Quote Originally Posted by Brandi View Post
Stop bragging!
I wish I could live without tv. I find things are much more pleasant when the tv is not on.
I hate the sound of tv- everyone constantly yelling rather than talking, commercials blaring, and short snippets of frantic "music"- an aggressive assault on the brain and serenity. TV was actually one of the issues that led to the demise of my former marriage (of course deeper issues were at work, but tv was a big symptom of the underlying problems).
For every good thing on tv you have to search through 100 pieces of pure crap.

Like many of you, I do like good nature and science programs and documentaries. We can get all we want of that from Netflix. We love to watch films- documentaries, foreign, classic, favorite old tv series, cult movies, musicals, new movies, ....all kinds. Netflix gives us all our own choices of films, documentaries, nature and history stuff, all we want when we want, free shipping....all for $8.99/month on the one-at-a-time plan we chose. We watch about 3 movies a week. Sometimes I also watch nature docu's or 1940's chick flix on my computer instantly via Netflix- that's another freebie they throw in.
TV can go jump in the lake as far as I'm concerned.

As for news- I get news online every day from all different sources, from all around the world. U.S. tv "news" is all selected, pre-processed, and screened by the big corporations and political groups that control the major networks. It's outrageously biased and whitewashed. I like to get news from multiple non-affiliated sources instead, and then make up my own mind. There's a lot going on that most Americans are not told about.

Yes, I know I'm a big mouth. Sorry, but just wanted to add my own view to the mix here.