Turned off my TV, what a difference.

[Ruach]

I haven't watched TV since June of this year and I feel like a new person! It's only been the last couple of months where I've noticed how much of an effect not watching TV has had on me. I do watch movies from time to time via my Bluray player but I do not have cable installed in my home.

I actually never intended to quit watching TV, it just so happened I bought a house and never got around to installing cable. I kept putting it off because I was going to get DirecTV. But, after some thought, I decided to go without it.

It's been one of the best decisions I've ever made. And recently, to confirm my suspicions, I began reading about the ability to control the mind via the TV set i.e. Mind Control. This is absolutely unbelievable. Without getting into a lengthy post, I believe one of the most powerful tools the NWO has is the TV set. There are millions of them and they are in nearly every room of every home in the US.

In short, the NWO not only wants to distract us and keep us all preoccupied with football, Survivor, American Idol, and the like, they want to control our thoughts and they have the ability to do it with the TVs in our homes. Check out the Sound of Silence here:

http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/12/15/news/digital-tv-mind-control-by-the-sound-of-silence/

I find that I now can think more clearly since not watching TV. Subtle details in my daily life now stick out to me. I'm able to "connect the dots" easier with various issues and see how one thing relates to something else in an entirely new way. I don't have the desire to "consume," a huge tactic that the TV wants us all to do. TV has replaced God in our lives, this is wrong.

Bottom line, TV is all about distracting the public to get us so preoccupied with meaningless things that we become enslaved, controlled, and can easily be manipulated. TV isn't reality, it's make believe. Yet so many of us believe that TV is reality and we adapt our reality to it. Unfortunately, many of us don't know that living in a dream world has serious consequences.

We must fight back. Think for one minute. If every American or person (where ever you are from) refused to watch TV. Think of what would happen? Really, think about it, let it sink in. Think of ALL the implications not watching propaganda and no longer being mind controlled would have on the Elite. Think about how much power they would lose and how much power we would gain. Think about the millions of people who would finally begin to live their lives for the first time.

It is possible. Turn off your TV, and take back what they stole from you.

[Phr0z3n]

So very true...I myself only watch certain channels anymore. Me and my girlfriend don't watch anything but the food network, the local news channel, and the occasional movie that may be on. The only time I find myself watching the other channels is to sit back and count everything I can find that like you said distracts us.

Welcome to the Avalon forums by the way!

[Leunamros]

It´s sad that this dumbing down of the people has less than 100 years old. Humans back then (pre-tv) were much sober than us now.

[Spregovori]

So very true...I myself only watch certain channels anymore. Me and my girlfriend don't watch anything but the food network, the local news channel, and the occasional movie that may be on. ......


There is a food network? Seriously?

I used to watch a lot of TV. From the age of abut 10 till 17 I used to watch 6 hours of TV on average every day...

The reason was mostly to get away from the real stuff around me.

Surprisingly most things I "know" today came from that time. During that time I absorbed the "mind of man". It is extremely difficult to describe this. I was told I used to take toys apart as an infant. I did not just look the TV with my brains on auto-mode, I went into the people on the screen, they way they behaved, the way they were dressed, the music that accompanied them, the words that were spoken and they way they were spoken....it became real....it was real...I felt it inside of me...I felt everything that was on the screen...and it was either very exciting, thrilling, enthusiastic and also at times it was utterly devastating. I was able to re-live everything inside of me and to me it was as real as the "real" world.

I saw "humanity" in its fullest.

As strange and confusing as this can sound - I learned a lot and still today when I "watch" a move...I see it differently in a ways hard to explain to someone that is just watching it.

I later realized the amount of time I put for this...and was horrified, so I stopped.

[Phr0z3n]

There is a food network? Seriously?

Yes. Seriously. We love to cook in my family and we will always watch a couple of the shows on their for ideas about cooking. While we are still trying to get a house to build our own sustainable food supply we look forward to the time when we can grow our own food.

[crazycharlie]

HIP HIP Hooray ! I love anybody who can live with out TEEVEE !
( I am am hooked on internet radio interviews-mp3 etc ,)
but *hit can we think for ourselves for a minute , Bravo , High Five
Gone Clear ,,, luv ya ...............

[Stardustaquarion]

I agree, TV just takes one's time and energy and makes us negative with so much violence.

