90% of all television is as bad, if not worse, as being addicted to heroin (Jersey Shore). What could possibly be a better way to forget about those bills piling up on your kitchen counter? Let’s all go bum around the front of an inane box and become mind numbing mechanical piles of lethargic goo. When people can’t figure out what to do with free time the television gets turned on and hours of productive time is lost forever. (None of my verbal spewing about television is in anyway related to “government/corporation conspiracy”. Conspiracies are stupid.)
I have a theory with boredom – Falling ill to the bitter boredomitus means you will strive to find something to do. In a typical situation, a person will turn on the TV as a way to combat boredomitus. So, if television is out of the picture then productivity is just that much closer. Most people have heard the saying, “The book is way better than the movie.” It’s because a book requires the brain to function far more than a movie could.
SOME television (roughly 10%) is okay to watch; especially the educational and slightly educational shows (Mythbusters), they can minimally stir brain functions (Beyond eating and breathing!). So, next time Boredomitus sets in, pick up a good book or start that next project you’ve always thought about. You are your only limitation in life.
All I’m doing is sitting here giving myself a break from the daily bullshit by watching some TV and you have to give me flack for it? Hell no. I work all damned day slaving at that lame job you want me to keep because of idiotic reasons like: “it’s a steady paycheck” and “Timmy needs real clothes” and “We can’t go ANOTHER day without eating!”. Since when did kids have to eat everyday anyway? Soft, that’s what they are...soft. Anyways, leave me the hell alone and let me just chill for a minute until I have to start thinking again. There better be a sandwich in there when I come out.Look, TV has a beginning, some stuff happens, and has a nice tidy end wherever I choose. Sometimes there is value in shutting off your brain for a minute and being simply entertained. If you are looking for something to help forget what life you have managed to scrape together up to this point, you will find it no matter what. There are a lot worse things you could do than watch TV...like tripping old people, testing just HOW flammable things are when they are labeled “flammable”, or eating stolen Thanksgiving dinners. *Flips on TV* Darrell Hammond-themed SNL marathon, cool. TV...good...yeah...Oh Sean Connery how you hate Trebek!