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Television: Opiate of the MassesPosted By: Wes Moore JAN 18, 2010

[A classic article by Wes Moore, originally published here at disinformation® on May, 5, 2001]

T.V. It satellite links Our United States of Unconsciousness Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive The methadone metronome pumping out 150 channels 24 hours a day You can flip through all of them And still there’s nothing worth watching — Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy , Television, Drug of a Nation

Momma’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true Momma’s gonna put all of her fears into you Momma’s gonna keep you right here under her wing She won’t let you fly but she might let you sing Momma’s gonna keep baby cozy and warm. — Pink Floyd , Mother

The nearest analogy to the addictive power of television and the transforma-tion of values that is wrought in the life of the heavy user is probably heroin. — Terence McKenna , Food of the Gods

There’s a tumor in the TV mouth Burn it out before it grows. — Marilyn Manson , Little Horn

Aright junkies, I know you don’t like staring at long strands of motionless text,

and I know it’s a struggle for you to analyze and comprehend the meaning of

complex sequences of words. But if you give me just a few minutes, I will let you

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in on a little secret that marketers and governments have been relying on for

decades. That television you watch every day, your secret best friend, is an addic-

tive opiate, and not only that, it’s one of the most potent mind control devices

ever produced. And I’m not just basing this on intuition. I have the neurological

evidence to prove it.

Although the definitions are vague and somewhat misleading, the word “addic-tion” usually refers to a psychological or physical dependence on a particular experience that must be repeated in order for a person to be comfortable. Usually, we think about this in terms of chemical addiction, which occurs when the addict’s chemical of choice reorganizes the nervous system so that it requires the presence of that chemical to operate smoothly.

Of course, not all addictions are chemical. Any behavior that leads to a pleasur-able experience will be repeated , especially if that behavior requires little work. Psychologists call this pattern “positive reinforcement” . This is what we mean, technically speaking, by addiction. In this sense, television certainly fits into the category of an addictive agent.

When you watch TV, brain activity switches from the left to the right hemisphere. In fact, experiments conducted by researcher Herbert Krugman showed that while viewers are watching television, the right hemisphere is twice as active as the left, a neurological anomaly. The crossover from left to right releases a surge of the body’s natural opiates: endorphins, which include beta-endorphins and enkephalins. Endorphins are structurally identical to opium and its derivatives (morphine, codeine, heroin, etc.). Activities that release endorphins (also called opioid peptides) are usually habit-forming (we rarely call them addictive). These include cracking knuckles, strenuous exercise, and orgasm. External opiates act on the same receptor sites (opioid receptors) as endorphins, so there is little dif-ference between the two.

In fact, strenuous exercise, which produces the nominal “runner’s high”- a release of endorphins that flood the system, can be highly addictive, to the point where “addicts” who abruptly stop exercising experience opiate-withdrawal symptoms, namely migraine headaches. These migraines are caused by a dysfunction in opioid receptors, which are accustomed to the steady influx of endorphins.

Indeed, even casual television viewers experience such opiate-withdrawal symp-

toms if they stop watching TV for a prolonged period of time. An article from

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South Africa’s Eastern Province Herald (October 1975) described two experiments

in which people from various socio-economic milieus were asked to stop watching

television. In one experiment, several families volunteered to turn off their TV’s

for just one month. The poorest family gave in after one week, and the others

suffered from depression, saying they felt as though they had “lost a friend.” In

the other experiment, 182 West Germans agreed to kick their television viewing

habit for a year, with the added bonus of payment. None could resist the urge

longer than six months, and over time all of the participants showed the symptoms

of opiate-withdrawal: increased anxiety, frustration, and depression.

The signs of addiction are all around us. The average American watches over

four hours of television every day, and 49% of those continue to watch despite

admitting to doing it excessively. These are the classic indicators of an addict in

denial: addicts know they’re doing harm to themselves, but continue to use the

drug regardless.