I mostly watch DVD's now or some selected youtube channels


Cheers:original:

[burgundia]

HIP HIP Hooray ! I love anybody who can live with out TEEVEE !
( I am am hooked on internet radio interviews-mp3 etc ,)
but *hit can we think for ourselves for a minute , Bravo , High Five
Gone Clear ,,, luv ya ...............

No TV for a year and 4 months now...:original:

[Operator]

Although I didn't watch TV that much anyway I live without one for year and a half now.

I also don't have a refrigerator (despite I am in the tropics), a washing machine and even a regular bed.

I am just living a simple life and enjoy it more than anything else previously. I get my daily vitamin D3 (abundance of sun) for free.
You cannot imagine this if you have a washing machine but I found out that washing my clothes by hand gives a lot of satisfaction.
You can pay extra attention to spots that need extra cleaning and when you dispose the water afterwards you get to see how dirty they were.
The feeling you cleaned up the mess yourself is a required experience for every human I would suggest.

I also have plans to get of the grid but unfortunately did not manifest that completely yet.
Living from the land is already in progress but not yet developed enough ...

If you have the chance you should try it ... it clears so many things from your mind !

Cheers

[Jnana]

Welcome Ruach, excellent first post. More should do as you have done. We haven't had TV for ages. We do rent the occasional video, but that's it. When we are someplace that has TV, I don't so much watch as analyze. It changes from year to year. You notice if you haven't been watching. Less clothing. More raunchy behavior. More degrading situations. It's all downhill.

[Mark]

I throw my tellies out in January this year - so that's nearly a year now and there are no regrets at all. I feel like I've woken up from a long sleep. My concentration is better and I read much faster now. It's one of the best things that I've ever done. Also, I really do not like being in the same room as a telly anymore. Sometimes when I visit my parents I switch the telly on to just check the mainstream news and at the moment that the switch is thrown I get a headache and I fell very tired. It is as if my brain is feeling the signal from the telly in a way.

Do yourselves a favour - ditch the telly...

[hobbit]

Ruach,
Welcome.
"TV has replaced god in our lives"
How do You know that god wasn't simply the self same control force at work?
litterally a fairy story to keep the sheep in place, they even called us lambs.

I totally agree with you about the programmable TV, here in britain We have the BBC, the british brainwashing corperation, and We have to fund it, cheeky B*******.
The nazi's promoted the tv, they had ELF systems to manipulate the humans.
beware the music though, the self same nazi's are behind 440 htz, listen to 432, the music of universe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL3DNYaIl7s&feature=related
Who told You about god?, who made you repeat and repeat about god?
hobbit

[Majorion]

Bottom line, TV is all about distracting the public to get us so preoccupied with meaningless things that we become enslaved, controlled, and can easily be manipulated. TV isn't reality, it's make believe. Yet so many of us believe that TV is reality and we adapt our reality to it. Unfortunately, many of us don't know that living in a dream world has serious consequences.

Your Bottom line is indeed the Bottom line.

Everyday I can see the effect Television has even on my loved ones, but you know, you can't get people off the tube, what with modern large screen HD TVs there is no way to make someone cut it for even one day. Trust me, there are times when I've tried my best.

Notice the huge increase in "REALITY SHOWS" over the past 5 years or so, also coinciding with the modern HD technology, all in effect driving ones mentality to be comparable with a projection of a fake version of "reality".

The number one tool to keep the masses asleep, influenced, brainwashed, weakened, and depressed, is TV. And number one through that would be MSM so called "news" channels, as if they are reporting anything of substance or any of them ever done some REAL journalism.

The MSM wouldn't be the great actors they are in this big game except because they too have been fed lies they believed without question. In essence, puppeteers controlled by puppeteers, and so on........................

[Fredkc]

Wife and I turned off "TV" in 1987.
By that I mean, we stopped watching tv shows of any kind, back then. We've never seen a single episode of Friends, Seinfeld, etc. Never watched a "reality show" of any kind (Exactly what kind of reality is it that comes with a script?).

This left movies, and news. First of all, you have to remember it is a "News Show". It sells soap and hamburgers, just like any other show, or it's gone.

