then you, unlike most, have a mind of your own.

missing out on programming...I wouldn't call it missing out though.

you associate everything with what you know. If you don't know you still associate it with what you know. There is no more.

@Drank_Spear Maybe. Let's say I am not looking for anything new. I work my 2 days a week with the public and then become a recluse for the next 5 days unless I have to go to town. I plan my visits and my work.

@DenoPenno nothing wrong with that. I'm simply trying to open eyes. Whether someone wants to take that step, that's up to them.

poor Anne she read a post full of questions and took offense as she always does. Plays the poor poor liwwle victim.

so you can watch TV (which costs) or you can go spend money. Nothing else exists. Talk about over your head. lmao

@Drank_Spear everything on my roku is cheaper than most activities outside the home. It's cheaper than going out to eat, to a bar, a movie, the gun range, a theme park or a road trip. Unless I'm going on a walk staying at home is cheaper. Nothing you've said on this site goes over my head, your intellect is lacking.

@Tejas ever consider being at home and not watching TV? now there's an idea.

@Drank_Spear so you're telling me to not use a device that gives the world's knowledge at my finger tips? That sounds willfully ignorant to me.

@Tejas who controls what's on it doofus? You're a fool!

@Tejas did it ever seem odd to you that what is on TV is called PROGRAMMING?

@Drank_Spear you simply lack knowledge about modern technology. There are many things to watch that is independent or you can look up who pays for what your watching. You also seem to be looking over things designed for entertainment. You must only consume news politics and conspiracy sites. That definitely explains why your no fun at a party or in real life at all.

Exactly

@Tejas slaves justify slavery. It's sick.

@Drank_Spear in what way am I a slave?

@Tejas In that you listen to the minds of others rather than your own mind. You see you can listen to you mind but if it's full of what other people are telling you then that's what your mind will think of. Unplug from the media, write your own narrative, travel your own path. The truth will be clear to you once you are rid of the what others are telling you and start listening to your own heart/gut/mind.

@Drank_Spear I use all information in front of me and filter it out in my own mind. It is silly to not use information from others, that's called living in an echo chamber.

@Tejas very good. what filter do you use?

@Drank_Spear it's called a brain. Ever heard of it?

@Tejas right but how do you filter information? What is the criteria for the filter? Now don't tell me true or false. Think deeply on it. If it is true or false what makes it that way for you? Tell me all about your information filtration process.

Perhaps you will and your heaven will become hell.

a little lame rhyme. lol

@Drank_Spear I’m afraid as a lifelong nonbeliever I consider the concept of either heaven or hell to be meaningless religious nonsense. If heaven equates with happiness then we make our own heaven here on earth by being fulfilled and happy. As for hell, it’s only meaningful as a threat if we believe in such a concept, if we don’t it holds no terror.

@Marionville you're sweet but you're unable to see colors, only black or white. I am neither.

@Marionville I agree with your statement. For me heaven and hell are quite real. They exist right here on earth. I've been to hell. It fucking sucks. The spiritual have a saying it goes something like the religious fear hell, the spiritual have been to hell. Pretty well true. Yes, there is no heaven and hell as defined in religion. there are no streets paved with gold, no virgins, etc. It's all bullshit, well most all of it. In any event I am spiritual and I like to stir the pot so to speak so I do. That's me.

@Marionvill you make more sense than this guy for sure

@Drank_Spear There’s nothing new in being a shit-stirrer here on this site. You come last in a long list of stirrers…I’ve seen them all come and go over the years. The trick is not to rise to their shit-stirring bait and they’ll eventually go away to stir up someone else’s pot of shit!

@Marionville true enough. I have to say though of all the shit I write and people freak out over the evils of TV. It's hilarious.

@Drank_Spear True enough…I will give you credit there!

@Marionville Overall though as a shit stirer it's my intention to create deeper thoughts within people. That's most often accomplished by saying stuff people don't like to hear. most will ignore it. A few will contemplate more deeply. I'm here for the few. Not the many.

I like the history channel but it does to many shows dealing with antiques rather than history. I also like American hero’s, Smithsonian, discovery, National Geographic and ID.

@Trajan61 Hi Trajan61. The AHC used to be the Military Channel. They changed the name after 9/11. Stupid name. I like the World War11 from the sky. Shows the military maneuvers. Much like chess. There is also now the Story Channel but they do too much entertainment coverage, I prefer serious historical stories. There is hope it will improve. Smithsonian is another go to channel , & National geo.

tiredofthis....hilarious name says it all. Enjoy your sleep!

it does, however all those learning tools easily exist outside of TV.

and the question becomes what are you learning? Who's teaching you and why are they teaching you what they are? Answer me that.

@Drank_Spear That's about the dumbest response you could have given. That's like telling someone they shouldn't use GPS because they can use a road atlas or a sextant instead. If a TV or YouTube can accomplish the goal better and faster, it's the person that shuns their use that's the idiot. Now run along and calculate all the ways you're a fuckin' idiot on your abacus.

@ChestRockfield so you'd go to market and buy fish rather than learn to fish. It is the same thing. The TV programs a person. That's why it's called programming. To think for oneself you need to get away from the programming.

As for your anger, that's for you to work out. It has nothing to do with me.

@ChestRockfield Thanks for this valid response..His reply was so Inane I didn’t think it was worth responding to

@Drank_Spear Of course. That line of questioning is stupid, too. You could take it to the logical conclusion of doing everything for yourself, but why? How much of the good things in life are you going to miss out on just so you can boast to an online room full of people that don't give a single fuck about you about how you can do everything. You are online, don't suppose you manufactured your own phone or computer? You must think of yourself as pretty programmed right about now, just buying what they want to sell you and control you with online forum arguments. What a sheep you are.
The fact of the matter is, if I needed to fish, I could, but I still wouldn't. If shit was so bad that there weren't groceries to buy, I'm done with this life. You can have all that survivorman bullshit for yourself... that is if you can stop being a programmed sheep.

@ChestRockfield blah, blah, blah. Are you done crying and whining yet?

@Drank_Spear I'm crying and whining? No, I'm making you look like a fucking fool for trying to pretend you're superior to a bunch of people you don't know because of something as stupid as whether or not they watch anything on a screen.

@ChestRockfield the idea of superiority is yours, not mine. Of course you find it stupid. You are asleep. Thank you for your contribution.

@Drank_Spear You're just the latest iteration of the same brand of asshole we have here for a short while that tries to preach a very familiar sermon of "I'm the only enlightened person in this room" nonsense until they realize none of us find you intelligent, enlightened, or in any way interesting. You may last a few weeks, a few months, or latch on to the outcast insular groups like the Conservative Atheists and echo chamber your way into some years, but most of your type generally get fed up with all the rational intelligent people on the site thinking they're a fucking idiot and they leave.

@ChestRockfield you are a very special in your reality. congrats!

@Drank_Spear I'm not special at all. There are a ton of people here that are smarter than me, more interesting than me, more talented, but most of all, classier than me. That's why it's me who's telling you you're a fuckin' idiot that these people are laughing at, and they're politely ignoring your idiocy.

@ChestRockfield I don't care what you have to say anymore than I care what "they" have to say. If that isn't quite fucking obvious to you by now then I suggest you get a clue.

@Drank_Spear So then why would you think any of us give one tiny fuck what you have to say? You're on here preaching total bullshit and expect us to listen to you. What a fuckin' joke you are.

@ChestRockfield I don't think it. I simply reply to the many comments on some of my posts. You see, I don' 'think' I'm replying to you. I actually am replying to you. lol