Recent studies on laboratory rats show that opioid-receptor stimulants induce

addictive behaviors. The evidence is conclusive: all opioids are addictive! Even

the ones your body produces naturally. The television set works as a high-tech

drug delivery system, and we all feel its effects. The question is, can an addiction

to television be destructive? The answer we receive from modern science is a

resounding “Yes!”

First of all, when you’re watching television the higher brain regions (like the

midbrain and the neo-cortex) are shut down, and most activity shifts to the lower

brain regions (like the limbic system). The neurological processes that take place

in these regions cannot accurately be called “cognitive.” The lower or reptile

brain simply stands poised to react to the environment using deeply embedded

“fight or flight” response programs. Moreover, these lower brain regions cannot

distinguish reality from fabricated images (a job performed by the neo-cortex),

so they react to television content as though it were real, releasing appropriate

hormones and so on. Studies have proven that, in the long run, too much activity

in the lower brain leads to atrophy in the higher brain regions.

It is interesting to note that the lower/reptile/limbic brain correlates to the bio-sur-

vival circuit of the Leary /Wilson 8 Circuit Model of Consciousness. This is our

primal circuit, the base “presence” that we normally associate with consciousness.

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This is the circuit where we receive our first neurological imprint (the oral imprint),

which conditions us to advance toward anything warm, pleasurable and/or pro-

tective in the environment. The bio-survival circuit is our most infantile, our most

primal way of dealing with reality.

A person obsessed with the pursuit of physical pleasure is probably fixated on

this circuit; in fact the Freudians believed an opium addiction was an attempt to

return to the womb. We could logically deduce that such addictions occur when

higher brain functions are anesthetized and the newly dominant lower brain seeks

out pleasure at any cost. Taking this into account, television is like a double edged

sword: not only does it cause the endocrine system to release the body’s natural

opiates (endorphins), but it also concentrates neurological activity in the lower

brain regions where we are motivated by nothing but the pursuit of pleasure.

Television produces highly functional, mobile “bio-survival robots.”

Herbert Krugman’s research proved that watching television numbs the left brain

and leaves the right brain to perform all cognitive duties. This has some harrow-

ing implications for the effects of television on brain development and health.

For one, the left hemisphere is the critical region for organizing, analyzing, and

judging incoming data. The right brain treats incoming data uncritically, and it

does not decode or divide information into its component parts.

The right brain processes information in wholes, leading to emotional rather

than intelligent responses. We cannot rationally attend to the content presented

on television because that part of our brain is not in operation. It is therefore

unsurprising that people rarely comprehend what they see on television, as was

shown by a study conducted by researcher Jacob Jacoby. Jacoby found that, out

of 2,700 people tested, 90% misunderstood what they watched on television only

minutes before. As yet there is no explanation as to why we switch to the right

brain while viewing television, but we do know this phenomenon is immune to

content.

For a brain to comprehend and communicate complex meaning, it must be in a

state of “chaotic disequilibrium.” This means that there must be a dynamic flow

of communication between all of the regions of the brain, which facilitates the

comprehension of higher levels of order (breaking conceptual thresholds), and

leads to the formation of complex ideas. High levels of chaotic brain activity are

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present during challenging tasks like reading, writing, and working mathematical

equations in your head. They are not present while watching TV.

Levels of brain activity are measured by an electroencenograph (EEG) machine.

While watching television, the brain appears to slow to a halt, registering low

alpha wave readings on the EEG. This is caused by the radiant light produced by

cathode ray technology within the television set. Even if you’re reading text on a

television screen the brain registers low levels of activity. Once again, regardless of

the content being presented, television essentially turns off your nervous system.

In addition to its devastating neurological effects, television can be harmful to

your sense of self-worth, your perception of your environment , and your physical

health. Recent surveys have shown that 75% of American women think they are

overweight, likely the result of watching chronically thin actresses and models

four hours a day.

Television has also spawned a “culture of fear” in the U.S. and beyond, with

its focus on the limbic brain-friendly sensationalism of violent programming.

