TV Turnoff Week 2003 (April 21-27) - I'll be participating I think. It is at the end of exams, so maybe I'll be studying. I've added the dates to my calendar.
Perhaps there should be a "sucky-website-stoppage" or something that keeps me from mindlessly wasting my time surfing through random poorly written blogs and op-ed sites (like this one!), but I've gone off...
The average person watches four hours of television per day which is probably far too much to be healthy. I wonder how much more productive I could be if I had an extra four hours? I could cook more, and finally get the garden growing. I've got the steaming pile of compost in my back yard, but I still haven't done anything with it.
Adbusters: The Zen TV Experiment "How many of you know how to watch television?" - a simple idea really. Do you know how to analyze what you see on TV? Do you understand the difference between seeing the TV, watching it, and digesting it? Yet more reasons not to watch the constant stream of pulp, throw-away, drivel produced by large American corporations designed only to sell advertisements and placate the TV watching public. A school teacher asked his students to not only watch the TV, but to observe the content.
Comments (2)
I never watch TV. We don't even have any channels. I hardly ever mention that to people though, cuz every once in a while, when I'm hanging out with a pretentious crowd, I'll say a Futurama quote or something, and all the other pretentious people look miffed and confused and they laugh softly and say, "Oh ... I actually don't watch TV, so I can't really appreciate that," and then I feel lousy cuz I'm not pretentious enough. Bah!
Did you participate in Adbuster's Buy-Nothing Day?
Posted by Joy | January 26, 2004 3:43 PM
Posted on January 26, 2004 15:43
I really only go out of my way to watch about an hour's TV a week (Alias), but things happen or I'm eating or something. I need to get back into the habit of reading while I eat. Then I'd make more of a dent in that evil pile of books.
I think I'm going to institute a policy of at leats two days a week not buying anything. It's hard, when you think about all the little things or random snacks you buy when you're not thinking about it.
Posted by ben | January 26, 2004 4:36 PM
Posted on January 26, 2004 16:36