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11-18-2008, 03:46 PM | #1 | |
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Unhappy people watch more TV
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You all know who you are. I'm surprised that they didn't break out the type of show that the participants watched. I would surmise that those watching sitcoms and reality tv would be a different group than those who watch Discovery or the History channel.
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11-18-2008, 03:51 PM | #2 |
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Holy Shit!
This means that Dazza must be about ready to slit his wrists! I better call the doctor.
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11-18-2008, 03:59 PM | #3 |
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Back in the day, cavemen who drew on walls were unhappy.
In the grand old radio days, people who listened to Fibber McGee and Molly were unhappy. Don't even get me started on people who go to the movies. It just sounds like pop psychology to me. I know a lot of people who watch NO TV. I know people who don't work and do nothing but watch TV. I know people who like to be entertained after work. It's hardly an activity that needs inferences about such subjective issues as "happiness" drawn from it. Despite my dislike of (most) reality shows, I don't think the people who love them are inherently more unhappy than I am. In fact, a lot of folks i know who love them are decidedly more happy in general. BTW, did anyone see How I Met Your Mother last night?
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11-18-2008, 04:18 PM | #4 | |
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The article says that tv viewing "is more likely to lead to overall unhappiness. " But it misrepresents what the actual study says. The study doesn't say that TV causes one to be unhappy. It only says that that is one possible conclusion.
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11-18-2008, 04:20 PM | #5 |
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Phew...what a relief. I wont worry about calling the doctor today then.
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11-18-2008, 04:27 PM | #6 |
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Oh well, as long as we aren't doing internet user studies, I am still safe....
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11-18-2008, 04:30 PM | #7 |
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It's interesting that when I first started posting online...probably about 8 or 9 years ago now, I was probably at my lowest point for my life at that stage. I'm not sure if the internet helped or hindered in the process of getting out of that slump...but I definitely have hit lower points since then.
Things are good now though thank goodness. Maybe life really is just a series of ups and downs...and well, sometimes a bit of up and down is good...so is in and out...side to side...
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11-18-2008, 04:38 PM | #8 |
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I am the unhappiest person I know.
I watch almost no TV. I'm watching it this week because I am at my parents' house and my parents are away, so I can gorge on satellite rubbish. Even so, I watch it in an hour or half hour bursts, depending on the programme, with periods of switching off and reading in between. Right now, the satellite follow-up show to I'm A Celebrity is on, and I decided to come up to an unheated bedroom instead. I know there are always exceptions, but I think it's worth noting that I am one, |
11-18-2008, 08:14 PM | #9 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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I consider myself mainly happy...I watch bagloads of telly.
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11-18-2008, 08:21 PM | #10 |
Come on, cat.
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How happy are you if the TV is on, but you're mostly paying attention to chatting and checking teh cellr? A uh, a friend was wondering...
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11-18-2008, 08:23 PM | #11 |
I know, right?
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I don't watch much.
You know why? We have three TV's in this house. So you'd think that once in a while I might get to actually choose what to watch, wouldn't you? But OH no, no sooner do I flip it on that someone comes flouncing in and takes over the remote and soon I'm either forced to watch iCarly, Flapjack or Antiques Roadshow. But I've got the computer. Bwaha ahahahahaaaaa! I am in CONTROL of MY computer. Muahahahaha!!!!! |
11-23-2008, 09:03 PM | #12 |
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Quick, turn to channel 12!
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11-24-2008, 07:27 AM | #14 |
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11-24-2008, 09:27 AM | #15 |
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Tell your "friend" that it isn't a sign of unhappiness, just a sign that you can't commit, or might have ADD.
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