Second, a linear feed of selected stories (someone else does the selecting) is about the most useless means of trying to inform oneself there is. It took us awhile, but we eventually turned that off about 2002. The Internet, with some judicious filtering, can inform you much faster, and at much greater depth.

This left movies. The movie channels don't want to be movie channels anymore. Instead they have switched to producing the same cr@p sitcoms, etc that the old TV stations abandoned for "reality". Of course they are all "Award winning, inciteful, original, and hard hitting". Translation: They use the F-word, and show the occasional pair of boobs.

To the point that, last month, Showtime had exactly 22 movies avail "On Demand". :mfr_lol: Pathetic! Hell, I have some 27 DVR'd. Means I could offer someone a greater variety than Showtime.

So at this point, we are thinking about cancelling HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and The Movie Channel, and instead using the money for a Netflix subscription. We could get 100 times the variety, and still watch each movie 100 times, to replace the movie channel's monthly behavior if we wished.

One thing that is funny to watch on "news forums" is the endless left/right debate about which news outlet is putting out the REAL truth. It always reminds me of a Fred Reed quote: "These people wouldn't have a clue, even if you gave them another one."
"The News" is corporate owned, liberal written (last poll, over 72% of respondents among news writers and readers were from the left). What this represents is a two-stage filter that guarantees nothing of value gets through. Just turn it off.

This does present a problem. I have basically replaced my TV time with reading. I probably read 6+ hours every day. The problem? After a few years you'll find that you end up with almost nothing in common with most people you run across. Education sounds a noble cause, but most lack the attention span, or inclination.

Maybe I'm just getting old in my grumpy age. Who knows?

Fred

[Operator]

One thing that is funny to watch on "news forums" is the endless left/right debate about which news outlet is putting out the REAL truth.

IMHO there is only one good reason to follow some MSM ...
Find out behind the scenes what's going and then compare it with the skewed and distorted presentation in the MSM.

Often it will give you good insight about the agenda going on :wink2:

[Fredkc]

Yeah, Operator, I do strive for "balance". It has produced some interesting results.

Example 1:
During the 2000 Presidential campaign, I checked in on NPR. The "reporter" kept referring to the two sides in the election as:
"The Bush Campaign" and
"Our Side".

Example 2:
During a lull between stories, on FAUX Gnus, "Barbie & Ken" were sitting at their desk, engaging in the usual "light banter" used to fill the odd moments.

It was one of those exchanges that usually begins with something like, "Say Barbie, have you noticed lately that..." after which there is a, "Well, here is what I think..." response.

T'was then that I had one of those "Holy @&^#!!" moments. Their eyes are going back and forth, back and forth. They are reading this! FAUX/Murdoch even has their conversations between themselves, "what they think", scripted!

So, regardless what your political convictions are, if you think there is some "Crusader for Truth" out there, bursting at the seams to "tell it like it is"... Fugetaboutit!

[Majorion]

IMHO there is only one good reason to follow some MSM ...
Find out behind the scenes what's going and then compare it with the skewed and distorted presentation in the MSM.

Often it will give you good insight about the agenda going on :wink2:

Exactly. And that is precisely the reason I tune in on MSM from time to time also. Reversing the disinformation.

There is not one news channel in the whole world, that I find credible or trustworthy. Right, left, "center". All the same garbage to me.

Merry Christmas to all :original:

[Swanny]

The only reason I have a tele is to watch F1 and top gear.

[Fredkc]

A friend and I get together every two weeks during F-1 season. We have not missed a race in over 15 years!

Whadya think of this year's "Silly Season"?
So many amazing things happened, so far....

Incredible what happened to Button: "Gee thanks for the Championship... now hit the road!"

Think Michael will come back?

Fred

[Swanny]

Last race I missed was Hungry 94 I think but I did manage to see it later.
I don't think MS will come back but it would be good to see him beaten by Lewis.
IMO Button lucked into his championship this year, he didn't win it his diffuser did :)
Next year is going to be interesting with so many new teams and the no refuelling. :original:

What do you think??

[waitinginthewings]

I have not watched TV in over 2yrs now.....don't miss it either. But something I've noticed here in North America is; people will ask you over for dinner or to a party & they have the full big screen tv blaring in the background with images flashing from one screen shot to the next. This is very strange to me, why leave the tv on when you are people over & you are supposed to be socializing with each other. The tv is so distracting with its noise and flashing images.....I personally find that this is a rude behaviour.

