So what do you do in the evening, then?

[davywavy]

In the comments to my post the other day, I mentioned that I don't own a TV. This is unusual - figures from the TV licensing people suggest that 99.5% of households in the country have a telly in them and such is the ubiquity of the gogglebox that the Joseph Rountree Foundation uses non-ownership of one as an indicator of poverty (this surprises me, as the people I know who don't own a TV tend to be both better educated and in better jobs than the average).
The are distinct advantages to not owning a TV. I don't run the risk of wasting my time watching witless crap like Eastenders, X-Factor, Big Brother or the new Doctor Who, and anything decent like Life on Mars I can pick up DVDs of at Cash Converters six months after they come out.
What was interesting about my comment was that it pulled out a number of other people on my friends list who don't own TV's. According to the above statistic, only one person in every 200 should be telly-less, and so I should only have one person reading me who doesn't as opposed to several which seems to be the case.

So, to satisfy my curiosity:

[Poll #1070038]

Comments

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Livejournal is like Platos cave; people sitting round watching the flickering shadows on the wall of their friendslist, all the while trying to convince themselves that it is real whilst ignoring the glory that lies just outside.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

That's....... beautiful.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Why thank you - it's something I realised a long time ago, and have been waiting for the ideal moment to say it.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

It really is quite a good quote.

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

I love this analogy. I've used the Cave for ages, but never applied it to LJ.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

It sums up a lot of the causes of drama that I see; I often just want to shout "It's not real, people! It's make-believe!", but then I realise that this would be futile so I go and have something to drink with some real people instead.

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

I agree, it would be futile. But whenever I hear "it's not real", my impulse is to follow-up with "Define reality?"

Just for fun.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I define it thus.

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

Reality is a broken foot. Excellent!