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Anyone else here that stopped watching TV almost completely? (lemmings.world)

submitted 11 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't see the point of television these days, especially if you have easy access to internet. I have almost no clue of what's happening in the world except the big global stuff, nevermind my country. We're getting poorer, less jobs, yadayada... I bet that's what's going on in the news.

And I don't watch media, I rather watch clips of movies I grew up with on YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I started watching again after moving in with my now wife. Fortunately our TV has a recording function, which has the benefit of being able to fast forward through commercials.

That way I can mitigate the horror that are ads. Otherwise I'd refuse to watch tbh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Every once in a while I turn on actual television — usually when I stay in a hotel. I’m always completely blown away by the number of ads. It’s almost a joke at this point. Sorry. I don’t have the attention span for 5 minute ad breaks anymore. It’s like equal parts show and ads too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 minutes ago

Yeah they are almost eight minutes. Without fast forward it's unbearable