Another question. Would those of you who are dead set against TV throw out your internet as well? Granted there are differences, but I don't think that it's a huge stretch to say that they are very similar and just as bad (and worse!) in many ways!
Although I'm dead set against TV for
me, I'm not dead set against it for you.
But no, I use the internet completely differently from a TV. I like reading. I turn the sound off on my computer. I can click away from fluff or distracting content. The TV, on the other hand, is noisy, preprogrammed, and hard to control. (Although I understand it is getting easier to control all the time).
Internet use, at least for me, is active, like picking up a book. TV, again, for me, is passive: stuff is pumped in rather than sought out.
But I do have to admit that some websites bring out the same reaction as a TV. If a company's website has some sort of animated ad pop up, I email the company and tell them that it annoys me and I'm disinclined to buy from them. If a website has flashy graphics, I usually turn it off. The closer the website is to the printed page, the more likely I'll look at it.
Again, for me its aesthetic. Maybe I have a predisposition to epilepsy or something, but when I sense a zombie effect being directed at me, whether it be the internet, radio, movie, whatever, my response is minor rage.
Really, though, I'm not that uptight about it. I only used to shoot old TVs because the imploding tube makes such a neat sound.
to Vic. My main hatred of the thing is aesthetic more than it is moral.
