I watch a few dozen hours of TV a year, mostly boxing or kid stuff with my 4 year old. I have a twitter account which I mostly enjoy, I follow a few journalist and NGO's and several writers, it isn't at all depraved. Other than that, no social media besides Yik Yak which in my neighborhood isn't at all tawdry or racist mostly a community bulletin board. The longer I'm away from TV and social media the more undesirable it becomes. Stop watching TV for a few months and advertising becomes almost unbearable. We've all acclimated ourselves to being constantly manipulated by forces that don't have our best interest in mind. Getting out the manipulation loop of television and insincere social media done nothing but make me more relaxed and happier.
Maybe once a month someone quotes a commercial or says "have you seen 'x' commercial," to me. "I don't have cable," has been my reply for like the last 6-8 years. _uck commercials. I don't miss a thing.
Yeah, I think we have cable for the roommates and John Oliver, but we're kind of a online streaming kind of couple. House is amazing.
It's funny how that works, right?And after being cut off from it, weirdly --I just got on with normal life. That is, instead of living in dissatisfaction that reality doesn't match reality television, I just concentrated on living a better life. And it worked!
I'm kind of with you here. I'm not so much into social media and such, but every time I hear anything/read anything about it, it seems pretty terrible, and seems to be depersonalizing the world. Which is funny because it's supposed to connect people. This part makes me happy because I feel exactly the same way, and I feel people that actually think/practice this are getting more and more rare.The longer I'm away from TV and social media the more undesirable it becomes. Stop watching TV for a few months and advertising becomes almost unbearable. We've all acclimated ourselves to being constantly manipulated by forces that don't have our best interest in mind.