Studies have shown that people of all generations greatly overestimate the threat

of violence in real life. This is no shock because their brains cannot discern reality

from fiction while watching TV.

Television is bad for your body as well. Obesity, sleep deprivation, and stunted

sensory development are all common among television addicts.

So I hope we’ve firmly established that television is an addictive drug, one that is

no better than opium, heroin, or any other opiate. Television is just as (and pos-

sibly even more) harmful to the body-brain as every other drug. But there’s one

big difference. All other drugs apparently pose a threat to the established social

order. Television, however, is a drug that is actually essential to maintaining the

social infrastructure. Why? Because it brainwashes consumers to throw money

at the gaping void of their meaningless, terror-filled lives. And by brainwashed,

I mean they’ve been hypnotized using very subtle and established techniques

which, when coupled with television’s natural effects on brain waves, make for

the most ambitious psychological engineering ruse ever concocted.

Psychophysiologist Thomas Mulholland found that after just 30 seconds of watch-

ing television the brain begins to produce alpha waves , which indicates torpid

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(almost comatose) rates of activity. Alpha brain waves are associated with unfo-

cused, overly receptive states of consciousness. A high frequency alpha waves does

not occur normally when the eyes are open. In fact, Mulholland’s research implies

that watching television is neurologically analogous to staring at a blank wall.

I should note that the goal of hypnotists is to induce slow brain wave states. Alpha

waves are present during the “light hypnotic” state used by hypno-therapists for

suggestion therapy.

When Mulholland’s research was published it greatly impacted the television

industry, at least in the marketing and advertising sector. Realizing viewers auto-

matically enter a trance state while watching television, marketers began designing

commercials that produce unconscious emotional states or moods within the

viewer. The aim of commercials is not to appeal to the rational or conscious

mind (which usually dismisses advertisements) but rather to implant moods that

the consumer will associate with the product when it is encountered in real life.

When we see product displays at a store, for instance, those positive emotions

are triggered . Endorsements from beloved athletes and other celebrities evoke

the same associations. If you’ve ever doubted the power of television advertising,

bear this in mind: commercials work better if you’re not paying attention to them!

An addictive mind control device . . . what more could a government or prof-

it-driven corporation ask for? But the really sad thing about television is that

it turns everyone into a zombie, no one is immune. There is no higher order of

super-intelligent, nefarious beings behind this. It’s the product of our very human

desire to alter our state of consciousness and escape the hardships of reality .

While AdBusters has their highly ineffectual TV Turnoff Week , I’d like to

announce a campaign of my own. Starting next week, we will celebrate what I

like to call TV Pawn-Off Week. I encourage you all to sell your televisions, and

use the money to buy some books .

We’re living in a Brave New World , only it’s not so brave, or even that new. In

fact, it’s starting to look more and more like the Dark Ages, with the preliterate

zombie masses obeying the authority of the new clergy: Regis Philbin and Jerry

Springer .

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You can flip through all of themAnd still there’s nothing worth watching.~~ Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Television, Drugof a Nation

Momma’s gonna make all of your nightmares cometrueMomma’s gonna put all of her fears into youMomma’s gonna keep you right here under herwingShe won’t let you fly but she might let you singMomma’s gonna keep baby cozy and warm.~~ Pink Floyd, Mother

The nearest analogy to the addictive power oftelevision and the transformation of values that iswrought in the life of the heavy user is probablyheroin.~~ Terence McKenna, Food of the Gods

There’s a tumor in the TV mouthBurn it out before it grows.~~ Marilyn Manson, Little Horn

Aright junkies, I know you don’t like staring at longstrands of motionless text, and I know it’s astruggle for you to analyze and comprehend themeaning of complex sequences of words. But if yougive me just a few minutes, I will let you in on alittle secret that marketers and governments havebeen relying on for decades. That television youwatch every day, your secret best friend, is anaddictive opiate, and not only that, it’s one of the

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most potent mind control devices ever produced.And I’m not just basing this on intuition. I have theneurological evidence to prove it.

