimos were avid star trek fans

well im not a "chimo" ....

[eddievanzant]

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now that was actually funny :dance:

It's not nice to ignore people. It's also not funny if it isn't understood.

[Oneironaut]

Does anybody read books anymore? They're way better than TV. For one, nobody yanks the book out of your hand every 10 minutes to tell you how great their laundry detergent is. Also, they actually have intelligent things to say, and the author has enough time to explain things that take more than a sound bite to understand. You don't have to put up with crap that's dumbed down for the average Joe if you don't want to. And you can investigate those subjects that interest you, not the ones that interest the largest possible group of people.

[eddievanzant]

Every form of media has its disadvantages, including literature. Books have some things in common with television, like how you have less input on what you're taking in than internet. Books can also be quite boring. I do feel my brain working diferently after reading a book, and while I refuse to read anything on my own, I still get a lot of reading in at school, even excluding all the stupid shit in the "Honors" Literature book.

[beachguy in thongs]

Just start buying books on CD. Or get all five Showtimes.

[justinsane]

i havent watched TV since i dropped acid about a month and a half ago, ill watch National Geographic Channel for maybe an hour a week, thats it.

the same goes for movies, - with the exceptions of ones that dont portray a fake message. - IE: Forest Gump, Detroit Rock City, ect..

i realized that (i quote Jim Morrison) "Whoever controls the media, controls the mind." This is true.

imagine if there were never ANY scary movies... we'd all walk around at night with no worries of being randomly attacked by monsters and shit,.. (other than gangsters ect..) people can go through some shit, and say, oh.. it happened on that movie, so it can happen to me.... when really the movie was just a story someone thought up... its not real life...

[beachguy in thongs]

imagine if there were never ANY scary movies... we'd all walk around at night with no worries of being randomly attacked by monsters and shit,.. (other than gangsters ect..) people can go through some shit, and say, oh.. it happened on that movie, so it can happen to me.... when really the movie was just a story someone thought up... its not real life...

The reason behind "The Big Screen".

I watched "Darkness", last night, on StarZ On Demand. I loved "Field of Dreams" and "Amelia" just as much as "Dark City", but I can't remember any of them.

[Reefer Rogue]

What's a TV? :/

[rajking86]

The most confusing, angering, bizarre feelings from a recent mshrooms trip resulted from coming down offa the shrooms while having the E! channel accidently on, talking about paris hilton for about 2 hours.........god it made for an eerie background.

[Toffee]

Does anybody read books anymore? They're way better than TV. For one, nobody yanks the book out of your hand every 10 minutes to tell you how great their laundry detergent is. Also, they actually have intelligent things to say, and the author has enough time to explain things that take more than a sound bite to understand. You don't have to put up with crap that's dumbed down for the average Joe if you don't want to. And you can investigate those subjects that interest you, not the ones that interest the largest possible group of people.

yeah books are better, you can rewind if you dont understand lol. you have all the time in the world, they improve you english, (in malta at least)(and english not american!! sorry americans but american is just simplified english)...

anyway i have a good book i am going to read now

its called "the story of god" by robert winston, published by the BBCimp: