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Tuesday, February 7. 2017

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"I'll buy a TV when I've read all the books I want to read and need to read."


- a couple of people said something like that recently, maybe AVI and somebody else too in an interview 

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 14:23 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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or learn how to multi task and stop the virtue signalling.
#1 Thought Kriminal No. 392342-A on 2017-02-07 14:53 (Reply)
Mote, eye.

Virtue-seeking is virtuous.
#1.1 BD on 2017-02-07 14:57 (Reply)
I'm going to assume you're not having a stroke. do you honestly believe that anyone who makes that claim is serious? because anyone who does is either the douchiest nerd you've ever met or is virtue signalling.

as in, "I'm not going to watch the divisional playoffs on TV, I've got to read the new edition of Hipparchus."
#1.1.1 Thought Kriminal No. 392342-A on 2017-02-07 15:22 (Reply)
I am having a stroke.

TK: We all struggle to use our time productively, and all mindless pleasures are SIN!
#1.1.1.1 Bird Dog on 2017-02-07 15:41 (Reply)
the Orange Catholic Bible tells us that the pleasures of sin are for but a season (Heb 11:25) and that there is a time to every purpose under the heaven (Eccl/Byrds 3) so go watch the game.
#1.1.1.1.1 Thought Kriminal No. 392342-A on 2017-02-07 15:59 (Reply)
Well, you have indirectly called me out even though I never said that, so I'll have a go at it here.

Multitasking does not actually exist. (Talk about Virtue Signalling! Sorry I can't match your intellectual flexibility.) Rapid task-switching does, but that isn't so great for reading and TV, because eyes do that more slowly than ears.

Watch, read, listen, sniff - do whatever you want, it's a free country.
#1.2 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-02-07 23:50 (Reply)
I didn't "call you out", I haven't read read your article and didn't attribute the statement to you. If I were so inclined, I'd have quoted you directly.

I was responding to what I consider a laughable quote.

as in ...

"I don't watch Spongebob with my kids because I have better things to do."

"Watch 9/11 unfold live on TV? I'd rather get the full story in Readers' Digest."
#1.2.1 Thought Kriminal No. 392342-A on 2017-02-08 13:45 (Reply)
I haven't watched TV for years, and don't miss it. Spend too much time reading blogs, though.
#2 Gringo on 2017-02-07 18:12 (Reply)
I also. I cut way back on reading blogs, and I still spend more time than I can spare. The worst time-sink is commenting.

FWIW, we had an old and tired TV, and we found that if we turned it on at night the whine awakened our son who'd come running downstairs and have to be put back to bed again. And again. He trained us not to turn on the TV. There was no great renunciation or judgment that it was not worth our time; it was just too much of a nuisance, and we got out of the habit.
#2.1 James the lesser (Link) on 2017-02-07 19:55 (Reply)
as well, we haven't had TV reception in maybe 15yrs, we do have books and the interwebs . oh, and lots of chores too .
#3 la on 2017-02-07 21:37 (Reply)
There's no way I'll ever read all the books I want or need to. Not eve all the books I own, which now includes all of my father's too. Hundreds upon hundreds and even a few boxes more in the shed. I won't get rid of a book unless it's really bad.

But I still find time to watch some television, mostly in the form of choosing a series that is already completed and that I know I will like. A good tv series is worth watching, just like a good, light hearted book series is worth reading. Battle Star Galactica is at least as good as the Sackett novels.
#4 Jack Walter on 2017-02-07 22:25 (Reply)
66 yrs old and have never owned a TV. Simply have other things I prefer to do
#5 bgarrett on 2017-02-08 06:40 (Reply)
I've never owned a washboard, or a banjo.
#5.1 Dadgumit by Crackee on 2017-02-08 10:20 (Reply)

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