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Quitting TV & Internet

randomuser
edited April 2008 in General
I've come to the realization the 6-8 hours a week I watch tv is time I could be doing other things so I'm quitting TV. I also thought is it even possible to quit the internet? I can't think of how I would live without it now.
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  • flo-ra
    edited April 2008
    I don't think you can quit the Internet entirely since we rely so much on the computer nowadays, and when you're on the computer, you're basically on the Internet. Plus a lot of stuff for school needs to be done on the Internet... you pretty much can't survive without email. I dunno I guess you could quit things like Facebook if it's a problem.
  • IVTIVT
    edited April 2008
    i quit TV in grade 11:teeth:
  • meeshmeesh
    edited April 2008
    lol i'm having a 24 marathon with my best friend Jack Bauer on tvshack.net

    double whammy!

    eh i'm cutting myself some slack. i'm sick with the flu so it's not like i'm gonna do anything else anyway haha
    i don't ever watch TV unless it's the news. the internet on the other hand is nearly impossible to quit if you have it readily accessible... the longest time i've gone without checking my email was two weeks...and i was stuck in the woods camping...but i was thinking about how much email i was missing out on lol
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2008
    meesh;26023 said:
    the longest time i've gone without checking my email was two weeks...and i was stuck in the woods camping...but i was thinking about how much email i was missing out on lol
    lol , im assuming this was one of the worst vacations ever?
  • imelting
    edited April 2008
    it would be impossible to quit the internet!
  • meeshmeesh
    edited April 2008
    lazyGUY;26026 said:
    lol , im assuming this was one of the worst vacations ever?
    was it that obvious? haha email wasn't the only thing on my mind either. no showers. got lost. had to bushwhack uphill. need i say more?

    but yeah the internet is so much more entertaining than tv. and i agree with flo-ra, we depend on the internet so much now.
    hard to believe only a decade ago we didn't rely on it as much. my sister is only eight years older than me and she's like "when i was in university i didn't have online databases to look for resources. so stop complaining."
  • IVTIVT
    edited April 2008
    In Soviet Russia the internet quits you!
  • randomuser
    edited April 2008
    heres a question:

    is watching TV Shows online considered watching TV?
  • baby e
    edited April 2008
    I barely watch TV anymore. I watched 'The Celebrity Apprentice' when it was on, and I watch the odd re-run of 'Friends.'

    I used to be ADDICTED to tv....my god, it was nuts. Thank god i dont watch that much tv anymore.
  • buflibufli
    edited April 2008
    i haven’t watched tv since gr 10 or maybe earlier
    too much of a waste of time,and the shows are lame with all this "reality" bs
    i mean ya ill turn the tv on maybe 1-2times a month but i won’t sit there more than 5mins

    as for facebook i quit that shit on april 1st never liked that site from the start but i must say it was a great medium under which to organize events since most ppl had it
    honestly facebook aint that different then the crap that came before it, xanga, asianave, friendster, vx, nexopia, etc...
  • Ether
    edited April 2008
    Who needs TV when you have the internet? I've got LOST and 2 episodes of jPod downloading.
  • randomuser
    edited April 2008
    im so done with tv, i like reality tv but the people i want to win never do--and its getting repetative now, i will miss you tv my dear friend, but alas i cant do it anymore
    its not you, its me
  • Student0667
    edited April 2008
    I rarely watch TV anymore. I believe the last time I watched TV was when I was trying to catch the news about the moron trying to blow up UBC...

    However, I confess that I heavily depended upon the internet to survive. In fact, I began to worry about my dependence on the internet.
  • flo-ra
    edited April 2008
    ^ Our dependence on the Internet is not really something we can control anymore... our society in general has grown dependent and things are now set up so that we NEED to use the Internet. I mean I guess someone could quit if they really wanted to, but they'd fall behind everyone else. I mean besides email now being one of the main modes of communication, imagine not being able to use online sources for your assignments at school (like meesh mentioned)... it's possible, but the Internet just makes things so much easier and it really puts you at a disadvantage when everyone else uses them. Apart from stuff like that, a lot of our generation's culture is fostered on the Internet (on sites like Youtube). So although it might be something to worry about, we pretty much have to accept the fact that we wouldn't survive without the Internet.

    As for TV, I never really had an addiction with it... I catch a few shows that I like, but other than that I just don't have time to fit it in with school and work and everything else. All my free time basically goes to procrastinating on the Internet =P
  • imelting
    edited April 2008
    randomuser;26051 said:
    im so done with tv, i like reality tv but the people i want to win never do--and its getting repetative now, i will miss you tv my dear friend, but alas i cant do it anymore
    its not you, its me
    tv wont leave u!! it will stalk u and u will see it at the most inappropriate times, u cant leave tv!! u just cant!!
  • Student0667
    edited April 2008
    flo-ra;26059 said:
    So although it might be something to worry about, we pretty much have to accept the fact that we wouldn't survive without the Internet.
    I am more concerned about rouge states or terrorists organizations exploiting our dependence on the internet and as a part of a campaign to undermine our interest, they would cut off or disrupting our internet access.

