On Television

Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I don't like watching television. In fact, I think teevee is evil. It takes away precious time and bonding with friends. It makes you stupid and worsens your communication skills.

Although the advancement of technology has made us watch less teevee, which should be a good thing, but the very substitute we call the internet not only gives us full access to everything, it also lets us choose the junk. Documentaries and news no longer interests you. The latest Korean drama and Heroes do.

If any of you realise, none of what is shown on tv are true hard facts. Shows have to be made to attract viewers in order to survive. Even news are made in a way to trigger certain emotions (fear, sadness) in you.

We all know that dramas are trash. And the fact that you are addicted to it makes you a piece of junk. The square box (recently rectangular and flat) is in complete control of you. You can't lose the remote. You are shit.

Children who have access to these junk at a young age show signs of attention deficit and violent behaviour. Indirect effects includes obesity and myopia. I can't explain why I am fat and short-sighted though.

The only healthy form of television, in my opinion, are sports. People who don't watch sports can be separated into two kinds. One, they do not have access to it. Two, they just don't like it. (they are fat and myopic, remember? Sports will never be their bottle of coke cup of tea).

Those are the only channels where you see real winners who fight. It is a pity that we can't have sports channels free here. They train for years just to get to the world stage for that hour of airtime. And you think it's easy.

The real winner. Sweet.