Tuesday, February 01, 2005

2/1/05

I’m at a loss for how to explain our tv-watching habits. Americans watch an average of 4 hours of television a day. Considering that most adults work eight hours and try to sleep eight hours, that four hours of daily television means they have four hours in which to eat, travel to and from work, go to the bathroom, socialize, exercise, and shop. Not alot of time to check in with kids, parents, or friends. Maybe we’re just great multi-taskers. Maybe we have a coaxial cable inserted at the base of our skull when we sleep.

I’d like to believe that often televison is just background noise while waiting at the bank, the bar, the gas station, the tv-room.

Four hours of television a day just hurts. It’s hard to believe that people really find all four hours worthwhile. Maybe there’s a comfort factor, that this thing is talking to us, soothing our fears, telling us everything is ok, though we’d be better off using a Swiffer, drinking beer, driving SUVs, taking designer drugs, and talking on cell phones. Of course, there’s no time to shop when I’m communing with Katie in the morning Dan in the evening, and Dave before I go to bed. Maybe Regis will understand if I skip out on him.

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