[Ruach]

It's so great to read other peoples' stories on how they gave up TV. Isn't it liberating? I love it. I encourage others to at least try it out for a while and see for yourselves what it's like.

I was just thinking about technology in general and how so often a particular gadget is invented with a sincere and legitimate purpose to make our lives better. But, what happens much of the time, in my opinion, is that these gadgets end up being used for evil (yes, evil) purposes. These gadgets and devices seem to control us and enslave us to them. We become addicted to them and they become our new Master. But this is like any addiction really. Technology, one could say, is the new drug of the 21st century.

It is really hard for humanity to be disciplined, to exercise restraint and self control when it comes to these things. Technology, like so many other things, isn't inherently evil and can be used in a wholesome and productive manner. However, it has been exploited, like so many other things, to get us to consume more stuff, it portrays a distorted view of reality that we then become desperate to try and adapt ourselves in every to, mentally, spiritually, and physically.

But on a positive note. We have the power to turn it off (at least for now), we have the power to put our Blackberry's down and spend time with our families, we have the power to exercise self control however hard it may be, and not allow TV or technology to consume us. We have the power to decided what WE do with it, they do not.

So goes the saying, life is 90% what happens to you and 10% how you react to it.

[Fredkc]

Waiting;
It is an inbred fear. The fear that something "important" will go by, and you'll miss it.
(No, don't ask me to explain it, I just make the observation)

Swanny;
The "hot rumor" this weekend was that Michael was back doing neck exercises with a mad passion. ;)
But then the rest of it was talk of him driving for Braun. Now this makes snese since the MS/Braun successful history and all. It also resonates with the other rumor that Braun/Mercedez really wants German drivers, hence the boot for Button. Who knows...
Wouldn't surprise me to see MS in a Braun/Mercedez car tho.

Ppl keep bringing up his age, but in fact he is years younger than Barricella, so definitely not over the hill.

I never tired of watching him race, myself. While everyone else seemed to be all "white knuckles and wide eyes", Michael was always out there calmly thinking 5-10 laps ahead of everyone else.

your mileage may vary...

Fred

[waitinginthewings]

First they rolled out "materialism" to enslave us, & keep us chained to the buy, buy, buy mentality. It was not entirely effective, we still were not happy with our new fancy car, speed boat, big home etc. It did not fill the void within us, we needed something more, & they saw this, so they rolled out the technology gadgets to satisfy that hunger for something more. The technology seemed to be even more dangerous to us, because now we are enslaved by this also, & plus it is harmful to our bodies, thereby successfully keeping us zoned out all the time. Again this satisfies us for a period of time, & the more awake ones try to steer clear of these toys which allows them the freedom of mind to pursue the mysteries of our lives.

They may have enslaved us for the moment, but we are strong despite it, they severely underestimated the human spirit to rise up and become whole again.

[Shadowstalker]

I only watch docus and such I never really got into the news as I know its just garbage anyway. Since i turned off the idiot box, I have been able to focus more on me and my family, and even tho' they are teens the don't seem to mind not having it on, to which i find awesome, And what i find even more fascinating is that is i have made no rule about when or what to watch and they still rarely ever turn on the box, save for the x-mas specials..

[Majorion]

I don't think many people actually enjoy watching TV anymore.

Even whom those most hooked and addicted.

Its just become such a widespread habit for people to KEEP THE TV ON at all times.

Notice when you turn off the tube, the silence in the room immediately puts perspective on your life, since distractions are off, the focus on the far more important issues becomes easy and clear.

[pyrangello]

At my cabin, no phone, no tv, just a radio. Makes things much more quality time spent with others, It's very nice indeed and very refresching when I return home for a weekend there.

[Ruach]

Yes Majorion! It is something that we just do without thinking about it, it is always on, spouting it's commercials, "news," and sitcoms. TV has become a member of our family, it is the spoiled child that we drop everything for and pay attention to no matter what.

As you mention, when the TV is turned off, we are faced with the reality of our lives which is precisely the reason, I believe, why so many keep it turned on. People don't want to live in reality as it is truly is but instead want a "reality" that will never ask them to face their problems, fears, or require that they interact with another human being for that matter. These are hall marks of addiction, the denial, the escape, the desire to never deal with the issue at hand.