Although the definitions are vague and somewhatmisleading, the word “addiction” usually refers to apsychological or physical dependence on aparticular experience that must be repeated in orderfor a person to be comfortable. Usually, we thinkabout this in terms of chemical addiction, whichoccurs when the addict’s chemical of choicereorganizes the nervous system so that it requiresthe presence of that chemical to operate smoothly.

Of course, not all addictions are chemical. Anybehavior that leads to a pleasurable experience willbe repeated, especially if that behavior requireslittle work. Psychologists call this pattern “positivereinforcement”. This is what we mean, technicallyspeaking, by addiction. In this sense, televisioncertainly fits into the category of an addictive agent.

When you watch TV, brain activity switches fromthe left to the right hemisphere. In fact,experiments conducted by researcher HerbertKrugman showed that while viewers are watchingtelevision, the right hemisphere is twice as active asthe left, a neurological anomaly. The crossover fromleft to right releases a surge of the body’s naturalopiates: endorphins, which include beta-endorphins and enkephalins. Endorphins arestructurally identical to opium and its derivatives(morphine, codeine, heroin, etc.). Activities thatrelease endorphins (also called opioid peptides) are

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usually habit-forming (we rarely call themaddictive). These include cracking knuckles,strenuous exercise, and orgasm. External opiatesact on the same receptor sites (opioid receptors) asendorphins, so there is little di!erence between thetwo.

In fact, strenuous exercise, which produces thenominal “runner’s high”- a release of endorphinsthat flood the system, can be highly addictive, tothe point where “addicts” who abruptly stopexercising experience opiate-withdrawalsymptoms, namely migraine headaches. Thesemigraines are caused by a dysfunction in opioidreceptors, which are accustomed to the steadyinflux of endorphins.

Indeed, even casual television viewers experiencesuch opiate-withdrawal symptoms if they stopwatching TV for a prolonged period of time. Anarticle from South Africa’s Eastern Province Herald(October 1975) described two experiments in whichpeople from various socio-economic milieus wereasked to stop watching television. In oneexperiment, several families volunteered to turn o!their TV’s for just one month. The poorest familygave in after one week, and the others su!eredfrom depression, saying they felt as though theyhad “lost a friend.” In the other experiment, 182West Germans agreed to kick their televisionviewing habit for a year, with the added bonus ofpayment. None could resist the urge longer than sixmonths, and over time all of the participantsshowed the symptoms of opiate-withdrawal:

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increased anxiety, frustration, and depression.

The signs of addiction are all around us. Theaverage American watches over four hours oftelevision every day, and 49% of those continue towatch despite admitting to doing it excessively.These are the classic indicators of an addict indenial: addicts know they’re doing harm tothemselves, but continue to use the drug regardless.

Recent studies on laboratory rats show that opioid-receptor stimulants induce addictive behaviors. Theevidence is conclusive: all opioids are addictive!Even the ones your body produces naturally. Thetelevision set works as a high-tech drug deliverysystem, and we all feel its e!ects. The question is,can an addiction to television be destructive? Theanswer we receive from modern science is aresounding “Yes!”

First of all, when you’re watching television thehigher brain regions (like the midbrain and theneo-cortex) are shut down, and most activity shiftsto the lower brain regions (like the limbic system).The neurological processes that take place in theseregions cannot accurately be called “cognitive.” Thelower or reptile brain simply stands poised to reactto the environment using deeply embedded “fightor flight” response programs. Moreover, theselower brain regions cannot distinguish reality fromfabricated images (a job performed by the neo-cortex), so they react to television content asthough it were real, releasing appropriate hormonesand so on. Studies have proven that, in the long

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run, too much activity in the lower brain leads toatrophy in the higher brain regions.

