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dpvtank · Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 1424 Location: Canada

http://www.adbusters.org/metas/psycho/tvturnoff/

TV Turnoff is no ordinary social ritual. Sure, it’s a statement against the dead-end couch culture. But when millions of people let the screen fade to black, they also help build the Media Carta movement – the human rights battle of our information age.

Fewer and fewer people control the media that shapes our worldview. And nowhere does this play out worse than on our televisions, where the corporate agenda reigns supreme. With TV Turnoff and the Media Carta movement, we're fighting back – for the right of all citizens to access society’s most powerful forms of communication.

1. Take the personal plunge:
Don’t think you’re addicted to TV? Then why not prove it by going cold turkey for a week? You’d be surprised how difficult it can be to disconnect – and what a profound week of self discovery it can be.

2. Take it to the classroom:
Students all across the world have been taking part in the big annual switch off. This year, whether you’re a teacher or a student, why not get your school to join them?

3. Hone your activist edge:
Now you don’t have to stay at home and keep your sofa warm. Make TV Turnoff Week a tube-smashing success with some unscripted activism: poster, dream up some street theater, or team up and go on a TV-B-GONE pub crawl.
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Vertigo21 · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 353 Location: WA

Hmm.

Watch TV while I eat pizza...or

Don't...watch TV while I eat pizza.

Well, as much as I would like to stare at the wall and count the bumps in the texturing while I eat, I think I'd rather watch SpikeTV.

Sorry!
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detonathor · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 39

Does the Internet count?

Mooshou · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject:

But......

...the Gilmore Girls are on tonight!

So many decisions to make...
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Jacob Anderson · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject:

I plan on continuing reading of the Dune novels. As soon as I get done watching the English version of Advent Children!!!!!!!!!

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Zenphobia · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: US, Pennsylvania

Sorry, Ultimate Fighter is in full swing, and thats really the only show I turn my TV on to watch.
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Caroljoy · Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 530

I don't remember when I watched TV last.

So, not watching TV this week is no problem.
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Rexfelum · Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 3897

Adhesive · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject:

eh

the only time i watch tv is when my Tv alarm wakes me in the morning so then I get about an hour of CNN. Sometimes on the weekends i get wierd CNN dreams if I don;t forget to turn it off.
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The Ogre · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject:

No problem, TV is ass.
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Shai hulud · Joined: 07 Mar 2002 Posts: 458 Location: Argyle, TX

meh, anything important on tv these days always ends up as an online viral video.
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Kiretsu · Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 3727 Location: Next to the salt.

I have Tivo for a reason.
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Zenphobia · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: US, Pennsylvania

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motoko_chan_o0o · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject:

Kiretsu · Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 3727 Location: Next to the salt.

But of course.

Anyone who fills a cement truck up with 800lbs of quarry explosive, just to blow up a cement truck for fun, has to be considered good in my book... although I have been watching since the first season. =p
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Intelligence ruins perfectly good adventures.

My quandaries make my head spin and my tummy growl.

There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.

Live every week like it's Shark Week!

Zenphobia · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: US, Pennsylvania

I think the better question is, who isn't a myth buster's fan?
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Saggio l'uno · Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 6075 Location: Canada

This is a viable option for me. But I bloody well want to watch Question Period next week, so, uh...We'll see.
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