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I’ve seen the “Smash Your TV” stickers. Whatever.
I once had an English professor who talked about how she allowed her kids one hour of television a week. Huh.
I’ve about had it with the people who are telling me they don’t watch TV. Here’s my problem. Someone tells me they don’t watch TV. Then as the discussion ensues, said person demonstrates their amazing knowledge of modern pop culture by quoting Emeril’s latest catch phrase and then later tells me how they just wrapped up watching the last season of The Sopranos on DVD.
First things first. Pop culture does permeate most of the world’s existence, so it is almost impossible to be unaffected by TV. Secondly, whether you watch TV when it originally ran on TV or on DVD after a few months later, you are still watching TV.
Let’s all get over whatever negative perception of TV is out there. It is not going to end the world. There were lazy, illiterate people around before TV existed. There will be lazy illiterate people long after TV gets implanted in our brains.
There is enough going on that if you don’t like what’s going on, you can change the channel. If you don’t like it because of the commercials, get a DVR. If nothing is floating your boat, go ahead turn it off. If you have a fear of the mainstream media, get your news from somewhere else, but check out the esoteric plots on the distant channels of Dish or cable. While you’re out there, check out the range: sports, nature, movies, occasional music and if you want, you can see some sweet cussing, partial nudity and violence. But keep in mind, from my brief exposure to TV in Germany, our cussing, partial nudity and violence is much more tame than much of the world. We’re still rather prudish from a global perspective.
By no means do I love all TV. There is definitely some crap out there (I’m looking at you, CSI…). But just having stepped up to HD, you could say I am in deep affection with TV.
I watch TV and I’m not ashamed. If you want to tell me you don’t watch TV, think twice unless you want to see me dramatically roll my eyes and lose interest in the conversation.
