How I briefly lost 100 IQ points.
#21
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Location: Lebanon Missouri
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I had over 70 channels -the break down was 15 pd commercials/shopping--13 Reality crap--5 Religion --7 Sports.=40 channels of nothing.I had cable cut back to 25 channels.I'm afraid our generation are the last to appreciate TV with story lines -plots and intelligent writers So I watch old re-runs over and over again.
#23
This is so true, everything is a reality show these days. No wonder my brother watches TVland or whatever channel that is that shows reruns of Andy Griffith and MASH.
#24
I had over 70 channels -the break down was 15 pd commercials/shopping--13 Reality crap--5 Religion --7 Sports.=40 channels of nothing.I had cable cut back to 25 channels.I'm afraid our generation are the last to appreciate TV with story lines -plots and intelligent writers So I watch old re-runs over and over again.
A few less channels and better internet. And to top that off we will be saving $$$
Satillite = $105.00 (more if we order pay perview)
DSL = $49.00
our bill will go down to :
Cable + Internet = $89.00 (for the first 6 months then it's 108.00)
#26
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Southeast Georgia
Posts: 2,526
I can see why Snooki would lower your IQ, but Honey Boo Boo will make you IQless. I told hubby this morning that it's a waste of money to pay for satellite. On the rare occasion that I do watch tv, there's nothing but garbage on it. How sad.
#27
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
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My husband thinks the shows like honey boo boo, swamp loggers, etc are the media's attempt at making people in "fly-over country" appear really stupid to the rest of the country. And the rest of the world, too, I guess, because they're watching also! It makes me mad because the idiots on those reality shows are NOT representative of the general population.
#28
TV... the more you watch these days, the more your brain is likely to melt into a gray goo and drain out your ears! We have a reality show done right here in Hay River and Yellowknife. Its been around for a few years and has run its course, IMHO. It was a bit much to see "Mikey's Hot Sauce" done up and for sale at the grocery store. "Mikey" is best know for drinking and passing out on film. Enough said.
I need to say the dumming down of all of us by TV and this new reality show stuff, around the world is sad. Thankfully, here in Canada we have the CBC and some of its programs are usually good. I do enjoy PBS, and other things like the National Geographic and history.
Otherwise it the oldies, CSI, Bones, Law and Order,
and then there is space channel, cooking shows, military channel that the DH watches. Sigh...As to that I need to say the following...Chris Rock says " Were only one CSI away from committing murder"
LMFAO, Dixie
I need to say the dumming down of all of us by TV and this new reality show stuff, around the world is sad. Thankfully, here in Canada we have the CBC and some of its programs are usually good. I do enjoy PBS, and other things like the National Geographic and history.
Otherwise it the oldies, CSI, Bones, Law and Order,
and then there is space channel, cooking shows, military channel that the DH watches. Sigh...As to that I need to say the following...Chris Rock says " Were only one CSI away from committing murder"
LMFAO, Dixie
#29
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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We cut our satellite subscription a few years ago....only thing worthwhile on it was live sport. We both prefer the internet, and only watch TV for news, documentaries and the handful of programmes that are worthwhile....We both love foreign films and a lot of English crime series.
#30
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: in front of this dang computer instead of my Bernina!(Naples, Florida)
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I just realized this morning that the only time I turn the TV on now is for the news(we have a great local news team). Other than that, it's Netflix on the computer. But I suppose that will change when NCIS returns. Love me my Gibbs & company.
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