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Posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 14:27:22
You know, you have to love being around people to watch them so intently for so many hours... hee hee, what a concept. TV as a Social Activity.
Posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 14:32:07
In reply to TV-viewing is actually a very social activity, posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 14:27:22
My parents are very Social.. hee hee.. in the evenings.. and, hm, stuff I like watching but fought for a long time and thought I didn't like it, like a kid finally growing up going, oh yeah, mom and dad were right!! So funny, watching the generations evolve.
Posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 14:32:43
In reply to Re: TV-viewing is actually a very social activity, posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 14:32:07
Posted by sunny10 on March 15, 2005, at 14:47:01
In reply to Re: TV-viewing is actually a very social activity, posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 14:32:07
not sure those who call it "the talking lamp" would agree with you calling it evolution....
Glad to hear you in a good mood, though.
Posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 21:55:25
In reply to Re: hmmm » Susan47, posted by sunny10 on March 15, 2005, at 14:47:01
Well you see now, it all depends on what you consider evolved. And no matter what our ideals are, how high they may be, there's always the majority who pull away from below, you know? Evolution doesn't always go in a straight line in the best possible direction, now does it? Does it???
Posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2005, at 1:31:17
In reply to Re: hmmm, posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 21:55:25
> Evolution doesn't always go in a straight line in the best possible direction, now does it? Does it???
No Susan it doesn't. Evolution is very short sighted, it just preserves what works best now. And then old stuff that may have outlived its function may get appropriated to a new function. Dennett calls our brains a 'kludge' which is supposed to be an alternative to Chomsky's seeing cognitive architecture as 'crystaline' with a few deep inexorable laws, and a 'hack' (which some comp. scientists were starting to think) which is lacking in order altogether... But that is another story ;-) and you don't really want to get me started now...
But sure tv is a social activity. I mean, my sim peoples do pretty well with watching tv together and talking at the same time. Fun and social see?
But I don't much like the old telly to tell you the truth. Don't really watch it except for the simpsons. And scrubs. And Chicago Hope. And ER. And those crime shows. Okay. So maybe I do watch a little after all ;-)
But I don't know when anything is on...
I'd rather read.
Posted by sunny10 on March 16, 2005, at 8:02:06
In reply to Re: hmmm » Susan47, posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2005, at 1:31:17
the truth is, that even those who call it the talking lamp watch it!
It's funny, but our own lives don't change enough day by day to keep conversations going forever! But when we sit down together to watch a re-run, we discuss when we saw it the first time, where we were in our lives, what we were doing, who was there, too. And when we watch new shows, we laugh or cry or are amazed, or are bored- but together.
And for you, it keeps you home from being lonely when there is no adult for you to communicate with (your fingers are tired from typing on babble, for instance...-smile-) And what we experience (whether through reading or tv watching, or radio listening) we constantly absorb. Accepting thoughts that go along with our core beliefs, but may change our opinions- or rejecting thoughts for the opposite reason.
Whatever we experience, whichever medium, we are learning SOMETHING- thus evolving. (Even if it's "what terrible acting"!)
I was attempting to be funny in my previous post and sorely failed- sorry...... I am failing at a lot of things lately, please don't take it personally...
Posted by just plain jane on March 16, 2005, at 19:12:47
In reply to TV-viewing is actually a very social activity, posted by Susan47 on March 15, 2005, at 14:27:22
I guess you could say that about my TV and me also.
It receives no channels, indeed, is not connected to any type antenna. It gives me visual images from input by my computer, or my vcr/dvd player or my videocamera.
I talk to it a lot when doing those things. It suffers abusive language well and has yet to show any signs of effect from such. I use it for a note board, also, which, I suppose, could be called a social interaction, even if it is only a reminder on a sticky note.
When viewing movies I often converse with characters or give a commentary on the plot, the writing, the directing, casting, stunts, you name it.
Is this social activity?
just plain don't know any better jane
Posted by Susan47 on March 16, 2005, at 20:34:56
In reply to Re: tv, Susan47, posted by sunny10 on March 16, 2005, at 8:02:06
Oh, quit beating yourself up. Other people out there somewhere will be happy to do that for you. And they will. And you'll smile and you won't even see it coming, and if you're lucky, you won't see it going, either. I've always loved that state of bliss, you know, when the world seems a brighter place BECAUSE of my ignorance. Sigh. Unfotunately, others don't always see it the same way. They think I'm not paying attention, or I'm being obtuse, or dull-witted, perhaps. But it's really just a simple wish come true. It's really just me, happy, unpenetrable.