It is interesting to note that the lower/reptile/limbicbrain correlates to the bio-survival circuit of theLeary/Wilson 8 Circuit Model of Consciousness.This is our primal circuit, the base “presence” thatwe normally associate with consciousness. This isthe circuit where we receive our first neurologicalimprint (the oral imprint), which conditions us toadvance toward anything warm, pleasurable and/orprotective in the environment. The bio-survivalcircuit is our most infantile, our most primal way ofdealing with reality.

A person obsessed with the pursuit of physicalpleasure is probably fixated on this circuit; in factthe Freudians believed an opium addiction was anattempt to return to the womb. We could logicallydeduce that such addictions occur when higherbrain functions are anesthetized and the newlydominant lower brain seeks out pleasure at anycost. Taking this into account, television is like adouble edged sword: not only does it cause theendocrine system to release the body’s naturalopiates (endorphins), but it also concentratesneurological activity in the lower brain regionswhere we are motivated by nothing but the pursuitof pleasure. Television produces highly functional,mobile “bio-survival robots.”

Herbert Krugman’s research proved that watchingtelevision numbs the left brain and leaves the rightbrain to perform all cognitive duties. This has some

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harrowing implications for the e!ects of televisionon brain development and health. For one, the lefthemisphere is the critical region for organizing,analyzing, and judging incoming data. The rightbrain treats incoming data uncritically, and it doesnot decode or divide information into its componentparts.

The right brain processes information in wholes,leading to emotional rather than intelligentresponses. We cannot rationally attend to thecontent presented on television because that part ofour brain is not in operation. It is thereforeunsurprising that people rarely comprehend whatthey see on television, as was shown by a studyconducted by researcher Jacob Jacoby. Jacoby foundthat, out of 2,700 people tested, 90%misunderstood what they watched on televisiononly minutes before. As yet there is no explanationas to why we switch to the right brain whileviewing television, but we do know thisphenomenon is immune to content.

For a brain to comprehend and communicatecomplex meaning, it must be in a state of “chaoticdisequilibrium.” This means that there must be adynamic flow of communication between all of theregions of the brain, which facilitates thecomprehension of higher levels of order (breakingconceptual thresholds), and leads to the formationof complex ideas. High levels of chaotic brainactivity are present during challenging tasks likereading, writing, and working mathematicalequations in your head. They are not present while

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watching TV.

Levels of brain activity are measured by anelectroencenograph (EEG) machine. While watchingtelevision, the brain appears to slow to a halt,registering low alpha wave readings on the EEG.This is caused by the radiant light produced bycathode ray technology within the television set.Even if you’re reading text on a television screenthe brain registers low levels of activity. Once again,regardless of the content being presented,television essentially turns o! your nervous system.

In addition to its devastating neurological e!ects,television can be harmful to your sense of self-worth, your perception of your environment, andyour physical health. Recent surveys have shownthat 75% of American women think they areoverweight, likely the result of watching chronicallythin actresses and models four hours a day.

Television has also spawned a “culture of fear” inthe U.S. and beyond, with its focus on the limbicbrain-friendly sensationalism of violentprogramming. Studies have shown that people of allgenerations greatly overestimate the threat ofviolence in real life. This is no shock because theirbrains cannot discern reality from fiction whilewatching TV.

Television is bad for your body as well. Obesity,sleep deprivation, and stunted sensory developmentare all common among television addicts.

So I hope we’ve firmly established that television is

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an addictive drug, one that is no better than opium,heroin, or any other opiate. Television is just as(and possibly even more) harmful to the body-brainas every other drug. But there’s one big di!erence.All other drugs apparently pose a threat to theestablished social order. Television, however, is adrug that is actually essential to maintaining thesocial infrastructure. Why? Because it brainwashesconsumers to throw money at the gaping void oftheir meaningless, terror-filled lives. And bybrainwashed, I mean they’ve been hypnotized usingvery subtle and established techniques which, whencoupled with television’s natural e!ects on brainwaves, make for the most ambitious psychologicalengineering ruse ever concocted.

