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Polybius

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2. No chance

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:51 AM

Oct 2019

I love my YouTube on the big screen, and Rachel Maddow.

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Get rid of your TV. [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 OP

I like my TV. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #1

Shows me my favorite teams playing sports and the local news. Bonx Oct 2019 #42

No chance Polybius Oct 2019 #2

Live and let live and you do you. Sure I'll get rid of my TV because you said so. nt UniteFightBack Oct 2019 #3

I like getting real news like AlJazeera and France24. roamer65 Oct 2019 #4

For six years in the 70's I watched no tv basically Captain Zero Oct 2019 #5

Probably. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #7

Havent watched tv since marybourg Oct 2019 #6

I probably should but at least i have commercials mostly beat Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #8

It used to be that commercials were almost as fun as the tv show. roamer65 Oct 2019 #9

You arent wrong, but I like it. Joe941 Oct 2019 #10

It really is not that hard to avoid commercials. Tipperary Oct 2019 #11

When I used to have TV, I'd always mute commercials. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #37

I have not an ounce of Luddite in me...so Nope. alphafemale Oct 2019 #12

When I was 11 my family downsized and moved to a flat in a big city... with no TV... Rollo Oct 2019 #13

I'm in the middle of Occupied, a Norwegian thriller with Russian occupation. mahina Oct 2019 #14

"Occupied" is one of the best TV series I've seen The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #24

My wife loves her cable TV shows and I enjoy a few things here and there Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #15

I cut the cable in 2012 alittlelark Oct 2019 #16

I discovered this wisdom after 9/11 - I was so sickened by IndyOp Oct 2019 #17

It's not hard to have cable and TV and still avoid the majority of commercials Blue_Adept Oct 2019 #18

I agree that it is easier now to go "no tv"... hlthe2b Oct 2019 #19

But I WANT to be smarter, prettier and more sexually attractive, and ... Whiskeytide Oct 2019 #20

TV is not the big evil... cynatnite Oct 2019 #21

It HAS been awhile since we've had a "I don't XXX and neither should you" post. brooklynite Oct 2019 #22

I would get rid of my TV.. Captain Stern Oct 2019 #23

Your life will be vastly better if you get rid of your internet connection. Get rid of it. nt LexVegas Oct 2019 #25

Lol, yes indeed. cwydro Oct 2019 #27

Democratic Underground is my major internet vice. hunter Oct 2019 #40

"I get to watch plenty of TV on the internet..." GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #26

I like my TV. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #28

I did that... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #29

We ditched cable two years ago. luvs2sing Oct 2019 #30

I have the internet and Over the Air (OTA) TV, the best of both worlds. WestLosAngelesGal Oct 2019 #31

Sorry, not gonna happen. ananda Oct 2019 #32

A 9/10 measure: Turn off the 24-hour political entertainment machine. Hortensis Oct 2019 #33

I did exactly that about 30 years ago, PoindexterOglethorpe Glorfindel Oct 2019 #34

Getting rid of Facebook is far better for the planet randr Oct 2019 #35

I don't mind if you do. MineralMan Oct 2019 #36

My wife and I quit traditional television a long time ago. I think we are much happier for it. hunter Oct 2019 #38

From my cold dead hands, bud NoPasaran Oct 2019 #39

I agree with what I believe to be the statement you are trying to make here. llmart Oct 2019 #41

It's nice to have in case of an emergency, though... PasadenaTrudy Oct 2019 #43