On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Peter Bense wrote:
quoted 10 lines Just tonight I was sitting in my room and wondering if it really would be
> Just tonight I was sitting in my room and wondering if it really would be
> possible to boycott something as sick and commercial as MTV. Just think
> of all those hours of mindless programming: "The 'real' World", "Singled
> Out", "Buzzkill"... and that other show where people call up and ask
> questions about sex and stuff (on the air!) I forget the name of it but
> I am sure you get what I mean by now.
>
> MTV has gone too far with its mindless shite programming and from what I
> gather on the various mailing lists that I subscribe to -- I am not the
> only one who feels this way.
See, I can't form an opinion on this because I don't watch TV. In the
'80's I was a trainspotting music video fanatic, watching up to 8 hours a
day of Muchmusic [Canada's far superior MTV]. Then about 4 years ago I
realized it was time to start doing something productive with my life and
completely stopped watching television altogether. Since then I've
felt m u c h b e t t e r. I've never seen the Real World, Buzzkill, etc
and therefore useless tidbits of info like the theme song melody and the
hosts' names aren't cluttering up my head.
I recently heard some study results stating that in the last 10 years the
average person has gained 15-20 extra hours of free time per week. This
corresponds to the *increase* in the weekly amount of television watched
per person. Says something about our culture.
I guess my point is, if you think MTV sucks, then TURN IT OFF.
Permanently. Don't tolerate mediocre programming.
Cid.
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