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i fail to see why some people hold TV in such low regard. To me, it is a window to the world - if you have premium cable. All you have to do is be a discriminating viewer. There all kinds of interesting educational and entertaining programs to watch on the History, Science, Discovery, National GEO, channels, plus travelogues, documentaries, a whole catalog of classic movies, comedy specials. There are also the music channels where you can hear any type of music you like and of course PBS. Then there are the late night talk shows and their celebrity guests who you get to observe and "hate on". For somebody like me, a great evening is to relax on my recliner, nibble on some snacks and sip from refreshing beverages and watch TV. Television is my companion and my "remote" is my enabler. When i get tired of that, going "on line" is my other option where i can interact on FaceBook and AALBC and play Bridge with live partners, and Solitaire by myself. My venturing out into the real world is limited to my daily walks up and down my neighborhood, something i equally enjoy. if i didn't have these diversions, i would have nothing else to do but read books and work crossword puzzles, because i'm not interested in doing anything else... I've been a reader all my life, but a book has to be awfully compelling to command my attention these days and would preferably be biographical or non fiction. Senior citizen activities don't really appeal to me as an alternative to my "sedentary" llfestyle. My peers and i don't seem to have a lot of common interests. Wonder why? Oh well. Whatever.

@Cynique ,I think it's because they haven't been taught to interpret the symbols. Television programming isn’t bad - but what I've learned when reading reviews is people watch on the surface and miss the meaning. For example, "the blacklist” is about resources and networking - how even your worse enemy can be a great resource depending on your goals and needs... Through television programs it is easy to learn how to navigate corporate politics ... I used a phrase with my daughter, in fact both, her dad and I use the phrase” Did she "good wife" you" when she tells us about the corporate shenanigans ... "The Good Wife" phrase in this context, as you've probably gathered, is someone in the office threw her under the bus soon after they decided how they were going to handle a challenge (a contract in her case). By the way, you may be an octogenarian but I wonder if you, like I, have had always had a hard time finding those who share your interests? I find very few people are interested in observing humans, their skills, talents and behaviors... Sometimes, I feel like a homosapientologist ...and I don't think there are many of us.

Actually there is SO much more quality programming on TV today it would be hard to dispense with the tool. You can watch lectures from all over the planet given by brilliant people. Believe it or not I had no concept of the quantum world until I discovered it on YouTube about 10 years ago. I was simply never exposed to it. I learned about this fascinating world watching streaming videos. @Delano, you recently mentioned Richard Feynman. I discovered him several years ago watching youtube videos on my TV. How did you discover him? Have you never watched his YouTube videos? If you have, you are basically using whatever device you watched that video on as a TV. You should rethink what a TV is. Like anything a TV is what you make of it, but as technology advances and corporations become more powerful, the ability of our "TV" to manipulate us will become greater (more harmful) and our ability to thwart this effort will become more difficult.

@TroyThat would be a 1 MILLION DOLLARS over 10 months.. $100-THOUSAND PER MONTH http://kaepernick7.com/million-dollar-pledge/ “I will donate one million dollars plus all the proceeds of my jersey sales from the 2016 season to organizations working in oppressed communities, 100k a month for 10 months.” – Colin Kaepernick And in my 50 something years ... I've never heard white america squeal like a stuck pig over anything Farrakhan has said or done...Even during the million man march - remember the joke that NPS counted black men as 3/5 - and returned a count of 400-thousand in attendance.. Farrakhan doesn't enter into white america's sanctuary. He's smart enough to stay in his playground. He's not a threat to white America's psyche. Beyonce was enemy no 1 , though, when she performed "formation" during the 2016 super bowl. THE SUPER BOWL 50. Like a Trojan Horse, she and her black panthers styled-warriors marched out on their field and she resurrected Malcolm X and gave corporate America the finger. White folks screamed bloody murder and cops threatened to not provide security for her concerts. Butthurt. Today, 45 and white America are butthurt because Kaepernick took a knee 7 months after Bey danced into formation . For a protest to be effective you got to surprise them on their own battlefield... https://youtu.be/SDPITj1wlkg

Thank you @Troy for your thoughtful words. I appreciate that we can all have slightly varying opinions yet stay respectful. I've worked with children aging out of foster care so can appreciate @Mel Hopkins work with at-risk children. I can also appreciate the wisdom and life experience of our elders and retirees such as @Cynique. And much appreciation for @Delano and "keeping it reel." Wishing you all a great day!