Television is the voice of Satan
I hate the TV. Hate hate hate hate HATE it, with a capital "H".
I hate the loud, obnoxious, infinite commercials, I hate 98% of the shows, and ever since the end of the nineties, cable channels like Nickelodeon, Disney, and Cartoon Network have been flushed down the toilet of life, now festering in the rather large cess pool of things that royally suck.
With the internet and YouTube, TV has become largely obsolete, yet they're still trying to force people to buy all this crap for the switch to Digital TV. And my parents are eating it up with a spoon. Which brings me to one of aspects of television I hate the most- the News.
My father has had a certain ritual that will never be disturbed for as long as he lives. For the entire duration of my life, my father has repeated this same thing every afternoon at 5pm. He comes home from work, gets a beer and a snack, sighs as he takes off his shoes and socks, and turns on the five o'clock news. From five o'clock to 10 or 11 pm, the TV will not be turned off, though the channel may change to something significantly less annoying.
The news at five o'clock has always had a negative connotation for me, and is probably the root of my hatred. That overly dramatic music, the monotone, heavy voices of the news anchors that suggest they take their jobs far too seriously are associated with the mundane of the evening of the American workday. It was part of the same set schedule- come home, News, dinner, free time/extracurricular activity, bedtime. I don't hate any of these other things, just the Evening News, the evening feature that would steal my father's attention for an hour, a tumor on my life that I could never ask him to part with.
My boyfriend of four years has made an agreement with me. We will never own a TV with channels. Neither of us has ever liked television because its a loud, hypnotizing noise box that keeps people distracted from thinking for themselves. We agree that it is much better to read your news and digest it at your own pace, rather than have it force fed to you by some square-jawed straight shooter or metallic-voiced ice queen with a feminist view of women in broadcast journalism. If there is sitcom I decide I like, like The Office, I'll watch it on Hulu on nbc.com, where there is only one commercial per break. The news will be read in the newspaper or on the computer. Or heard by word of mouth.
We will own a TV for dvds, video games, etc. But when we have kids, we'd like to teach them the value of reading, playing outside, being creative. Now, if there was a way to get only the Public television channel, then we'd be cooking with gas.
I hate the loud, obnoxious, infinite commercials, I hate 98% of the shows, and ever since the end of the nineties, cable channels like Nickelodeon, Disney, and Cartoon Network have been flushed down the toilet of life, now festering in the rather large cess pool of things that royally suck.
With the internet and YouTube, TV has become largely obsolete, yet they're still trying to force people to buy all this crap for the switch to Digital TV. And my parents are eating it up with a spoon. Which brings me to one of aspects of television I hate the most- the News.
My father has had a certain ritual that will never be disturbed for as long as he lives. For the entire duration of my life, my father has repeated this same thing every afternoon at 5pm. He comes home from work, gets a beer and a snack, sighs as he takes off his shoes and socks, and turns on the five o'clock news. From five o'clock to 10 or 11 pm, the TV will not be turned off, though the channel may change to something significantly less annoying.
The news at five o'clock has always had a negative connotation for me, and is probably the root of my hatred. That overly dramatic music, the monotone, heavy voices of the news anchors that suggest they take their jobs far too seriously are associated with the mundane of the evening of the American workday. It was part of the same set schedule- come home, News, dinner, free time/extracurricular activity, bedtime. I don't hate any of these other things, just the Evening News, the evening feature that would steal my father's attention for an hour, a tumor on my life that I could never ask him to part with.
My boyfriend of four years has made an agreement with me. We will never own a TV with channels. Neither of us has ever liked television because its a loud, hypnotizing noise box that keeps people distracted from thinking for themselves. We agree that it is much better to read your news and digest it at your own pace, rather than have it force fed to you by some square-jawed straight shooter or metallic-voiced ice queen with a feminist view of women in broadcast journalism. If there is sitcom I decide I like, like The Office, I'll watch it on Hulu on nbc.com, where there is only one commercial per break. The news will be read in the newspaper or on the computer. Or heard by word of mouth.
We will own a TV for dvds, video games, etc. But when we have kids, we'd like to teach them the value of reading, playing outside, being creative. Now, if there was a way to get only the Public television channel, then we'd be cooking with gas.