television, how its affect's your life?
By Cherwin2010
@Cherwin2010 (878)
Philippines
March 28, 2010 9:52pm CST
when you watch TV or go to the movies, do you ever get the feeling that everybody in the world is experiencing a lot more of life than you are? that they are having all the fun, doing all the eciting things, winning all the prizes, getting all the good stuff? that's exactly what the media wants you to feel like. that's what keeps you coming back for more.
when we live our lives vicariously through the media, which is may people's window on the world, we begin to feel resentful and envious. we begin to feel deprived of what should rightfully be ours, and we become more and more dissatisfied with life.
more often than not, were in taken in by the emages of reality that doesn't exist.when we try to live like the emages that we see or try to obtain all the stuff that he commercials teel us to buy, we end up terribly disappointed.Why?
Because it's nothing more than an illusion flickering on a blank wall.. what do you think?
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17 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
29 Mar 10
I don't feel that way at all. I don't go to the movies but do watch tv & it doesn't affect me at all like that. I have known always they were make believe. Had alot of fun when i was younger don't have much now but never lived my life thtough movies back when i did go alot.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
Good for you. sometimes because of our busy work, we have no time for watching TV.
there time that we can heard about the news to our friend and office mate. Good luck to your work my friend..
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
29 Mar 10
Welcome both of y'all to mylot. Hope u enjoy it as much as i do.
@sunil_008 (1269)
• India
29 Mar 10
television is always been the notorious element in a house. all afternoon it keeps the children busy with the cartoon stuffs,most evenings are spoiled as all the ladies in the house loves to watch the soap operas and marital blessings get cursed as husbands watch the late night shows.well i used to watch television quite a lot but these days am addicted to the IPL (Indian Premier League) cricket matches.well i know , i guess everybody else believes as well that television is been the spoiler of family atmosphere since the mid days.but unfortunately it has become an intrigued part of our life.so without it life will be somewhat colourless now.but weekend movies are good idea.i do enjoy movies and never really felt of the way that you are talking about...
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
watching television soap operas encourages a range of antisocial behavior in children, including backbiting, gossiping, spreading rumors, splitting up other people's relationships and verbal bullying. because o this it can affects to other one behavior.. but it depends on how to handle it..
@maanrodriguez (604)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
I'm a big couch potato. I like watching TV several hours a day. to be honest, I dont feel like i'm missing anything. I do get excited for the contestants when watching a game show, silly I know but I have never ever felt resentful nor envious. to each his own I guess.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
watching TV is depends on how do people handle on it, its their choice of what kind of movie they want to watch which can make them satisfied..
@NoreenNoor (64)
• United Arab Emirates
29 Mar 10
I hardly watch tv and movies, i am not too much in to these things, yeh i do listen to music a lot...
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
yes, other people prefer to hear the music than to watch TV. for me, I like mostly instrumental and love song. its a melow music its a good impact to me specially when i tired and want to rest. i feel asleep when i heard this kind of music..
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
29 Mar 10
well if there is no television then the life is not at all entertaning!what i think!what do you say regarding this!tv has become the very important part of the life now!it really effects our life but some serials are very irritating!
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
well, there are many of them that is nonsense to watch.. but there are others that can caught our attention and get some moral lesson that we learn on it.. it depends upon our choice which we want to watch for...
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
29 Mar 10
hello cherwin.
television can either be a blessing or a curse. to me it has been more than a blessing. i get to see the news everyday. there are some great tips on house improvement or cooking. the few hours my family and i spend time watching it are some of the beautiful times we share, talk and enjoy each other's company. the attitude one holds towards television should determine whether it is a blessing or otherwise.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
good for you.. one thing of family bonding is watching a television. as parent, their should be a parental guidance to their children while watching TV in order to determine ether it is good or bad or influencing for good or not..
@recycledgoth (9894)
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29 Mar 10
I try not to watch television too much, it steals into my *me* time too much. I find that the quality of programmes is very poor these days and all the commercials drive me nuts. Unfortunately, the media is so influential tht millions of people stay glued to that flickering screen and ignore reality around them
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
yes, there are news that sometimes it is impossible to happen. and not all the news are true, because sometime other people chose the media to hide the truth..
