"Next week (April 19th - 25th 2004) is National TV Turn Off Week in the USA. Among the many benefits claimed by tvturnoff.org is that 90% of the people who participate in a TV Turnoff Week successfully reduce the amount of television they watch permanently."
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But the other 10 percent sure keep busy picking up the slack.
We pretty much stopped watching TV after 09/11.* It's the computer games and videos that are going to be interesting.
* Because... my favorite show at that time was "Dark Angel" and it suddenly lost its appeal around that time.
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Those 90% who reduce the amount of tv they watch instead sit in front of the computer twice as much. Is this a ploy to get more people on the internet? The world may never know.
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Hnn. Television. There's only a small handful of good shows that aren't worthless. I say who needs television when there are... Video games... And movies!
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WHAT??? During the NHL playoffs??? This is the only month I watch TV and no stupid TV movement is going to stop me from watching the Habs come back and grind the Bruins beneath their mighty boots
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For me it's been turn off your tv week since February of 1982.
National turn off your computer week would be really tough for me. I wonder if I could even go a week. I expect not.
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I do have a TV, I guess, somewhere, but since it's not plugged in it would be kinda pointless to turn it off. I think I could not turn my computer on for a week, although that would be a lot harder. I don't think I'll try.
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you are referring to "play it yourself on a team" baseball, right, mack? in which case, who needs a TV? Just a mitt and a cap, maybe a ball and bat?
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I haven't really followed basketball in a while. It just hurts too much to watch the Jazz lose every year.
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I love every second of every Jazz game. Like life, the important thing is the way you play and not necessarily the rewards you win.
This rag tag band of players have my respect, and love. (but I still can't pick them out of a police line up though)
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I actually still have Robin and the Sorcerer on tape. It's Eighties-tastic. I also have The Greatest Enemy and a bunch of the ones with Jason Connery. Isn't it about time for a new Robin Hood series?
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I turned my TV off for about 2 years while I was addicted to EQ. I'm not sure that's a trade up.
On the other hand, with the networks canceling any good show that crops up (firefly, wonderfalls, angel, buffy) it won't be long before my TV gets turned off for me.
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I'm one of those who rarely watches TV. So I will watch the NBA playoffs without a trace of guilt (for a week or however long it takes to eliminate the Heat.)
I'm also one of those, though, who could never survive a week without the Internet . . .
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Icky...what have I told you about doubting our teams? You don't want this to turn out like the WORLD SERIES, do you?
I only watch 24, my home team's playoff games, and the news (usually merely to marvel at its inanity).
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