It started because I learned in school that advertisements work by making you feel bad about yourself. I thought, fuck that, and shut the thing off for three decades. Now the tv I watch doesn't have ads.
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The net result is that I've read a lot more books than most people my age. And I'm out of tune with many cultural touchstones. For instance, I've never seen an episode of Seinfeld.
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I can understand that! I moved out of my parents house and then didn't watch for four years. Then streaming became possible.
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Streaming has been my downfall.
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same tbh (though not quite 30 years, heh) I clearly remember the last day I ever watched normal TV. I got so pissed off at it that I took the TV itself out to the curb and threw a brick through it. Never looked back. in retrospect this seems a bit melodramatic but whatev.
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It was 1981 or so. I watched some lame sitcom, and was outraged by how utterly useless, demeaning, and just plain stupid it was. Then I watched only PBS (like Nova) for a couple of weeks—no ads!—before giving up on tv altogether.
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2008 in my case. many factors went in to it but the two that standout are realizing how unhealthy it was to be emotionally roller-coastered from watching the Mets lose on TV and of course the viciousness of the Clinton vs. Obama primary campaign.
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Social media also works by making people feel bad about themselves, yet you’re on here.
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So, the interesting thing for you to point out is that that's somehow inconsistent?
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Seems so. Don’t watch tv but you engage in social media.
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