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Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Television has been cited as an indirect contributor to obesity; we move around less whilst parked in front of the tube, plus eat unconsciously while doing so.

It may also contribute to depression and low self-esteem ~ thereby giving one further reason to reach for those all-encompassing Oreos, Rocky Roads & Doritos

Am planning on giving up this joyless pastime but not sure whether to go cold turkey or wean off it gradually. Have never been good at doing things halfway so probably the first scenario.

Wud very much like your views, personal struggles on the matter.
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jl53563 · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject:

I voted 4 hours. I dunno.....I watch plenty of TV and I am not obese. Maybe it only applies to carb eaters. Wink

What would most of us be doing if not watching TV? Read? Play a board game with our kids? Go shopping? Unless you would actually go and do some real exercise instead of watching TV, I don't see that it would make much difference.

Puma · Hunter Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 180

None, I use the computer instead...4-5 hours a day. Razz

adwred · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

Do rental movies count?

Who on earth could watch 7+ hours of television in a night?! Or 5, for that matter.
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Glennart · Hunter Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Sweden

Nicola · Top Cat Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 379

I don't have the TV on till the evening: news and things about actual life, talk shows, are what I like to watch. We all need time to relax and feed are head with information, impressions and ideas; your head needs enery too!

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

DaphneDescends · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject:

I dunno... I've always liked tv. I've watched about the same amount when I was thinner or fatter.

I don't really buy that whole "TV rots your brain" idea.
I've seen some really interesting shows and I find it enriching. (LOST really makes you think and research. Also saw a couple of great documentaries on Houdini and the evolution of comic books and their impact on society the other day. Yes... I'm a huge nerd I know. Laugh

)

I lovvvve to read, so television, reading, and the internet are the trifecta of my idle time (I daydream pretty constantly too, but I can do that while I work, so I don't count it as idle time Wink

). Honestly though, I'm such an introvert, if I didn't have my alone time to muse, veg out (pardon the pun Laugh

), and revel in my small enjoyments... I think weight gain would be the least of my problems. Bonkers

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Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

i see we have sumone on here who watches 7++

will the real SLIM SHADY please stand up??!
j/K Wink

woof_woof · Carnivore King Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 796

Blaming obesity on watching TV ? Good one.
Maybe it's not TV it's just the fact that people are so fucking lazy. But TV sounds better.
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woof_woof · Carnivore King Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 796

BTW one of my girlfriends used to watch TV only on stationary bike. So it's only the question of the proper mindset.
The same applies to watching movies. You can go to cinema to watch the movie or to stuff yourself with popcorn. The choice is yours.
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ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

I think most places in the states are not set up for kids to be kids. Here, even kids who live in apartments, just go outside and run/play with a pack of kids until it's time to go to bed. The thing is, you can actually walk outside of your door and then walk or ride your bike around your apartment/house, or take one of the paths/walkways/sidewalks straight to the park or playground. The place is set up for foot and bike commuters. But, For example, one place I lived in in NY was extremely difficult and dangerous to go even 200 metres to the grocery store, or a restaurant. Playgrounds? What? I'd have to drive about 10 minutes, and I'd never let a kid under...11 walk from the house to get somewhere. So, depending on the age kids have to wait for their moms to take them outside, to make a playdate, or drive them somewhere in order to get out of the house. Oh... and don't bug her, sit down and watch a show and be quiet. I'm pretty certain if kids just could walk outside of their houses and in a short walk or bikeride be with their friends and be free to explore (oh yeah kids, don't go anywhere because you'll be kidnapped and molested!!) they'd really rather be playing than watching tv. Maybe they'd learn how to socialize too and not be terrified of each other as adults.

Never mind that tv. curbs creativity and social skills, and gives an unrealistic impression of human beings.

I can think of some things which might be healthier for adults to do instead of watching tv. I love to see a movie and think certain channels are great, so I'm not bashing tv.. but what about having a hobbie or something you enjoy doing? Or sitting on the balcony, or at a cafe/beergarden with some friends chatting?
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Glennart · Hunter Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Sweden

Meaty (and the rest for that matter) did you know Bear has written an essey about children's television?

http://www.thebear.org/essays2.html#anchor511369

adwred · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject:

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

the sad part is, sum of those fictional TV characters to my horror were taking up legitimate space in my brain and heart.

is it not insanity to have an image of a woman in mind long after you have switched off the screen

..but the scariest part is, i wasnt thinking of her as an object. i mean, having spent SO many freakin' hours @ the screen..she was slowly becoming

REAL???

thats when i said this has gotta friggin stop.

the ppl in our lives while perhaps not as picture perfect or dramatic as fiction characters have their own stories, their own thoughts, their own fears + joys. and the longer we zombie-fie ourselves the harder its gonna be to crawl out of the HOLE we dug ourselves into..

im finding it difficult to relate to real people.
i sh#t you not.

i mean, if it was bad before, its awful now.

meatISawesome369 · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:43 am Post subject:

I watch an hour a day on AVERAGE. Watching college basketball and football and the NBA is my weakness. I'm trying to work my way down to NONE. It's a MAJOR waste of time. I too spend most of my freetime on the internet. I watch anything I miss on T.V. on Youtube. If it has any significance, it'll be on Youtube.

Stephen

Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

Carne I was actually thinking that after I read this thread... thinking what kind of problems that tv. can cause when a young person grows up with TELEVISION forming his or her images of people instead of real people. So the people you crush on, fantasize about, and "interact with" although only in your mind, are fictitious and unrealistic shallow images from tv instead of real world humans.

School does curb creativity, but there are options such as Waldorf. School is a whole other can of worms to open Shock

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Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363