[speckledjim]

I feel my life is infinitely enriched by watching TV and movies. (In UK, we have extremely high quality programming).

You wouldn't say "all books are bad" would you... Sadly people seem to take the worst TV (reality TV) and assume it's all like that.

Watch some good movies, comedies or documentaries. Heck watch "How it's made" for a few days.

[java_ec_t]

I have lived in the UK and tv there is just as bad as anywhere else (I particularly remember gardening shows ad nauseum). If you think your life is infinitely enriched by tv, wait till you get out there (and garden for example).

[irishpolyglot]

As I said in another comment, these are just things that I have personally learned in the last 8 years. Disagree with them if you will. I do agree that TV quality is better in the UK (we get most of it in Ireland) compared to the states, but there is still plenty of rubbish that people waste their time with. If you just watch documentaries or educational programming, then that enriches your life and there would be nothing negative for me to say about it.

[glimcat]

I think there's a difference between watching the tele without regard to content and using it to watch specific content.

The "read more" crowd gets the reverse of this - much of what is in print is not worth the time it takes to consume it.

In general, value your time and use it accordingly. You're not getting it back if you decide it was wasted later.