[Tas]

Originally Posted by littl3chocobo

=__= uh, no? the tv is really /not/ something you should depend on to be with your family, that is like bonding over drinking or smoking, it's just not good for you XD

television is not as bad for you as drinking or smoking...

[littl3chocobo]

it discourages social interactions, it encourages being sedentary, it encourages mindless excessive eating, depending on how you watch it you can hurt your ears and your eyes and frankly i have seen quite a bit of it these last couple months and i am assured that there is some serious detriment to the mental well-being of those who watch a lot of tv. x_______x

it is as bad for you as drinking or smoking, different parts of you but still causing mental and physical harm



so you talk instead of watching tv or you talk about the tv while watching it or have a discussion after the tv time is finished ?

[Monorea]

No it isn't as bad for you as smoking and drinking and stop complaining already! We almost only watch tv at family get togethers and in what ways are computers any different than tv?
Besides for my family at least television encourage social interactions, it encourages us to make more varied and healthier food and why would it hurt your eyes when you sit at the right distance and the image quality is good? Also sound on televisions are much clearer than when you normally talk so why would you need it set at a volume that could hurt your ears?

We talk while watching tv of course?

[littl3chocobo]

why am i not allowed to complain?


in theory except i have watched people stare at the screen for upwards of an hour(and even after i leave they continue to sit and stare. this causes eyestrain) and have heard virtually everyone turn the volume up to ridiculous decibel levels (between 50 and 90). when sitting times can exceed 2 hours this means actual hearing damage

you really are not supposed to do those sorts of things and i see it done regularly, i don't know why it is done but that does not change the fact that it is done

[Monorea]

Why stare? It's not like the screen is gonna run away. Watching is enough isn't it? And for everything else the answer is either: it isn't like that here or americans are crazy.

[littl3chocobo]

i have no idea but i used to sit down during tv times and watch people watching tv, it's super crazy


could be american craziness XD i dunno, my living with tv-watchers consists of early 2000's and the last few months both of which were in the us X''D

[Monorea]

The I stand by me epithet
"Americans are Crazy!"
So do you think Galla has lurked anything yet and looked if anyone have said the word?

[littl3chocobo]

hahaha, let's stand by that together XD

who knows, i know galla was feeling off lately but that means little XD

[Monorea]

Well he said he would give a hint when he wakes up and since there is no hint maybe he is still sleeping? or maybe not, people don't sleep for 14 hours right?

[littl3chocobo]

possibly? XD i think galla may have family stuff too, hahahaha it might not all be sleeps

[Monorea]

Oh perhaps he was gonna do stuff before sleeping, ah that could explain it.

[littl3chocobo]

this is a possibility too XD of course he could also be playing with his booooooooooooyfried X'D

[Monorea]

Is he haaaaandsooooooome?
*facepalms*
I regret saying that already

[littl3chocobo]

i have my doubts X''D galla has poor tastes in dudes(he is not dating /me/ afterall)

[Monorea]

Is that a joke or is it honesty?
It is always so hard to tell!
Why can't there just be joke and sarcasm signs whenever people do those things.

[littl3chocobo]

it's a joke XD i dont wanna date galla and galla's bf is nice enough