TV Turnoff week Apr 23-29

[alaskaflyer]

TV Turnoff week Apr 23-29

Already turned off permanently as of January.

 

[wsuffa]

How come I didn't hear about this on the TV news?

 

[fgcason]

Already turned off permanently as of January.

I turned mine off permanently at the end of October. I don't miss the thing in the least.

TV = brain damaging, depression inducing, suck your life away device

 

[alaskaflyer]

Frankly I don't see what the point of this is. I'm quite capable of determining how best to use my spare time. I don't see a "Take a week off from gambling" movement. An activity I consider to be a total waste of time and far more harmful to society than TV is. But I'm not about to say people shouldn't do it just because I don't happen to like it.

Gambling, at least, gives you some odds of gaining a benefit.

It is all a matter of degree. I threw out my TV but still watch the occasional movie and listen to music, and read. I suppose I and society would be better benefited with my nose to the grindstone 18 hours a day. But you can't argue with me that I am not better off for not watching the blasted TV anymore. And probably most of you would be too

 

[jkaduk]

Gambling, at least, gives you some odds of gaining a benefit.

Very poor odds in my book. Which is why I consider it a waste of time. Don't know who said it: "Lotteries, a tax on the mathematically challenged".

 

[KennyFlys]

Very poor odds in my book. Which is why I consider it a waste of time. Don't know who said it: "Lotteries, a tax on the mathematically challenged".

Nawww... "A tax on the stupid." Or... "A tax on those who will never achieve enough to be subject to income tax."

 

[JohnR]

It's working!

"[A] startling number of Americans drifted away from television the past two months: More than 2.5 million fewer people were watching ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox than at the same time last year, statistics show."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8P0F6RG0&show_article=1

 

[alaskaflyer]

Very poor odds in my book. Which is why I consider it a waste of time. Don't know who said it: "Lotteries, a tax on the mathematically challenged".

Better odds at achieving some gain, than say, television, which was my point.

 

[ScottM]

I have two TeeVees. If I left one off for the week does that count?