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From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
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Subject: Re: fashion pages & tv
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 15:55:28 EST
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	I'm posting this to net.singles because the discussion has been
going on here, and because I don't subscribe to net.tv.
	I don't watch much TV. I go back and forth on this, and there
have been times in my life (e.g., when I got my first color set) when
I've watched it to excess. Ever since I answered the siren song of
computers, though, I simply haven't had much time for it. I guess I would
be classfied as one who enjoys TV, but isn't dependent on it.
	From my perspective, extreme Jeremiads about how awful TV is
are hard to understand. Yeah, I agree there's a lot of crap; so what?
Unless you're a shut-in or a total TV addict, the answer is obvious:
if there's nothing good on TV, go do something else!
	I, too, have wished for more quality programming, but, frankly,
if there *were* more good shows on TV, the main result for me would be
that I'd be missing more good shows for lack of time to watch.
	Contrarily, when I do find myself at home with time on my hands,
I can almost always find something on TV that's an adequate time-killer,
any hour of the day or night. Cable gives me about 40 channels to choose
from, and my videotape collection gives me about 100 more. I've learned
all kinds of things about subjects I'm not interested enough in to read
a book about, just by flipping around on the channel selector (PBS stations
are particularly good for this, and we're blessed with 4 of 'em on my
cable).
	I sometimes suspect that people who really despise TV have watched
too much of it. When my TV has sat cold, dark and neglected in my living
room for a couple of months, while I've pursued other interests, it becomes
a real pleasure to come back to. Even some of the ads are pleasant! So,
if I might make a suggestion, when the impulse to put your foot through
the old glass eye becomes strong enough, just turn it off, and forget
you own it for a few days, weeks, or months. I bet you'll find TV has
improved enormously when you finally come back to it :-).

-  From the Crow's Nest  -                      Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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