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So capitalist sell the old, I'm interested in the new. The cutting edge, the Avant Garde, the underground. I don't hassle people for selling outbuying in. I had some friends that throw parties and they states getting sponsored by the liquor companies. I dont begrudge them. The whole starving artist thing is romantic. It's depressing and can be negating. That's why I like the underground, the shadow, the hidden, the occult and the esoteric.

I generally dont watch tv,but I will pick up a series and watch a season or a few episodes. Like the Californication: good writing. The L Word: didnt grab. Mad men: marketing misogyny. What I find is after a few episodes I lose interest. Partially because I get the show or the characters. And partially because I prefer to be in a bar or be out than watch tv. I got my apartment, learned how to read cards, found my astrology teacher, and met my children's mother. Through people I met in bars and parties. I don't know if there ever was a golden age without distraction. It is the job of the government to keep you distracted so you don't think about your situation. So you have distractions or pageantry: TV, movies, entertainment, war and a day in day the coliseum. I have generally spent between 10 to 50% percent of my time reading or writing. In addition trying to improve my craft and doing astrological research projects. So I don't have much interest in devoting more than 5 hours a month for TV and music. Bars, pubs, parties, plays, concerts and music I put in a different category. Since they stimulate my brain or provide social reaction, sometimes both. I don't generally get that same interaction with most tv or entertainment. Then there's the Olympics. Which is a bit different for me than more commercial sports. I find that I'll watch a sport that I have never seen before and I amazed and inspired by the dedication. Also there are some amazing human stories.

An interesting perspective. I can identity with most of what he and you are saying, Troy, because the days before television are still fresh in my mind and I am attuned to nature. I remember what it was like to have to amuse yourself when there wasn't any TV to disperse boredom. So I can compare those times to the present. TV is full of pap and crap, but there are needles in the haystack and you have to be a discriminating viewer.and seach for the quality programming that does exist. For someone like me in my dotage, whose mind wanders and who is no longer able to focus on lengthy reading matter, television supplies me with information about subjects I want to know more about and spares me the tedium of trying to plow through printed text. The subjects I want to know more about are not what the next episode of Scandal is going to reveal, or which Atlanta housewife is going to attack another one. I don't watch much prime time sit-coms or glorified soap operas or crime shows. I search out documentaries about science and history and noteworthy people. I do watch some of the tabloid pop culture garbage about celebs, not because I care about them but because the news of their inane lives reinforces my disdain for them. I also watch late night talk shows because they are spontaneous and funny and current. Sporting events are exciting and quiz shows enlightening. And, yes, I religiously watch the Game of Thrones on cable TV because it is escapism fantasy, and the books its sagas are based on are enormous volumes. Plus, you don't have to be concerned about the accuracy of the stories because they are fiction. I would agree that the TV generation does tend to be hyper. They seem to have a need for speed. For instance, I play a lot of Bridge on line. Bridge was gradually becoming a game played mostly by retirees, senior citizens left over from the days when it was very popular card game on college campuses back during the 40s and 50s. Then suddenly there was a influx of young players attracted to the game by its availablity on line and its similarity to less cerebral games like Spades and Bid-Whist. A lot of these upstarts are gamers, used to the quickness of computer games. When you get a foursome of, say, 2 older players and 2 younger ones, there is always conflict because the newcomers want what was once a leisurely contemplative game to be fast paced with emphasis on high scoring. Times have, indeed, changed and not always for the better. The media has pervaded our lives and programmed our brains. But striking a happy medium should be the goal, rather than eliminating TV from our rountines. How obligated are people to immerse themselves in existences that are mundane and stressful when there is an alterative world only a click of a button away that for a few hours will take your mind off your hum drum life and bolster your spirits with entertaining, relaxing diversions. The work place and class room are arenas where you function and compete, and there should be some respite from the demands placed on you during the course of a hectic day. Meditation is becoming popular among this generation of success driven dynamos. This is a step in the right direction. Clearing your mind and developing an appreciation for silence is a positive way to cure a TV addiction.