Psychophysiologist Thomas Mulholland found thatafter just 30 seconds of watching television thebrain begins to produce alpha waves, whichindicates torpid (almost comatose) rates of activity.Alpha brain waves are associated with unfocused,overly receptive states of consciousness. A highfrequency alpha waves does not occur normallywhen the eyes are open. In fact, Mulholland’sresearch implies that watching television isneurologically analogous to staring at a blank wall.

I should note that the goal of hypnotists is to induceslow brain wave states. Alpha waves are presentduring the “light hypnotic” state used by hypno-therapists for suggestion therapy.

When Mulholland’s research was published itgreatly impacted the television industry, at least in

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the marketing and advertising sector. Realizingviewers automatically enter a trance state whilewatching television, marketers began designingcommercials that produce unconscious emotionalstates or moods within the viewer. The aim ofcommercials is not to appeal to the rational orconscious mind (which usually dismissesadvertisements) but rather to implant moods thatthe consumer will associate with the product whenit is encountered in real life. When we see productdisplays at a store, for instance, those positiveemotions are triggered. Endorsements from belovedathletes and other celebrities evoke the sameassociations. If you’ve ever doubted the power oftelevision advertising, bear this in mind:commercials work better if you’re not payingattention to them!

An addictive mind control device . . . what morecould a government or profit-driven corporationask for? But the really sad thing about television isthat it turns everyone into a zombie, no one isimmune. There is no higher order of super-intelligent, nefarious beings behind this. It’s theproduct of our very human desire to alter our stateof consciousness and escape the hardships ofreality.

While AdBusters has their highly ine!ectual TVTurno! Week, I’d like to announce a campaign ofmy own. Starting next week, we will celebrate whatI like to call TV Pawn-O! Week. I encourage you allto sell your televisions, and use the money to buysome books.

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We’re living in a Brave New World, only it’s not sobrave, or even that new. In fact, it’s starting to lookmore and more like the Dark Ages, with thepreliterate zombie masses obeying the authority ofthe new clergy: Regis Philbin and Jerry Springer.

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AdaM Ra • 7 years ago

"God is in the TV" Rock is Dead by Marilyn Manson. Hasanyone noticed how today when one questions the TV they aretreated the same way a person would have been treated 60+years ago when questioning God. TV is a religion and I think itsabout time that someone declair that TV is Dead. Every househas its shrine and we become more mechanical as the TVbecomes more real. War On TV

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Swine • 4 years ago

I still have a tv, but not any Channels. Just Internet and books.I'm a more avid reader, however I still love the Internet andYouTube for unbiased information. Question is "Does surfingthe net have the same effect on the brain even if you are usingit to educate one self?"

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Tanja • 7 years ago

I have been without television for two years soon and I dontregret the choise I made. Now I can hardly watch anything ontv, its all comercials and reallity ! Ugh ! Throw the box out and

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tv, its all comercials and reallity ! Ugh ! Throw the box out anddo something else :)

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mowglycdb • 7 years ago

If the TV was mine, I'd sell it.△ ▽

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musicARTstar • 7 years ago

wow ~ and i only dropped in to say that the title says it all.. now i'll have to return for a closer read.

I once wrote a sarcastic little ditty called " TV Groupie".. Thechorus went like this..

i'm a tv groupie - i hang on every worda tv groupie - i'm really such a turdand if they dropped the bomb today - i don't really careas long as the next episode of Dallas comes to air!

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kingnormie • 7 years ago

And, What, Pray tell, be this"Television", some NewPhenomena, New Technology. fer to warp my Minimal Brain?Soundin' a mite Dangerous to me! Thinkin' I might jest Pass !△ ▽

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Joe B • 7 years ago

Listen to Frank Zappa's "I'm the Slime" for another version ofthe idea. I try to watch as little TV as possible but once it is onin the room it is very difficult to avoid watching. I resort tositting with my back turned to it sometimes but I amconsidered anti-social for this. For me watching TV is the anti-social act.△ ▽

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honu • 7 years ago

I still have that Disposable Heroes disc from when it came outyears ago. Am I dating myself?△ ▽

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