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

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Nobless Oblige used to work both ways - the advantaged used to help he disadvantaged and the disadvantaged used to say thank you, and continue the process should they become advantaged themselves. Now the disadvantaged 'know their rights' and don't have to give anything in return.

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[(Anonymous)]

Yup, I can see how that would work. There's precious little reward in helping someone who shows no interest in, or gratitude for, being helped, having been conned by teh state into thinking it's some sort of God-given right that they don't have to do anything at all for themselves.

In contrast, I am always very grateful when I do something for me.