I truly do see it as a system of control via distraction, addiction, and mind control as I mentioned before. The NWO (New World Order for those that don't know that acronym), has most, but not all of us where they want us. But the sooner we all realize who is behind it all, the sooner we will be persuaded to refuse to be enslaved by whatever has controlled us. This is one giant step we all can take in the fight against the NWO and the "prison planet" they seek to establish.

[Ross H]

At my cabin, no phone, no tv, just a radio. Makes things much more quality time spent with others, It's very nice indeed and very refresching when I return home for a weekend there.


Where I live there are no cables of any kind to my property. Off the grid.


Satellite for Internet, mobile ph, thats it, tho I do have a TV, but it has a habit of looking blank...:mfr_lol:

Peace

[Instead]

I also have plans to get of the grid but unfortunately did not manifest that completely yet.
Living from the land is already in progress but not yet developed enough ...
VERY Cool! We are working on a version of this as well. Kind of a modern day couple of hippies in a VW van. Inspired by Timothy Ferriss' "The 4 hour work week".

We ARE working on the TV issue. For us we are starting by cutting out all negative programming: Snapped, Americas most wanted, C.O.P.S., and the like. Work in progress still.

[Ross H]

VERY Cool! We are working on a version of this as well. Kind of a modern day couple of hippies in a VW van. Inspired by Timothy Ferriss' "The 4 hour work week".

We ARE working on the TV issue. For us we are starting by cutting out all negative programming: Snapped, Americas most wanted, C.O.P.S., and the like. Work in progress still.

Inch by Inch...it's a sinch:original:

Peace

[Operator]

Satellite for Internet, mobile ph, thats it, tho I do have a TV, but it has a habit of looking blank...:mfr_lol:

Hi jross,

So if you have those then you need power ... what's your power source ?

cheers

[Ross H]

Hi jross,

So if you have those then you need power ... what's your power source ?

cheers

Solar, 1600 watts of panels, 3200 watt inverter, 60 amp regulator. 670 amp/hr Batteries, 4x6volts=24 volt system

Works extemely well!:original:

Peace

[pineal-pilot-in merkabah]

its very liberating ive not really watched it now for about a year and before tha ti went travelling alot so prob 3 years now without much tv. :original:

im find ing myself in an odd situation where im watching the news more to see what the propaganda versus reality gap is now. its getting ridicoulus in some cases.. :nono:

i wouldtn care if i nver saw it again tho:trumpet:

[Derek]

Ya ever since I stopped watching tv Ive felt like a completely different person as well. Thought you guys might enjoy some facts

tv dramatically decreases activity in the left hemisphere of your brain. The left hemisphere Is used for critical and logical thinking. When it is shut down all your defenses are shut down, and information can be absorbed into your subconscious mind without any critical or logical thinking. It also puts you in an alpha brainwave state which makes you more susceptible to hypnosis.
Some of the things absorbed:

Number of murders seen on TV by the time an average child finishes elementary school: 8,000

Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18: 200,000

Number of 30-second TV commercials seen in a year by an average child: 20,000

Number of TV commercials seen by the average person by age 65: 2 million

and all that propaganda, sex and (mind) programming

Witnessing repeated violent acts can lead to desensitization and a lack of empathy for human suffering

Percentage of local TV news broadcast time devoted to advertising: 30

Percentage devoted to stories about crime, disaster and war: 53.8


People who watch 3 hours of TV per day are twice as likely
to be obese than people who watch less than 1 hour per day

Average*US*parent*spends*only*38*min/week*in*meaningful**
conversation*with*children*vs.*31½*hours/week*watching****
TV.**

TV*viewing*in*children*at*ages*one*and*three*is*as sociated**
with*ADHD*symptoms*at*age*seven.

Viewing*TV*violence*is*the*single*strongest*predic tor*of**
aggression*later*in*life,*according*to*long‐term*s tudy

Students*who*watched*an*hour*of*TV*per*day*or*less *scored**
the*best*on*achievement*tests.
*
TV*is*addictive.

tv contains subliminal messages

The*average*American*watches*4*hours*35*minutes*of *TV*per****
day.**There*is*simply*so*much*else*to*do*in*life

tv makes you apathetic and 'entertained'

televisions create a ton of electromagnetic pollution which does all sorts of damage

who knows what the new hd tvs have in them

Children spend more time watching television than in any other activity except sleep

54% of kids have a TV in their bedroom

66% of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows

"In a national opinion poll conducted for TV Guide (8/2/03), 57% of TV viewers said they 'noticed an increase in offensive material on television lately.'"

