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Let me rephrase what I said....I can't sit still, period.  I don't even want to.  I also enjoy a good story, if it can be told in about 5 minutes, then you're losing me.

I usually read for a half hour or so when I hit the sack, but I don't enjoy fiction of any kind.  I'll go on a reading spree where I want to learn all I can about a specific incident, or piece of history, but I have no interest in a "story".....maybe that's another reason I don't watch TV.

It's funny, 2 of my kids that are still at home are like me.....they just won't sit in front of a TV, my wife and the other twin will watch it for hours....go figure.

Sarc font fail.

Netflix has spoiled my wife and I. I can't freakin stand to watch TV anymore, the commercials just make me angry. Cutting off the show every 3 minutes for another 2 minutes of people yelling at me to buy stuff for some reason just sets me off now.

We much prefer to watch things on netflix where we can pause, watch at our own pace and our own time. I have had people tell me they can't do something on a weekday night because "their show" is on, pretty crazy to me. 

We thought about adding Hulu but it seems they are getting worse and worse with commercials on the free version, not sure if the paid version is any better. 

I agree with whoever mentioned keeping up with news, sports and general pop culture.

I got a great piece of advice a few years back when I knew I'd be interviewing/working with men - to turn on Sports Center while I was getting ready for work so I'd know if they were talking about some sports thing I didnt' follow and be able to include myself intellegently. Same with flipping through Good Morning America or local news casts. People who just have no clue what's going on in the world worry me... and I don't necessarily want to be one of them.

ok this response made me laugh..lol..

Ding ding!  Hey, if you're not into watching TV more power to you.  But no need to say it in a way that implies that the rest of us who do watch are a bunch of lazy,unintellectual idiots.

I don't care for scripted TV.  We watch mostly stuff on Food network, Bravo, A&E and yes, I'm completely secure saying it, MTV.

Perfect dateline.

Not 'Iron Chef'?  I like how they conjure up outrageous deliciousness, especially Morimoto.  That guy has talent!

I love TV.  It's almost always on in my house.  That, however, doesn't mean that I'm sitting on the couch lethargic.  I like the noise and all the pretty lights !  But seriously, some people like to have music on in their house while they do things, I like to have stories or music or news while I'm cooking, or cleaning or even studying (I'm selective, of course.  I don't put an action movie on while cracking the books - maybe a music channel or golf).

As for actual viewing (and not just background noise), I stay clear from the network stuff generally.  I don't like commercials and most of it is pretty bad.

I generally gravitate to the educational stuff.  There is a show now called Brain Games that goes into how the brain works on the National Geographic channel that's amazing.  So science shows and history shows really interests me.  PBS, Discovery, Science, NatGeo, Military, FoodTV

As for entertainment, I like to watch some of the better produced and better written stuff like Game of Thrones, Dexter or Vikings.  Sopranos when they were on.

Sports aregood too.  I GUESS I could sit around the radio like they did pre-TV and listen to my stories or the ball game - but now I have pictures!

To me, TV can be a problem if abused (just like anything).  You could game too much, you could lock yourself in to your room and basically read too much, or listen to music too much...  Everything in moderation, I suppose.

I make just about everything I see on Alton Brown... 

However, I suggest stay clear from the crock pot lasagna (it was a an insult to lasagna and what lasagna stands for).  And the sea salt and soy sauce caramels.  Yuck.

I would like to be a judge on that show.  But I would never consider actually making most of that stuff.

They've had an actress on before that I couldn't understand why.  She was funny at times, but, her attempt to describe things were bland and not helpful.

We should see if we can send in a resume or something!  That would be so cool being on there.

Gotcha.

So you wake, open a book and read till you sleep.  Neglecting work, friends or family...  Yeah, not a problem.

There is a "Too much" for anything.  IMO.

And of course, watching 4 hours of history or documentaries is a wast but reading 16 hours of us magazing and playboy/penthouse letters - real good...

Can't blanket statement that TV is a waste, can't read too much, etc.

Agree - I am guilty of ignoring everything until I finish a good book.  Just last night for example - i had to finish the 4th Outlander book.  It's just not healthy.

My mom was the same.  she had an author she loved and at our house everything stood still until she finished the new book when they came from DoubleDay - and let me tell you - her historical romances may have provided insight into certain eras in history but that was all that was educational about them.  Is that really better than watching 'The Nature of Things' with David Suzuki on CBC or Nova on PBS?

You'd have a hard time convincing me.

Left Brain - 2013-04-24 11:48 AM Aw hell.....now the TV people have taken over this thread too.

my bad.  i'll take partial blame for that.

I really don't care...  But I get the impression that if you watch TV, you are watching Honey Boo Boo and Jerry Springer with one finger up your nose and the other hand in your underwear with pizza stains on your T-shirt but if you read, of course it's War and Peace, Hamlet, or Madame Bovary with a glass of 20yr old scotch.

LEAVE MY WIFE OUT OF THIS!!!!