Comments on: Things That Happened http://electrolicious.com/2003/03/things_that_hap Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:18:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: esther http://electrolicious.com/2003/03/things_that_hap#comment-1534 esther Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:27:39 +0000 #comment-1534 <p>at our last house, my Tv (which is leeetle) was on one of those vintage rolling kitchen carts, and we would wheel it out of the room when we were done. it was like dim sum television. :)</p> at our last house, my Tv (which is leeetle) was on one of those vintage rolling kitchen carts, and we would wheel it out of the room when we were done. it was like dim sum television. :)

]]> By: db http://electrolicious.com/2003/03/things_that_hap#comment-1533 db Tue, 25 Mar 2003 16:08:26 +0000 #comment-1533 Like any other factor or stimulant, be it chemical, social, visual, etc, too much of anything 'cept love can be bad for you. Finding quality programming on the tube can ba awfully chalenging though. I've got digital cable- 300 some channels- and ever since the Sopranos and Oz ended and my girl Frenchie got booted, I haven't found much worth sitting for. The internet is certainly capable of sucking down many hours of your life just as well, but the potential for interaction is so much greater (this conversation, for instance). Not unlike our web hostess here, I've found good friends, jobs, bandmates etc that would have been much more difficult if not impossible to do by any other means. It also takes the power of communication and puts it back in the hands of the public. I can't think of anyone I know with the ir own TV station, but websites (which also happen to be accesible worldwide 24/7)...I'd really have to sit back and count that one...I say lose your TV, get a TV Tuner card for your PC, get the cable companies to make digital cable compatible with said TV Tuner cards ( they only go up to a certain channel) and then everyone has the best of both worlds. Most cards also have a utility within the software that allows you to timer record right to your hd, so TIVO can take a hike too =) Like any other factor or stimulant, be it chemical, social, visual, etc, too much of anything ‘cept love can be bad for you. Finding quality programming on the tube can ba awfully chalenging though. I’ve got digital cable- 300 some channels- and ever since the Sopranos and Oz ended and my girl Frenchie got booted, I haven’t found much worth sitting for. The internet is certainly capable of sucking down many hours of your life just as well, but the potential for interaction is so much greater (this conversation, for instance). Not unlike our web hostess here, I’ve found good friends, jobs, bandmates etc that would have been much more difficult if not impossible to do by any other means. It also takes the power of communication and puts it back in the hands of the public. I can’t think of anyone I know with the ir own TV station, but websites (which also happen to be accesible worldwide 24/7)…I’d really have to sit back and count that one…I say lose your TV, get a TV Tuner card for your PC, get the cable companies to make digital cable compatible with said TV Tuner cards ( they only go up to a certain channel) and then everyone has the best of both worlds. Most cards also have a utility within the software that allows you to timer record right to your hd, so TIVO can take a hike too =)

]]> By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2003/03/things_that_hap#comment-1532 Ariel Tue, 25 Mar 2003 16:02:52 +0000 #comment-1532 See, Elke? I'm not biased against TV-watchers. <i>Some of my best friends are TV-watchers.</i> Heh. ;) See, Elke? I’m not biased against TV-watchers. Some of my best friends are TV-watchers.

Heh. ;)

]]> By: Choire http://electrolicious.com/2003/03/things_that_hap#comment-1531 Choire Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:56:04 +0000 #comment-1531 I love my TV. I wish it wasn't so endlessly fascinating with its 500 channels. That being said, I get my best ideas while glazing on it at 3 a.m. I love my TV. I wish it wasn’t so endlessly fascinating with its 500 channels. That being said, I get my best ideas while glazing on it at 3 a.m.

]]> By: donut http://electrolicious.com/2003/03/things_that_hap#comment-1530 donut Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:15:41 +0000 #comment-1530 I have a tv (although no cable), but I'd like to add to the list of bad things about tv. TV makes people feel like they've had a social interaction, when they haven't. Studies have shown that people who watch Friends feel like they have more friends than they do. It artifically prevents people from feeling lonely, which can make it easier to become a shut-in. (Don't laugh, I know some.) Internet can do this too, but at least the people on the other end aren't fictional. I have a tv (although no cable), but I’d like to add to the list of bad things about tv.
TV makes people feel like they’ve had a social interaction, when they haven’t. Studies have shown that people who watch Friends feel like they have more friends than they do. It artifically prevents people from feeling lonely, which can make it easier to become a shut-in. (Don’t laugh, I know some.) Internet can do this too, but at least the people on the other end aren’t fictional.

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