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Zonie63 -> RE: About people who do not watch TV or read comics. (5/11/2013 6:51:11 AM)
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ORIGINAL: SpanishMatMaster
So... if you "do not read comics" or "do not watch television", are you at least aware, that you are missing the chance to enjoy masterpieces of art and education? That you are really missing something just because you reject a certain format?
Would be my question.
I used to watch television when I was younger. I was a real TV addict for many years. Once cable TV came to my city, I watched the broadcast networks less and less and mainly watched cable channels - documentaries, older TV shows/movies, news/weather. The shows on the major networks held less interest for me, because there was a wider variety of choices available.
I used to regularly read some comics, like "Peanuts," "B.C.," "The Wizard of Id," "Tank McNamara," and quite a number of others. I loved "The Far Side" and "Calvin and Hobbes" when they came out. I used to read "Doonesbury," but I lost interest in that comic over the years. I also used to read "Mad" magazine when I was a kid, but I outgrew that at some point in my teens.
I still watch TV, but mainly with my Roku box where I can get Netflix, Amazon, or other streaming services. I don't even have cable TV anymore. It's not that I'm a snob, but I just couldn't see paying that much money every month for commercials. They pile on WAAAAY too much with the commercials, so I wondered: What am I paying for? They're delivering a sub-standard product for a price that isn't worth it, with the added aggravation of commercials.
I once wrote to my cable company and asked if they could add The Sleuth Channel, since it had "The Rockford Files" and other old detective shows I liked. They didn't do it, yet they keep the Home and Garden Channel? Fuck the Home and Garden Channel; I wanted to watch "The Rockford Files" and those bastards wouldn't put it on. They kept taking out good channels and putting in crap channels (with tons of commercials). There have been times when I'd be up late looking for something to watch, and multiple channels would carry the same damn infomercial.
If they're going to show infomercials, then they don't deserve my business. Fuck 'em.
I feel similarly about radio stations. They have too many commercials and they play the same songs over and over and over again. Even the classic rock stations, which have three solid decades of thousands of songs to choose from - yet they play the same 20 songs over and over (and they're not even the best songs from that era). Fuck 'em.
If other people want to consume the media's produce and keep them in business, then there's nothing I can do about that. But if more people would take a stand and refuse to buy what the media have to offer, then maybe they'd be compelled to put out a better product.
I don't care that I'm missing something. I'm sure there's plenty in this world that I'm missing out on. It's impossible for any one person to see or hear everything that's out there. There are some people who missed "The Rockford Files" and never saw a single episode, but in my view, they've missed the greatest television show ever produced. (The entire series is available on Netflix, so they'll get my business - and no commercials. The cable/broadcast networks can go sit on their thumb.)
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