Media violence may cause aggressive and antisocial behavior, desensitize viewers to future violence and increase perceptions that they are living "in a mean and dangerous world."

Children younger than 8 "cannot uniformly discriminate between real life and fantasy/entertainment… They quickly learn that violence is an acceptable solution to resolving even complex problems, particularly if the aggressor is the hero." - ibid

Research has shown that "mindless" television or video games may idle and impoverish the development of the pre-frontal cortex, or that portion of the brain that is responsible for planning, organizing and sequencing behavior for self-control, moral judgment and attention. - American Academy of Pediatrics

Children often behave differently after they've been watching violent programs on television. Children who watched violent shows were more likely to strike out at playmates, argue, disobey authority and were less willing to wait for things that children who watched nonviolent programs. - American Psychological Association

ABC's Desperate Housewives is the most popular broadcast-network television show with kids aged 9-12 according to Nielsen stats

[Ross H]

Good work Derek...:thumb_yello:

excellent post.

Peace

[Snowbird]

I haven't ordered cable for about 20 years. I haven't viewed a TV for almost 10 years. TV bores me. The commercials are the worst.

I am also grateful for what I have learned since removing myself from the TV. My "TV" is now reading, posting and learning.

[watermunky]

Can anyone give a suggestion as to how one can get others to see this issue as being valid and not come off as zealot.I have been screaming turn off your tv for a couple years now.Everyone I know watches the tube and relies on it for their main source of information.Most folks don't read so much these days,everywhere you go the mass media is there trying to put it in your face.Radio TV Headlines it can realy be overwhelming.
I am realy running out of patience Its everywhere except the woods
maybe thats where I belong:wall:

[Gnosis5]

Oh, good then you are a safe person, not one of the tv zombies (THEY'RE EVERYWHERE :yikes:

I have not watched television in over a decade and do I talk like a Sheeple?

Well done!

Gnosis






I haven't watched TV since June of this year and I feel like a new person! It's only been the last couple of months where I've noticed how much of an effect not watching TV has had on me. I do watch movies from time to time via my Bluray player but I do not have cable installed in my home.

I actually never intended to quit watching TV, it just so happened I bought a house and never got around to installing cable. I kept putting it off because I was going to get DirecTV. But, after some thought, I decided to go without it.

It's been one of the best decisions I've ever made. And recently, to confirm my suspicions, I began reading about the ability to control the mind via the TV set i.e. Mind Control. This is absolutely unbelievable. Without getting into a lengthy post, I believe one of the most powerful tools the NWO has is the TV set. There are millions of them and they are in nearly every room of every home in the US.

In short, the NWO not only wants to distract us and keep us all preoccupied with football, Survivor, American Idol, and the like, they want to control our thoughts and they have the ability to do it with the TVs in our homes. Check out the Sound of Silence here:

http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/12/15/news/digital-tv-mind-control-by-the-sound-of-silence/

I find that I now can think more clearly since not watching TV. Subtle details in my daily life now stick out to me. I'm able to "connect the dots" easier with various issues and see how one thing relates to something else in an entirely new way. I don't have the desire to "consume," a huge tactic that the TV wants us all to do. TV has replaced God in our lives, this is wrong.

Bottom line, TV is all about distracting the public to get us so preoccupied with meaningless things that we become enslaved, controlled, and can easily be manipulated. TV isn't reality, it's make believe. Yet so many of us believe that TV is reality and we adapt our reality to it. Unfortunately, many of us don't know that living in a dream world has serious consequences.

We must fight back. Think for one minute. If every American or person (where ever you are from) refused to watch TV. Think of what would happen? Really, think about it, let it sink in. Think of ALL the implications not watching propaganda and no longer being mind controlled would have on the Elite. Think about how much power they would lose and how much power we would gain. Think about the millions of people who would finally begin to live their lives for the first time.

It is possible. Turn off your TV, and take back what they stole from you.

