did you shut down television?
 

well I'd like to know if you did that!

..wait, you mean telavision the band? or a viewing screen?

hey, wait. I didnt finished to type the message :).....I mean TV channels of course!

I don't watch TV like the pious bastard I am.

*Edit - This is a rubbish post for my 500th. I would like to amend this by saying 'cock'.

generally speaking i do not watch tv. its evil, it sucks your soul in and stops you from being able to complete a conversation.

its one of the reasons i hate british pubs. everywhere you look there is a tv stuck in your face, or a giant one hung on the wall. going out for a drink with your freinds is supposed to be a social occasion not one where you stand around and watch the idiot box.

Agreed. Apart from the fact that one of my favourite afternoon sessions in semi-recent memory was watching India vs Pakistan on the cricket with a load of drunk Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in a pub. Which was excellent.

agreed, the occasional time maybe ok but i really cant stand the oppresivenes of seeing a tv in every part of the pub. its not just the tv either, its the sort of people it attracts. one particular pub in leeds used to put on some adult channel on sunday nights and the place was full of rowdy drunken lads. its either that or sport.

Sport makes sense in pubs. Big screen, football, that sort of thing. It's a good indicator of pubs to avoid. Have you been in any Walkabout pubs? I fucking hate them. Screens everywhere, and nearly always crap sports like surfing. Good alehouses rarely have a TV. And preferably no jukey either.

agree with you! anyway I dont consider watching tv in a pub, then I'm not a sport lover but I dont want consider 'watching tv' occasionally for football games or other sports.

i have never been to a pub to watch anything on tv.

ok okay jon boy I have understand what you typed above I just wanted specify that I dont consider 'watching tv' in a pub or even watch a shut down tv too :)

I haven't turned a tv on in months.

You should probably make that joke a little more obvious, I think that's a little to subtle for the fragile minds of this board.

I watch it only when there's a snooker match.

I don't watch much tv at all but I have bouts of staring at the screen in a brainless stupour. I won't lie about it. It is rubbish though.

I just got rid of my tv sometime ago. I hadn't watched in months prior to that plus I don't want to live in fear of the tv-license inspector and the possible extra fees for not paying the tv license payment.

i find myself watching tv only when I'm sick, I atribute this to some childhood memory of watching princess bride while I was sick, and seeing as the whole movie was centered around a sick kid at home, this has devleoped a undesirible subconscious thought pattern of illness and me watching the television.

I love TV...that idiot box has a name (TV) and it's for everybody...baseball is back...House MD is on tonight...I'm happy

I don't really watch very much TV and when I do watch TV shows I prefer to watch the DVD sets of them. House and Baseball and any show with Anthony Bourdain (the chef/traveler/writer) are about the only broadcast TV that I do watch...I'm a fan of the medium though because in between all the mountains of garbage there is a sizeable section of awesome stuff.

Wow, you must have a boring life.

what else can you do at 3 am after a night of nothing and jacking? TV. Yippie!

as soon as i go into my room i turn on my TV.....

sometimes i watch tv in the late night 'cause is better than sleeping pills.

but i like some telenovelas like "beautiful" when weed is end and i need to buzz.

ahahahh eight=D I know who you are!
I perfectly know that you smoke weed instead the sleeping pills! and HATE telenovelas and bla bla bla

I'm a sports freak so yeah I watch it everyday.

I see nothing special about TV really, the internet pwns it anyday.

i watch two or three shows and some i just rent on dvd. most stuff on right now is crap.

well DVD are okay for me too cause they are different things. but nobody says nothing about news programs .....I dont know exaclty how to call them in english

I watch tv-news and sometimes a stupid channel called yr open sorce

You have to sort through the dross, bu there are still rewal gems being made: The Mighty Boosh (funniest thing ever), Time Team (archaeology programme) and Horizon (documentary series) are my regular favourites, along with good natural history shows.

Apart from that I like news and old comedy shows.

Having said that, I agree that most of the stuff on TV is rotting, dead-at-birth, brain-polluting and repulsion-inducing excrement.

know what I always find funny, how there are always self-righteous people on the internet who say they don't watch TV and how bad it is and it makes you stupid, yet they spend like five hours or more on the internet. Thats just as bad and brain-draining as watching TV!!!!

generally the only news i watch is channel 4 news. i think i am developing a thing for female channel 4 newsreaders, plus jon smith is a god.

not everything is stupid on tv, but five hours on internet is better than one hour in front of nonsense program. sometime when i watch tv i don't pay attention and think about other things, tv could be off and could be the same, this never happens on internet.

But it's a better quality of brain-drain. :)

Well, the internet analogy isn't really that accurate. The internet is a tool in which you are only really limited by your imagination. I'm not saying it's the second coming of Jesus but it's at least democratic...at least compared to television. Television is one way communication, it's wholy undemocratic, it's made with pretty much the sole purpose to make money. I wouldn't say that everything on tv is stupid but it all pretty much conforms to the same rules...even stuff which seems 'high brow' can never really be anything of any worth because of the way tv works...it's a really shit medium.

Sorry, that really doesn't explain what I'm trying to say very well but TV is, by it's very nature, rubbish.

I watch tv for like an hour every night.

can't. two reasons: daily show, HBO.

tv is mostly for morons. every now and then there are some gems. i voted "not watch at all" because the day/night options weren't really a good fit & this was closer.

i watch occasionally, mostly to get along w/ people who do watch (a strange form of socialization, i know, but very american: sit around & watch).

at home though we watch only movies-- we have no cable, no dish, no antenna, but a monster subscription to greencine. hah, i was re-watching john waters's "desperate living" yesterday, i don't want to return it...

Not all tv is brain-draining. Battlestar Galactica is actually really smart for Sci-Fi Channel fare. I thought I'd throw that out there.

T.v. Party Tonightt.v. Party Tonightt.v. Party Tonightt.v. Party Tonightwe're Gonna Have A T.v. Party Tonight...alrightwe're Gonna Have A T.v. Party ...alright...tonightwe've Got Nothing Better To Do,than Watch T.v. And Have A Couple Of Brewseverybody's Gonna Hang Out Here Tonight...alrightwe'll Pass Out On The Couch Alright...tonightwe've Got Nothing Better To Do, Than Watch T.v. And Have A Couple Of Brewsdon't Talk About Anything Else...we Don't Want To Knowwe're Dedicated To Our Favorite Showswe Sit Glued To The T.v. All Night...and Every Nightwhy Go Into The Outside World At All...it's Such A Frightwe've Got Nothing Better To Do Than Watch T.v. Andhave A Couple Of Brewst.v. News Shows What It's Like Out There...it's A Scareyou Can Go Out...if You Want...we Wouldn't Dare!we've Got Nothing Better To Do Than Watch T.v.and Have A Couple Of Brewsdon't Talk About Anything Else...we Don't Want To Knowwe're Dedicated To Our Favorite Showsi Wouldn't Be Without My T.v. For A Day...or Even A Minute!i Don't Bother To Use My Brain Anymore...there's Nothing Left In Itwait A Minute My T.v. Set Doesn't Workit's Broken!what Are We Gonna Do Tonightthis Isn't Fairwe're Hurtin'!we've Got Nothing Left To Doleft With No T.v. Just A Couple Brewswhat Are We Gonna Talk About...i Don't Knowwe're Gonna Miss Our Favorite Showsno T.v. Party Tonight.

Oh, how I mourn the death of Northern Exposure.