Life without television: how do people do it?

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i think the ratio of ppl who claim to not have a telly to ppl who really NO don't have a telly is quite high, like on the order of 10:1 or something

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link

i mean claim to the licensing ppl, not just generally like on this thread.

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Eat the telly !!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 12:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Top 10 ways to deny TV Licence TV Search People access:

1. "I don't think you're ready for this Telly"

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link

I hadn't had a TV for a few years and a friend gave me one so I could watch movies on it. I haven't gotten a DVD player yet so the TV's there. Whenever I try watching it, the required shortness of attention span drives me crazy. I don't know how anyone can stand it. And ads! The horror! The horror! I don't have cable or an antenna, so I can't really surf around much (I have to get up and adjust the rabbit ears), but watching the individual shows, I'm amazed how annoying and idiotic they are -maybe I wouldn't notice if I could watch five or six at once, but it wouldn't make them any better. Sometimes I don't understand what people are talking about, but it's not usually anything they care much about either. Here in the US the TV news is last place you'll ever find out about anything, so I haven't ended up being ill-informed. When I'm at other people's places and the TV is on, I can't take my eyes off of it.

Uh, that makes it bad? You just forgot TV language. It's like learning a new language: you just have to adapt to it. I'm sorry, I just don't agree with your stance.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 12:19 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

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― and what, Sunday, 19 October 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link

would be way harder to give up the net than tv. i maybe watch 2 or 3 full programs a week, now. used to watch shitloads as a kid, tho.

― stone cold all time hall of fame classics (internet person), Sunday, 19 October 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link

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