[Gnosis5]

I haven't ordered cable for about 20 years. I haven't viewed a TV for almost 10 years. TV bores me. The commercials are the worst.

I am also grateful for what I have learned since removing myself from the TV. My "TV" is now reading, posting and learning.

Count me in, although when we were renovating the basement for a tenant and had the tv installed I did gravitate to Holmes on Holmes and the house they were building in New Orleans -- I believe he is on the internet too, plus tons of DIY home improvement websites/videos. Who needs tv when there's internet?

I'd rather talk with you fellas than watch tv -- no commercials.

cheers!
gnosis

[Tango]

This will explain it......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTVJqbK0_C8&feature=player_embedded

Keeping it Real...




Trooly,


Tango

[Connecting with Sauce]

I am am hooked on internet radio interviews-mp3 etc

Me too... One of the best I've found is "oneradionetwork" for health, wealth and awareness and he also has a balanced NON-collapse view on matters but does interview a wide selection of guests.

At a recent Allangelsday in bury st edmunds in the UK a presented talked about the TV being broadcast on a fear frequency of 440Hz (I thave no proof of this) I'm just repeating what the presenter said... It's a shame as there is a love frequency of 528 Hz which would be far nicer.

I haven't really watched TV for a long time and only seem to watch 1 - 2 hours a week now. I do watch DVD's on my projector but the news and BS is no longer watched. Also the adverts for xmas are so obvious... My Russian Girlfirend is amazed at how much SELL SELL SELL there is! I'm on my way to removing myself from this tv world.

The trouble is you no longer can relate you the dross that your work colleges talk about as you haven't watched aload of toot the night before...

This does present a problem. I have basically replaced my TV time with reading. I probably read 6+ hours every day. The problem? After a few years you'll find that you end up with almost nothing in common with most people you run across. Education sounds a noble cause, but most lack the attention span, or inclination.

Maybe I'm just getting old in my grumpy age. Who knows?

Fred

Exactly!!!! :) (not to the old grumpy bit ;)

Oh and I almost forgot... this may have some good stuff...

http://www.whitedot.org/issue/iss_front.asp

For the newer ones who didn't see the old telly's when you switched them off they made a small white dot int he middle as the Cathode Ray Tube powered down...

[Swanny]

I have not watched TV in over 2yrs now.....don't miss it either. But something I've noticed here in North America is; people will ask you over for dinner or to a party & they have the full big screen tv blaring in the background with images flashing from one screen shot to the next. This is very strange to me, why leave the tv on when you are people over & you are supposed to be socializing with each other. The tv is so distracting with its noise and flashing images.....I personally find that this is a rude behaviour.

I agree it's very rude to keep the tele on when you have guests :thumbdown:

Fred

I think you are right it definitely looks like MS will be racing next year.
Who do you think will win the championship?? Lewis, Alonso or MS??
My moneys on Lewis :smoke:

[lightnoise]

Great topic, & it is good to see you folks waking up & shutting down these devices. I think it is fairly evident t.v is destroying the whole fabric of our society with all the sex,violence,bad language, etc etc being streamed into peoples heads 4 or 5 hours a night.I am by no means some kind of prude, but do we really need this kind of input constantly ? we hear almost weekly of people going on killing sprees after "watching certain types of films". I used to be as addicted to television as much as the next guy, but in the last couple of years i hardly watch anything, except to keep tabs on the rubbish the media spout out which i do find quite amusing. Finally i think i am right in saying that when project camelot 1st mentioned the long awaited dr peterson interview it said he had some very interesting info on this very subject ! but sadly it seems to have been edited out, i'd guess it would probably be very much along the lines of, what some of the very perceptive posts to this topic say :thumb_yello:

[haibane]

I've been off the thing for 4 years now, after a life-long addiction ... I now feel SO sorry for all the people who do watch TV whom I visit on occasions (and most of them are no sheeple zombies), especially if they have children and they use the TV to entertain them. Not that I don't understand, they'd need a granny (i.e. mother-in-law) on the premises most of the time, which is far less acceptable for them then to rid of the TV set.

Having the opportunity to get an occasional glimpse of what I was wasting time on is quite revealing, even though being rather a geek I've got great respect for the technology. But the content just doesn't justify the time, effort and resources invested in it.

Btw anyone here familiar with Strugatski brothers' Inhabited Island?