I seem to be surrounded by TV lovers while I'm mostly ambivalent to it. Put something on and I'll watch it with you, but sitting down and choosing something to watch? Too much pressure. I'll pick up one of the half dozen books I'm in the middle of instead.
How cynical! Let's just throw in the towel and say trivial examination is OK because it is more fulfilling than anything else we have. If anything life in a pandemic should PROVOKE deeper thought into who we are, what we mean to each other, and where we are headed as a society.
Sure, have all the fun you want in any era but don;' indulge too much in those things that distract us from our real work...which is not co consumer or be comfortable, but to produce with effort that which makes other people more productive. All play and no think time makes us stupid, unobservant, vulnerable, and stupid.
I’m loving this, particularly your adoption of the Blob Confessional! And, by the way, your “Dad” would be proud, I had to pick my way through your onsite security and get verified before I could leave this comment. The Apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree!
I grew up watching so much TV (no locks, food and bathroom nearby) and so, while I am now like a teetotaler with shovelfuls of righteous contempt for TV watching in general, that urge for mindless comfort now has me watching the Wired "Technique Critique" videos on free Youtube where personable experts in driving or medicine, etc, make fun of films depicting these things. It's LIKE Gilmore Girls. The motivation is the same.
I seem to be surrounded by TV lovers while I'm mostly ambivalent to it. Put something on and I'll watch it with you, but sitting down and choosing something to watch? Too much pressure. I'll pick up one of the half dozen books I'm in the middle of instead.
Too much screentime gives me a headache, too.
How cynical! Let's just throw in the towel and say trivial examination is OK because it is more fulfilling than anything else we have. If anything life in a pandemic should PROVOKE deeper thought into who we are, what we mean to each other, and where we are headed as a society.
Sure, have all the fun you want in any era but don;' indulge too much in those things that distract us from our real work...which is not co consumer or be comfortable, but to produce with effort that which makes other people more productive. All play and no think time makes us stupid, unobservant, vulnerable, and stupid.
I watch tons of TV. It's the best. And after watching an episode of this or that, I reward myself by reading comics.
Sofia,
I’m loving this, particularly your adoption of the Blob Confessional! And, by the way, your “Dad” would be proud, I had to pick my way through your onsite security and get verified before I could leave this comment. The Apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree!
XO
Your Fav Rev.
I grew up watching so much TV (no locks, food and bathroom nearby) and so, while I am now like a teetotaler with shovelfuls of righteous contempt for TV watching in general, that urge for mindless comfort now has me watching the Wired "Technique Critique" videos on free Youtube where personable experts in driving or medicine, etc, make fun of films depicting these things. It's LIKE Gilmore Girls. The motivation is the same.