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Originally Posted by bigredman
No TV? A Ram game? A news item? Nothing? The breeze up my kilt is giving me a chill.
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That's right, no TV. I firmly believe it's good for me and would be even moreso for the rest of my largely ignorant peers.
Don't be mistaken though, I make sure to visit my brother-in-law's/sister's house during football season. Any Rams games that might be on at that time will be watched (on a big screen, no less
). He and I are the only ones in my entire family with a passion for football
[and blunts], so I'm blessed to have him now, as there's always a mini-party going on every Sunday/Monday at his/her place. As far as news goes, I haven't watched a local telecast in at least a couple years. I'm sure you can imagine with the "news" a state like Nebraska puts forth daily as "important" is entirely laughable anyway. I get most of my news from the Internet, certain sources I can trust for straight-up, less filtered facts, and I'm happy with that. The recent video-boom on the Internet helps as well.
I do have a TV, but use it only for movies and video games ('games' only being plural because of only two games - Madden and Halo 2). Our 3 local channels don't come in very well at all, so I only bother trying to watch Letterman late at night every once in a while.
Blockbuster has a great deal much like NetFlix, where you can rent 3 movies at a time over the 'Net. I lean more towards underground movies and documentaries, which again keeps me happy. I'm not much into mainstream media (news, music, movies, etc.) if you can't tell already. As far as music goes, I pay even less attention to what the radio plays than what the TV plays. Freedom of choice is a beautiful thing that is grossly underused by today's youth.
The truth is out there (the "real stuff") if you can learn to seep through all the bullsh!t that's fed to us.