    (Sarcasm)

    Go ahread, make me a tin-foil head in the next meetup...
  • illicit
    edited April 2008
    what's worse is when your shows only show up at 12am-2am on school nights. eg. the ultimate fighter/ufc fight night on wednesday nights.
  • buflibufli
    edited April 2008
    illicit;26067 said:
    what's worse is when your shows only show up at 12am-2am on school nights. eg. the ultimate fighter/ufc fight night on wednesday nights.
    ya i had that happen b4 it sucks for school :P
    most of the tv shows i do watch are from the UK so im too bum to pay for bbc world so i resort to dling :teeth:
    how could i go without TopGear :angel:
  • jbd
    edited April 2008
    I love TV! I'm watching like 18 shows right now... Downloading episodes is just like watching tv...you can't say you don't watch tv if you do this because you are...except that you're watching it on your computer. Same thing.
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2008
    bufli;26069 said:
    ya i had that happen b4 it sucks for school :P
    most of the tv shows i do watch are from the UK so im too bum to pay for bbc world so i resort to dling :teeth:
    how could i go without TopGear :angel:
    yaa..british tv is pretty wiked. top gear and The Office are hilarious. The American version of the office is just as good tho.
  • buflibufli
    edited April 2008
    jbd;26071 said:
    I love TV! I'm watching like 18 shows right now... Downloading episodes is just like watching tv...you can't say you don't watch tv if you do this because you are...except that you're watching it on your computer. Same thing.
    i only follow TopGear & FifthGear and i don’t really think its same as watching tv as
    1 they don’t even have it here
    2 it’s an informative show, for example watching edmunds.com videos is same shit with less fancy camera work
    3 so is YouTube tv then too? =S
    tv is tv and internet media is just that =P
    lazyGUY;26072 said:
    yaa..british tv is pretty wiked. top gear and The Office are hilarious. The American version of the office is just as good tho.
    ya the office is awesome except i gave up on it for 2 reasons, first being i cant be bothered to sit in front of tv and figure out when its on, and second i tried to dl it but TELUS sent me an angry email on the lines of
    We are writing to inform you that TELUS has received a complaint that alleges that your TELUS Internet Service account has been involved in copyright infringement. This complaint was traced back to your account based on the IP address used at the time of this activity.
  • randomuser
    edited April 2008
    im going to finish watching the shows im watching until the finales then cold turkey for me
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2008
    bufli;26073 said:

    ya the office is awesome except i gave up on it for 2 reasons, first being i cant be bothered to sit in front of tv and figure out when its on, and second i tried to dl it but TELUS sent me an angry email
    Wut??? Thats the first time ive ever heard of that happening , Ive downloaded so many movies n shows off torrents and telus hasnt said nething.
  • Jimmy
    edited April 2008
    might as well quit electricity too while you're at it
  • siuying
    edited April 2008
    despite constantly surfing the internet.. nothing beats watching FIFA live on a 60' or even watching it at a bar/pub.. hence i don't think i can live without tv.. =(
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2008
    siuying;26081 said:
    despite constantly surfing the internet.. nothing beats watching FIFA live on a 60' or even watching it at a bar/pub.. hence i don't think i can live without tv.. =(
    U mean watching the UEFA cup? which is happening now... or are u talking bout the world cup?
  • buflibufli
    edited April 2008
    lazyGUY;26075 said:
    Wut??? Thats the first time ive ever heard of that happening , Ive downloaded so many movies n shows off torrents and telus hasnt said nething.
    ya the ISP dosnt really give a shit if ur dling that kinda stuff, but if the owner of the files figures out ur dling it they contact ur ISP(to scare u with that kinda email) and if they get a court order ur ISP has to give out ur info then u get to pay a nice big fine
  • siuying
    edited April 2008
    lazyGUY;26131 said:
    U mean watching the UEFA cup? which is happening now... or are u talking bout the world cup?
    it was an example.. figured ppl will get what i mean if i say FIFA instead of UEFA.. i know we have a lot of hockey fans here.. but not so much of soccer.. =)
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2008
    siuying;26137 said:
    it was an example.. figured ppl will get what i mean if i say FIFA instead of UEFA.. i know we have a lot of hockey fans here.. but not so much of soccer.. =)
    Ya I guess, but the Champions league this year has been one of the best... 4 english teams .. cant wait till the final (which man. u is obviously gonna win)
  • siuying
    edited April 2008
    hmm.. there's definitely going to be some interesting games going on so i can't really say who's going to win.. X) thing is.. we also have finals too.. =(

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