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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
It's up to each individual how to spend time, of course. No matter the content of TV, though, your brain basically flatlines when watching it. (You can find studies online.) So I figure, even if I were to read crappy books, I'd still be better off than watching TV. I choose not to read crappy books, so reading is an even better choice for me.
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I disagree that your brain "flatlines" while watching TV -- or movies. Good entertainment is good entertainment because it engages you. I don't believe that watching QVC is the same as watching Mad Men, for example, any more than I believe reading a cheap romance novel is the same as reading Shakespeare.
Of course each person has the right to decide for themselves what to watch and consume as entertainment. What nobody has the right to do is call me a brainless idiot for enjoying TV or movies, or tell me I'm watching "too much." That's judgmental snobbery, pure and simple. It's also judgment based on ignorance, since someone who claims they never watch TV has no idea if what I'm watching is worthwhile or not.