Reading goes at my speed - TV goes at its speed.
There are a few shows I enjoy, but for the most part I prefer to read. Part of it is that I find it much easier to process the written word than spoken dialogue, and as a result I don't handle interruption well when watching a show or movie - if something interrupts me so that I have to stop the movie and get up two or three times I often lose interest and never finish watching it.
I also find a lot of popular shows actively annoying - so that really turns me off much of TV. The majority of comedies make me angry instead of making me laugh, so I avoid a lot of them.
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