Is it normal for I don't watch TV?

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[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't watch movies really, and I don't watch drama. As far as entertainment, I literally only watch comedy television basically, and only without ads.

I've always felt if you want to see drama, just read wikipedia or read the news. There's plenty of it in real life without having to seek out manufactured drama. I really don't get people who love drama. It feels to me like they don't see the world around them.

Like who cares about "Game of Thrones" when you can just read about Syria, or Yemen, or Somalia? Then you're learning something real, while also being "entertained" by drama.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

A good drama can be like watching a good match - in sports, chess, etc. People contesting against one another, for money or love, wits against wits.

The sad thing is there isn't much good drama out there. That's why The Last Jedi and Capatain Marvel sucked so bad.

Now, if you took good drama and infused it with deeper meaning than the corporate agendas of consumerism and division, and embedded real lessons, values, warnings, and solutions - then you'd have a great product again and be introducing food for thought...

Stay tuned, for May Day I buy my domains and then I will regale you with my bittersweet story.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Now, if you took good drama and infused it with deeper meaning than the corporate agendas of consumerism and division, and embedded real lessons, values, warnings, and solutions - then you'd have a great product again and be introducing food for thought...

AKA the news...

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Non-MSM news.

Can also be in parable form set in the near future as a cautionary tale.