> You can dislike soaps all you want. But you really > ought to be careful judging others harshly for > liking something you dislike.
Oh hells, luv, it's not the viewers I'm judging. It's the soaps, for being the thieves of time and of life that they are.
Every half hour stolen by a soap is a half hour you could have spent doing something for yourself, seizing the gift of life, sharing it with others in a meaningful way, instead of allowing some stranger to spend it for you.
> Otherwise, you're going to find yourself equally > judged as harshly for liking the shows you like.
I don't watch soaps. I read books. I write. I'm online during the Soap Hour on TV, chatting to real people whom I love instead of staring goggle eyed at fictional people on the screen. Judge me on that.
> It's a battle with hypocrisy.
One of the biggest British soaps had a young lad discover that he was gay. He had a gay kiss scene - the first one the show had dared to exhibit. The company explained, with all solemnity, that they were going to show the scene with dignity and respect for the gay community.
Fourteen million viewers watched it.
Two weeks later, out of nowhere, he recants. He's straight all along. Not only that ... he never was gay in the first place. The gay scene was apocryphal.
Who's being hypocritical?
> You might want others to like what you do, but not > everyone will.
The TV companies certainly would not. I object to them taking money I give them, and wasting it on stuff I do not want to watch.
I fight this by boycotting the brand name products they advertise during their ad breaks. If I don't spend on Persil and Ariel and Adidas, I don't pay the companies, and I can spend my money on things I choose to enjoy, like books or having a good time with my (admittedly) tiny circle of friends.
> And no one is forcing you to like what they like.
Says who?
On the average, 25% - 35% of prime time programming on British TV is soaps. Coronation Street, EastEnders, Neighbours, Home and Away, Family Affairs, Doctors, Hollyoaks, and the late and unlamented Brookside and High Road - not to mention Byker Grove and Grange Hill, bloody kiddie soaps that start them off before they've even been given their dole cards.
And then there are the second repeats, the omnibus editions, the "Specials," the faux soaps like Dawson's Creek,Six Feet Under,ER etc etc.
> It's simply a matter of turning off the t.v. if > you see something you don't want to watch.
Or, indeed, not turning the bloody thing on in the first place.
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> liking something you dislike.
Oh hells, luv, it's not the viewers I'm judging. It's the soaps, for being the thieves of time and of life that they are.
Every half hour stolen by a soap is a half hour you could have spent doing something for yourself, seizing the gift of life, sharing it with others in a meaningful way, instead of allowing some stranger to spend it for you.
> Otherwise, you're going to find yourself equally
> judged as harshly for liking the shows you like.
I don't watch soaps. I read books. I write. I'm online during the Soap Hour on TV, chatting to real people whom I love instead of staring goggle eyed at fictional people on the screen. Judge me on that.
> It's a battle with hypocrisy.
One of the biggest British soaps had a young lad discover that he was gay. He had a gay kiss scene - the first one the show had dared to exhibit. The company explained, with all solemnity, that they were going to show the scene with dignity and respect for the gay community.
Fourteen million viewers watched it.
Two weeks later, out of nowhere, he recants. He's straight all along. Not only that ... he never was gay in the first place. The gay scene was apocryphal.
Who's being hypocritical?
> You might want others to like what you do, but not > everyone will.
The TV companies certainly would not. I object to them taking money I give them, and wasting it on stuff I do not want to watch.
I fight this by boycotting the brand name products they advertise during their ad breaks. If I don't spend on Persil and Ariel and Adidas, I don't pay the companies, and I can spend my money on things I choose to enjoy, like books or having a good time with my (admittedly) tiny circle of friends.
> And no one is forcing you to like what they like.
Says who?
On the average, 25% - 35% of prime time programming on British TV is soaps. Coronation Street, EastEnders, Neighbours, Home and Away, Family Affairs, Doctors, Hollyoaks, and the late and unlamented Brookside and High Road - not to mention Byker Grove and Grange Hill, bloody kiddie soaps that start them off before they've even been given their dole cards.
And then there are the second repeats, the omnibus editions, the "Specials," the faux soaps like Dawson's Creek, Six Feet Under, ER etc etc.
> It's simply a matter of turning off the t.v. if
> you see something you don't want to watch.
Or, indeed, not turning the bloody thing on in the first place.