Why is this so unbelievable to people?

Kohadre
Kohadre Posts: 316
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
So many people I work with, and talk to on a daily basis simply cannot believe that I do not like, OR watch TV's or Movies. The only time I ever watch the tube is during a national emergency, or major event like the superbowl. I do not own a set of my own, and never plan on getting one or cable tv for that matter either.

The last movie I picked out and watched the entire length through was in 2008 when I bought Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem....since then I have watched a single movie.

Seriously, why is it that hard to believe?

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  • calibri
    calibri Posts: 439 Member
    No idea, to be honest. I find most telly these days to be droll and repetitive. You probably don't have a lot of empty time to try to fill.
  • Kohadre
    Kohadre Posts: 316
    No idea, to be honest. I find most telly these days to be droll and repetitive. You probably don't have a lot of empty time to try to fill.

    Lol its just the opposite. I do work full time, however since I am a somewhat solitary person, I do have a great deal of free time on my hands that I usually fill up with weight-lifting, botany, and workshoping (building stuff).
  • maryd523
    maryd523 Posts: 661 Member
    Well, because you are like one in probably 100 million. Even the people I know who detest TV still enjoy watching movies or documentaries.

    That being said, I think it's great. You aren't missing much and are surely doing something better with your time.

    P.S. My parents raised me and my three siblings with no television sets in the house whatsoever. Everyone thought it was the weirdest thing they had ever heard of, but I'm glad of it.
  • trilikeagirl
    trilikeagirl Posts: 218
    LOL! Just unplugged my television today. :)
  • thetrishwarp
    thetrishwarp Posts: 838 Member
    i'm a cultural theory student...i run into the same problem. i don't watch it because i study it every day, and it's mega-overload. so i don't think you're crazy :)
  • sunraze
    sunraze Posts: 115
    I don't watch TV either but I use it for workout DVD's---LOL. Seriously though---there is nothing interesting on TV. I would rather be outside living my life than watching a pretend version of someone else living theirs. I read somewhere that the average child watches like 4 or 5 hours of TV a day. No wonder childhood obesity is such a big issue. Get off your butts people and move! Quit watching that stupid black box.
  • Picklepower
    Picklepower Posts: 66 Member
    I own a tv but don't have cable and never got one of those adapter antenna thingys so I don't have tv...about 3 years ago I got to a point where I couldn't afford cable and it was shut off on me and now that I've gone 3 years without it I don't see the point in paying that much money for it. People are always shocked though when I tell them I don't have television at home. Even people I have worked with for years will say to me "Have you seen the commercial for....." or something like that and I just look at them until they realize who they are asking =)
  • calibri
    calibri Posts: 439 Member
    No idea, to be honest. I find most telly these days to be droll and repetitive. You probably don't have a lot of empty time to try to fill.

    Lol its just the opposite. I do work full time, however since I am a somewhat solitary person, I do have a great deal of free time on my hands that I usually fill up with weight-lifting, botany, and workshoping (building stuff).
    Shrug, you just get fulfillment from doing things instead of watching others do things. You know how people are, incapable of understanding other ways of doing things/spending time that is unusual to them. They should try to take a lesson from you! :laugh:
  • aa1440
    aa1440 Posts: 956 Member
    I don't think you are crazy. But what about news, politics and current events? Don't you want to know what is happening in the world?
  • trilikeagirl
    trilikeagirl Posts: 218
    But what about news, politics and current events? Don't you want to know what is happening in the world?

    You're so cute! Television news has nothing to do with "what's going on in the world."
  • martini83
    martini83 Posts: 113 Member
    Nope not so unbelievable, i know plenty of people who dont own a TV, mainly for their beliefs though but still. (i know a lot of hippys) lol.

    I do watch but not much i spend more time online or doing housework then anything.
  • Kohadre
    Kohadre Posts: 316
    I don't think you are crazy. But what about news, politics and current events? Don't you want to know what is happening in the world?

    Newspaper's do just fine.
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    I mean at this day in age, a Computer can be a tv.

    Anyways, I love movies and TV shows, and I cannot really fathom not watching either, so I totally understand to be honest
  • Blackthorne99
    Blackthorne99 Posts: 250 Member
    So many people I work with, and talk to on a daily basis simply cannot believe that I do not like, OR watch TV's or Movies. The only time I ever watch the tube is during a national emergency, or major event like the superbowl. I do not own a set of my own, and never plan on getting one or cable tv for that matter either.

    The last movie I picked out and watched the entire length through was in 2008 when I bought Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem....since then I have watched a single movie.

    Seriously, why is it that hard to believe?

    There aren't many of us out there. I don't even OWN a TV, have never purchased one. Three times in my life people have been so astonished that I don't have one that they have given me their old TV when they upgraded because they think perhaps I'm just cutting finances. The last one I owned sat in a closet unplugged for over a year before I finally FreeCycled it.

    I gave up watching TV when I was 23. I don't 'hate' TV - it just doesn't have a place in my life. If I'm at someone's house, I'll watch shows, but I've been known to turn off the TV in the break room if I'm alone. What's funny is - I work in the telecommunications industry. I own an iPhone and iPad. I drive a car. I ride a motorcycle. Yet despite these evidences of technology in my life, I've even had people ask me, kind of timidly and unsure, "Are you a Quaker?".

    I'm sorely tempted to say yes one day.
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