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necroptosis  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do not buy electronics on black friday

"The typical American spends about 34 hours per week — nearly five hours per day — watching TV"

What?! Is this real? Does anybody have a source behind that? Holy hell that's a lot of tv





cgod  ·  3390 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I bet I don't watch 5 hours of TV a month.

I don't have anything against TV but between work and family there are other things I'd rather do with my limited time.

The only thing that gets me to ignore my wife, kid, web and chores for the TV is an occasional exciting boxing matchup.

necroptosis  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm the same way. It's not worth paying for anyways, so I guess it's a lot easier to avoid when the temptation isn't there.

Last night my family muted the football game and played charades. Most fun I've had in a while.

user-inactivated  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·  
necroptosis  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Unreal. The bls survey seems a bit more realistic, the daily news one looks to be exaggerated. I can't imagine a tv becoming such a large part of my life.