@dropofrain (1167)
• India
29 Mar 10
As we go in modern age, our thinking go up and up and we feel to acknowledge every important news. So TV is that source through which we get knowledge in every fields. To entertain we watch movie, serials, cartoons, etc. For every choices or we can say interest we have given different channels. Vast knowledge will be taken by TV.It depends upon our capacity that how much we gain from it. But it should be seen in limitations. So Friends go and watch TV and receive knowledge and make your world.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
yap, good for you my friend.. because TV is important to our life too. this can make us know on what going on outside. and sometimes we get knowledge about the beautiful spot around the world and the people leave indifferent country with different culture..
@savypat (20216)
• United States
29 Mar 10
I only watch History, Discovery and the National Geographic channels, Hubby watches the news, CNN and local news. All the rest is just trash as far as I
am concerned. I really hate the commercials. O yes we watch PBS the most.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
i like to watch geographic too. i want to know the different species of animal kingdom on how they leave their home on how took care of their children.. it was an interested movie..
@carmenzhj (120)
• New Zealand
29 Mar 10
I cannot go without my TV. It give me most information I need daily.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
it would be the best for us to chose of what we have to have for.. for me i prefer to watch news either than to a teleserye movie..
@machivado (528)
• Indonesia
29 Mar 10
I think I'm pretty much satisfied for what I have now..I don't really care about TV commercials and I don't think that people in the TV lead a better life than myself...well, some of them might be more relaxed than me though...Oh, how I wish to have a long vacation and watch TV like a couch potato..
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
because of our frustration, sometimes we compare our life to a movie or an actor/actress who drived the movie into a beautiful ending that someday or somehow it would be happen to us.. that our life would be better, and leave luxuriously..until we know that it was only our dream which is impossible to become because it was only a story...
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
29 Mar 10
Well i believe the maximum time most of people spend their time on tv. Its cheaper source where people gets entertained , updated and enjoyed. Well our case, my parents are old and they time pass with the tele stories, so as we!
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
your right. but us parents we should aware of the movie content.. it must be guided us by parents to our children. coz there are movie thats not good to your children and it can be a bad influence to them..
@Gothicfb1 (141)
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29 Mar 10
It's just a entertainment not affected to us but in little one i think they can follow of what they learn....
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
yap. its only entertainment. but sometimes it can cough our attention and start asking to our self why? but there are movies that we learn a lesson..
@pinoystrive (41)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
That's right my friend, sometimes I watch the TV and spent almost a day watching though the the shows aren't my favorite and that interesting, its just to kill boredom and time, and it feels regretful sometimes not to spent the day outside.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
for me, if i watch TV e select to a comedy.. it makes me laugh and it can help to forget our problem sometimes...
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Mar 10
cherwin I do not see much television as my favorite programs never
get seen as some old codger gets the remote and they all sit and
watch some sick old rerun of a western, so I come up here and
see the things I want to see on youtube and other sites, then mylot
like crazy and so the boob tube affects my life not at all. If I
could afford my own television that would be heavenly but not right
now I just cannot do it.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
here in our country most people prefer to buy TV than to a computer. because computer is expensive than TV. So TV is used for entertainment here.. and only few channel you can select, so you have no choice what you want to watch..
@marguicha (223767)
• Chile
29 Mar 10
I watch TV to get away from other things I do during the day, rest my feet a bit (my only TV is in my bedroom) and have fun watching CSI (reruns or new chapters). I don´t feel deprived of anything nor I think that my life is worse that the lives of the characters I see. I don´t envy the actor´s lives either. They are no better than mine and usually they are worse. I have a freedom to live that they don´t have. As for the characters, I am a writer so I know I can create whatever I wish with one act of magic from my imagination and my brain. Who is winning all the prizes? I thought I was.
Welcome to mylot and happy posting!
Welcome to mylot and happy posting!@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
because you are writer you know what behind the story. as i said it was only a story.
but we can deny that there are some people still hope and compared their lives to a fairy tale that end the end it is a happy ending..
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
i think when i watch tv or movies im entertained. that s it. i dont feel sad about it. tv and movies are just for entertainment purposes. nothing more.
@Cherwin2010 (878)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
ye TV is just only for entertainment. Good for you.. But some people compared and wish their lives like in the movie they are watching, maybe because of what they are struggling, and their lifestyle..
