Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
Americans spend THOUSANDS of hours a year in front of the TV. In the time it takes to watch an episode of Lost, I can weed the garden or split some logs or read a story to my kids or do the dishes or feed and water the chickens or just sit and look at the trees. I like my video media - we use Hulu.com quite a bit, and I use iTunes now and then to buy a TV show or two. But to have this thing that just is constantly flowing new useless crap into your head all the time? I'll pass.


Amen to that, though I will miss the knot tying practice that came with being perched in front of the idiot box. Just have to find another passive mindless activity to substitute for it (the television watching, not the knot practice).
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(posting this as someone that has unintentionally done a bunch of stupid stuff in the past and will again...)