I refuse to watch TV when my husband has control of the remote. The very second a commercial starts he’s flipping channels. This is not the part the irks me - I too flip BUT I return to the show we were watching. No, NOT HUBBY, he needs reminding “honey, the commercials are probably over so don’t you think you should go back to [show name here]”. More often than not I simply get up and leave the room.
(PS - we have a satelite dish, not only does he flip channels, he’ll change satelites!)
So what about you guys: do you sit through the commersials, channel hop, run the the can, make a dash for the kitchen, etc.?
I just got cable for the first time in years (Had to see the ball drop on 2000). I have RE-discovered the reason I didn’t have it in the first place. TV sucks! That’s all there is to it. With a few exceptions like Discovery, TLC and PBS, it is just an utter waste of time! If I do get sucked into watching something, and I get up during the commercial, I usually forget I was watching anything and just go do something else.
“It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.”
I usually just stare, and chant “this too shall pass, this too shall pass…”
All the channels that have commercial breaks all have their commercial breaks at the same time now. Surfing is pointless now (as if it was ever worthwhile), so I gave it up.
“The quickest way to a man’s heart is through his ribcage.” --anonymous redhead
I’m usually on the computer watching tv out the corner of my eye or in the little mirror on my desk, so during commercials I just focus more on the computer.
Commercials are what picture-in-picture is made for. Put the channel you were watching in the corner and flip around through the other channels. When your program’s back on, flip back.
What I do is I hit the mute button. Turning off the sound helps conserve my sanity through the 8th repeat in an hour of the same ad. The only exceptions are if I have to get up and go to the kitchen so I want to hear when the show’s starting again, or if it looks like something I really want to hear, like maybe a movie promo I haven’t seen yet.
I don’t watch TV. We had no cable here for one full year and I did not miss it. Well, I missed Jeopardy! but I play online so I was ok. By the time I get home from work, cook, clean, order kids around(homework,shower,etc.), prepare bills and adjust budget, I could go on and on,It’s time to hop on the pc for at least an hour full time. I do watch WWF, my kids got me hooked on it, it’s so ridiculous it’s funny.
The TV’s main function is a huge monitor for N64 and Playstation.
If your head is wax, don’t walk in the sun.
-Benjamin Franklin
I hit the fast forward button. Most of the shows I have any interest in are on after 8 p.m. which is a couple hours before my bedtime, so I tape them during that time & watch them the next day between 5-8 when there ain’t much else on.
I do any number of things - Bug Jophiel, read more of the book I always have nearby, bug Jophiel, do some laundry, bug Jophiel, make dinner, bug Jophiel, play with the baby…did I mention bugging Jophiel?
When are you going to realize being normal isn’t necessarily a good thing?
TLC has not been an exception to this ever since they cancelled PaleoWorld. Now it’s just junk like “World’s Biggest Explosions” and “Guardian Angels in UFO’s Abducting Elvis so they can Impregnate Him with Bigfoot’s Love Child”.
The truth, as always, is more complicated than that.
My wife and I fight over the remote control. Wife opens the round with sarcastic remarks about my short attention span. I counter with childish smirk and attempt to watch 52 programs in 3 minutes. I (or wife) attempt to separate small child and dog, assess damages, and send both to neutral corners. Finally, insure that Cheetos bowl is always charged. God, I love quality family time.
