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Old 11-14-2009, 03:47 PM   #1
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"The Nielsen Co. reported that just last year, the average American watched four hours and 49 minutes of television each day."

Who the hell has that kind of time? So you come home after work, and just sit there for almost 5 hours? What about shopping, working out, cooking, cleaning, surfing the internet, reading, having sex, etc.........

The only explanation I can think of is, most of these people must be leaving their TV on while they're doing other things? I certainly fucking hope so.
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Old 11-14-2009, 03:53 PM   #2
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The level of obesity in America would seem to corroborate Nielson's numbers.

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Old 11-14-2009, 03:57 PM   #3
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It's a tough call. My tv is usually on, I rarely watch it. It's more of a white noise thing with me. At the very most, I watch about 1 hour a day on average.

Do the people they give those stupid monitoring boxes to do the same thing??
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Old 11-14-2009, 05:29 PM   #4
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I just starting watching TV again. Its usually on though for a 2-3 hours and half that time i am on the internet or studying and occasionally housework.
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I have 4 shows I watch each week.

Otherwise, it's just background noise. They don't make 35 hours of decent TV to watch a week.
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Besides football and MC racing I would be hard pressed to watch 5 hours of TV a month
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Besides football and MC racing I would be hard pressed to watch 5 hours of TV a month
But you're from Canada. Hockey isn't in the mix?
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Old 11-14-2009, 06:18 PM   #8
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It's a tough call. My tv is usually on, I rarely watch it. It's more of a white noise thing with me. At the very most, I watch about 1 hour a day on average.

Do the people they give those stupid monitoring boxes to do the same thing??

I'm the same way, the only time a TV is off in my house is when I'm not home. Even when I sleep, I need the noise or I keep waking up.
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I'm the same way, the only time a TV is off in my house is when I'm not home. Even when I sleep, I need the noise or I keep waking up.
What is your electricity bill? I hope your tv's not a plasma.
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Old 11-14-2009, 06:30 PM   #10
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"The Nielsen Co. reported that just last year, the average American watched four hours and 49 minutes of television each day."

Who the hell has that kind of time? So you come home after work, and just sit there for almost 5 hours? What about shopping, working out, cooking, cleaning, surfing the internet, reading, having sex, etc.........

The only explanation I can think of is, most of these people must be leaving their TV on while they're doing other things? I certainly fucking hope so.
I'm watching Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory right now on my DVR. I'm doing this while using my laptop on the couch.

If I want I can have sex on the couch, use my laptop and what tv. Its all about the multi tasking.

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