That's not so strange nowadays. My husband for instance does not watch t.v. He gets everything he needs off the internet. Also, we have Roku if we want to stream movies. I only have a few t.v. programs that I watch and maybe the local news and that's it.

214 said:

EmmaMcG said:

214 said: If I wanted to show off I wouldn't stop at how many televisions I own. It's hardly seen as a sign of wealth anyway. Even when I was younger and had no money there were always two or three TVs in the house. They're not extravagant purchases.

My order was very clear girl, "don't say otherwise". Is that so hard to understand?

To answer OPs question, I'm not owning a TV anymore. In the past I was watching several hours daily, but I got rid of mine ~7-8 years ago. Now I'm an internet addict, not that much better

Android said:

214 said:

My order was very clear girl, "don't say otherwise". Is that so hard to understand?

To answer OPs question, I'm not owning a TV anymore. In the past I was watching several hours daily, but I got rid of mine ~7-8 years ago. Now I'm an internet addict, not that much better

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My husband's on his laptop all night.......it's bad, LOL

EmmaMcG said:

domainator2010 said:

..Oh and btw, I just heard of this site, looks like you've been proved at least PARTIALLY wrong! :

http://www.openculture.co...viesonline

Yeah but that's only because their not worth paying for

Hey - here's another one, no idea how good it its:

www.zerodollarmovies.com

if we say 'tv', what exactly do we mean these days?

A big flatscreen with an internet connection is a tv, or is it more a giant computer where you watch intenret stuff? Which is bascially the same as wacthing a smartphoner, only bigger.

Or is a tv 'that thing that displays what goes via cable or satellite'?

In the second case, i watch only some sports games on tv.

TheFman said:

if we say 'tv', what exactly do we mean these days?

A big flatscreen with an internet connection is a tv, or is it more a giant computer where you watch intenret stuff? Which is bascially the same as wacthing a smartphoner, only bigger.

Or is a tv 'that thing that displays what goes via cable or satellite'?

In the second case, i watch only some sports games on tv.

I'd say a monitor you watch moving pictures on and call it a day.

morningsong said:

TheFman said:

if we say 'tv', what exactly do we mean these days?

A big flatscreen with an internet connection is a tv, or is it more a giant computer where you watch intenret stuff? Which is bascially the same as wacthing a smartphoner, only bigger.

Or is a tv 'that thing that displays what goes via cable or satellite'?

In the second case, i watch only some sports games on tv.

I'd say a monitor you watch moving pictures on and call it a day.

What?

214 said:

morningsong said:

I'd say a monitor you watch moving pictures on and call it a day.

What?

I was trying to say why be so technical about? A tv isn't nothing more than a monitor that has moving pictures projected on it. Based on what most people are posting, devices with monitors are still being used frequently so I don't see the difference between the time spent on the tradition tv and the new tech. Am I missing something?

I look through other people's windows and watch dem. Evil look.

2freaky4church1 said:

I look through other people's windows and watch dem. Evil look.

The ultimate (and original) reality show.

morningsong said:

214 said:

What?

I was trying to say why be so technical about? A tv isn't nothing more than a monitor that has moving pictures projected on it. Based on what most people are posting, devices with monitors are still being used frequently so I don't see the difference between the time spent on the tradition tv and the new tech. Am I missing something?

But did you mean that you ait there watching the monitor and that's what you call a day?

214 said:

morningsong said:

I was trying to say why be so technical about? A tv isn't nothing more than a monitor that has moving pictures projected on it. Based on what most people are posting, devices with monitors are still being used frequently so I don't see the difference between the time spent on the tradition tv and the new tech. Am I missing something?

But did you mean that you ait there watching the monitor and that's what you call a day?

"call it a day" is a figure of speech. I meant basically to sum it up , complete it or end it.

morningsong said:

214 said:

But did you mean that you ait there watching the monitor and that's what you call a day?

"call it a day" is a figure of speech. I meant basically to sum it up , complete it or end it.

Nah it sounds better as i put it.

214 said:

morningsong said:

"call it a day" is a figure of speech. I meant basically to sum it up , complete it or end it.

Nah it sounds better as i put it.

Oh yeah just throw me under the bus.

StrangeButTrue said:

A screen is a screen. My roommate says I watch a lot of TV while he lays there with an iPhone six inches from his face.... Watching stuff that is on "TV". . People carry their TV around with them in their pockets now and do all kinds of things with them for hours on end as a reflex. This morning for instance a young lady walking slowly in front of me towards an escalator was typing something so furiously that I lifted my device a bit higher, pretended to type as furiously, and cut right in front of her. She didn't even notice. Spoken word is becoming obsolete as TV. It's a strange zombification, not couch potatoes but walking potatoes.

It's still something you watch entertaining you.


I'm skeptical about people are just now being zombified.

[Edited 7/21/17 18:11pm]

morningsong said:

StrangeButTrue said:

A screen is a screen. My roommate says I watch a lot of TV while he lays there with an iPhone six inches from his face.... Watching stuff that is on "TV". . People carry their TV around with them in their pockets now and do all kinds of things with them for hours on end as a reflex. This morning for instance a young lady walking slowly in front of me towards an escalator was typing something so furiously that I lifted my device a bit higher, pretended to type as furiously, and cut right in front of her. She didn't even notice. Spoken word is becoming obsolete as TV. It's a strange zombification, not couch potatoes but walking potatoes.

It's still something you watch entertaining you.


I'm skeptical about people are just now being zombified.

[Edited 7/21/17 18:11pm]

Wow so it's always been the same, just different ways.

StrangeButTrue said:

Good point however these days the device is also watching you! The difference between books and newspapers are twofold on buses and trains, one being the device can also hold a conversation using voice and/or text, video, snap, gif whatever two not many people did walk full lengths with books or papers spread wide open oblivious to their surroundings. A few did, I'm sure but with phones it's getting dangerous - I saw one video of a woman falling into a cellar/basement opening that was wiiiiiiide open on the sidewalk and the news the other day ran a bit about someone on their phone on a crosswalk getting hit by a truck. At least with TV you're sitting in one place.

You said it there's more devices recording you, so of course there's more cases of mishaps being broadcast for the world to see, it's not like mishaps are a new thing. Only before the noisy neighbor say you be a complete idiot, not the entire world. There is a big increase in death by auto accidents. Teens, higher performance vehicles and devices are not a good mix. Yet even by the chart there were a ton more deaths in the 70s than there are today, due to mandatory seatbelt use. And even still more tech is coming out to help counteract the foolishness of some people's attention spans.