Television - drug of the nation

**Big Dave** · 24th August 2005, 20:18

Feeding ignorance and breeding radiation.....

www.davidcohen.co.nz/disposable.mp3

**zadok** · 24th August 2005, 20:25

An addiction all right. Imagine having the amount of channels that they have. Some would love it.

**T.I.E** · 24th August 2005, 20:27

hmmmm just like computer monitors. but shhhhh don't tell them that.
keeps me in a job.

**riffer** · 25th August 2005, 00:17

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprosy.

Good track.

**inlinefour** · 25th August 2005, 01:33

Originally Posted by zadok

An addiction all right. Imagine having the amount of channels that they have. Some would love it.

We have sky digital with so many channels of shit to choose from. The only good thing is that I can watch motorsport live. I really wonder why we have it really. Prior to moving where I am now I spent 8 months without a telly at all. If there is anything that I'm addicted to its adrenaline and this site.

**mstriumph** · 25th August 2005, 01:43

television - the great satan

lived for 5 years without it in south africa ---- social interaction - neighbourhood interaction - then came tv .......... and we were right back to the 'come in, sit down, shut up, it's on' attitude we had thought we had left behind in england.

they don't call it the 'idiot box' for nothing, you know......

**Big Dave** · 25th August 2005, 02:11

Originally Posted by inlinefour

We have sky digital with so many channels of shit to choose from. The only good thing is that I can watch motorsport live. I really wonder why we have it really. Prior to moving where I am now I spent 8 months without a telly at all. If there is anything that I'm addicted to its adrenaline and this site.

Yeah - have the full sky deal, and the fuck-off big TV.
Sport, old comedy on UKTV and the music vids is ALL I use.
Mostly Rock and Roll is king in my studio. U2 one tree hill pumping as i type.

hmmmm - I'm 'over' adrenaline.

**Brian d marge** · 25th August 2005, 02:39

I have 13 channels of tv ...all in a language I cant understand ..( except thursday nite ,,which is bang bang shoot em up nite ( dont like ) but it in English ..thank you kazza err the file my mate err sent me ..

Stephen ...

Gutenburgh library has become a regular stomping ground for me ,,,,,,,

**Bartman10** · 25th August 2005, 09:03

I don't have a TV and it's all good. Get to have heaps more time to muck around with bikes.

Here's an interesting article from the anti-tv brigade!

Cheers,

**matthewt** · 25th August 2005, 10:42

I've got the video for that song somewhere, taped from the television.

**zadok** · 25th August 2005, 11:18

Originally Posted by inlinefour

We have sky digital with so many channels of shit to choose from. The only good thing is that I can watch motorsport live. I really wonder why we have it really.

I have Foxtel here, and the main thing I watch is the sport; Live cricket, rugby and bike racing mainly. There is a lot of rubbish on it for my liking.

**Big Dave** · 25th August 2005, 11:21

Originally Posted by matthewt

I've got the video for that song somewhere, taped from the television.

You should send that to Alanis Morisette - with a note explaing that 'THIS is fucking IRONIC'.

**bkrwench** · 25th August 2005, 11:26

all i get at work is "did you see ...... on TV last nite?"
i have sky digital numerous channels of crap to watch if its on at all its the bike racing or music channel
lifes to short to be a couch potato

**vifferman** · 25th August 2005, 11:42

Years ago, I went to Murka to work. Checked out the TV - woohoo! 49 channels! So, I started surfing them: nup, no, crud, junk, nope, ....
Took about 25 minutes to go through them, and when I got to the end, I thought, "Ooh! Maybe something's on now....", and surfed them again, with the same result.

Yep, 49 channels of crap.

In the end, the most interesting channel was the weather channel, because (a) there was a snowstorm the week we were there, and it was important to know whether we could fly out of the small airport or not, and (b) there were some interesting 'weather facts', like how wind-chill worked, analysis of microclimates around urban zones, etc.
The only other channel remotely worth watching was one of the sports channels, because the SuperBowl was on the day before we left, and all the hooplah surrounding it was mildly interesting (if somewhat incomprehensible).