See, now I've failed to cheer YOU up, Sunny, should I beat myself over the head too? Here, let me find that great big soft old baseball bat, I'll draw a picture of ex-T's face on it, but then I'd end up slobbering kisses all over the poor thing ...
Posted by Susan47 on March 16, 2005, at 20:35:27
In reply to so, this is social activity » Susan47, posted by just plain jane on March 16, 2005, at 19:12:47
Oh, "my tv and me", that's so cute, just like a couple!!!
Posted by sunny10 on March 17, 2005, at 9:35:33
In reply to Re: tv, Susan47 » sunny10, posted by Susan47 on March 16, 2005, at 20:34:56
I was wrong to be so glib, but I wasn't going to commit hari kari because I was wrong!
No bats, no slobbery kisses- unrequited emotional love is not worth the physical effort, dear. Wrap your arms around yourself and slobber kisses on your own arms. YOU'RE worth them.....
I'd give you the hug and the kiss if I could!!!!
((((((((((((MMMMMMMMMMMWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH)))))))))
Posted by sunny10 on March 17, 2005, at 9:37:20
In reply to Re: so, this is social activity » just plain jane, posted by Susan47 on March 16, 2005, at 20:35:27
okay, so I watch mine regularly, so no post-it notes, but I talk back to it ALL the time, too!!!
Good to know I'm not alone in this... Do you talk to other drivers, who can't hear you, when they do assinine things in front of you, too?????
Posted by Susan47 on March 17, 2005, at 12:30:32
In reply to Re: quit it, Susan47- no bats for you..., posted by sunny10 on March 17, 2005, at 9:35:33
See, now, that's what I'm going to town on You about, Sunny it's the fact that I never saw what you said as at all being glib, but somehow I've given you that impression and I'm SORRY, okay??? Already??? You were NOT GLIB you were lovable SUNNY!!!
Posted by Susan47 on March 17, 2005, at 12:34:43
In reply to Re: so, this is social activity, posted by sunny10 on March 17, 2005, at 9:37:20
See, now, I never watch TV if I can help it, it's off most of the time. But sometimes, just sometimes, when I'm feeling lonely I'll turn "Ellen" on because she always, always has the ability to make me feel happy. And I like British comedy because I feel at home in it, and I LOVE British drama, but I find I need to have a head on my shoulders to really enjoy it, some of it, other stuff is easy, but I haven't really had a good head on my shoulders for quite awhile now, it is starting to come though, slowly... I know it would be better if I felt loved IRL you know, by a male human, you know the kind with two legs, a nice chest, a lovely face with big brown oh yes, brown is the ONLY colour eye to have, always have loved brown-eyed men, the bigger the eye the better ... oh man, let's dissect, shall we? See, do you SEE now how SOCIAL TV is?????
Posted by Susan47 on March 17, 2005, at 12:48:41
In reply to Re: so, this is social activity, posted by Susan47 on March 17, 2005, at 12:34:43
And so we're all very social people, really, all of us on these boards, because that's the same thing, we're making real contact, closer than the parents I see every day on the school playground, really, although those are good relationships too. I'll have to have a look someday but I think I've been on here for about 10 months or so, sustaining it... that's a long time. Even for those who just come here to read, that's a lot of humanity you're taking in. So yeah, no matter how isolated we think we are IRL, we all have a real interest in being human and understanding ourselves and others ... so yes, I'm including Babblers all as being social. But I could be wrong, yup.
Posted by sunny10 on March 17, 2005, at 14:56:12
In reply to Re: so, this is social activity, posted by Susan47 on March 17, 2005, at 12:48:41
I think you're right on, and always have thought that about our fellow Babblers.
And I find it truly fascinating that we can, indeed, hold discourse regarding a box of electrical components, wires, et cetera. See, we don't even need to turn it ON for it to be social!!! Heehee.
As far as eyes go, I'm not particularly picky- although I prefer them to empty sockets, I guess I have to admit. Horribly politically incorrect, aren't I??
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