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ProfCrash · 06-19-2013, 11:38 AM

Did people think they were high quality back then? Elvis is loved now but he was quite the rebel when he first arrived on the scene. Hip gyration was just so sexually inviting and bad.

Lets face it, there were probably shows from the 50's, 60's, 70's that we don't discuss because they sucked and we don't remember them. The shows that we remember as great today might have been deemed clutter and a waste of time by parents and the likes because kids shouldn't be watching television.

I don't have a problem with more choice, give it to me. I have a problem when it is hard to make an informed decision. I love all the choices I have at the grocery store but I read the labels to choose what foods are healthiest. And on occassion I buy the oreos because I want an oreo damnit.

With TV shows, there are a ton of choices but I know what I love and it is pretty easy to figure out what is good and what isn't based on title and reading the two sentance description. I remove the channles that we don't want from the guide so I don't even have to look at those shows.

I am struggling to find a way to sort through Indie authors. I am discouraged that the response is stop being lazy. I appreciate the folks who have pointed towards groups and blogs and have provide some type of alternative. I have a feeling that this will eventually work out, ebooks are a relativly new beast and it takes time to develop new filters to help people. So kudos to you folks who are willing to dig through and post reviews and help the process get off the ground. I appreciate it because my lazy butt wants something that works more smoothly then reading samples. :-)

06-19-2013, 11:38 AM	#322
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Did people think they were high quality back then? Elvis is loved now but he was quite the rebel when he first arrived on the scene. Hip gyration was just so sexually inviting and bad. Lets face it, there were probably shows from the 50's, 60's, 70's that we don't discuss because they sucked and we don't remember them. The shows that we remember as great today might have been deemed clutter and a waste of time by parents and the likes because kids shouldn't be watching television. I don't have a problem with more choice, give it to me. I have a problem when it is hard to make an informed decision. I love all the choices I have at the grocery store but I read the labels to choose what foods are healthiest. And on occassion I buy the oreos because I want an oreo damnit. With TV shows, there are a ton of choices but I know what I love and it is pretty easy to figure out what is good and what isn't based on title and reading the two sentance description. I remove the channles that we don't want from the guide so I don't even have to look at those shows. I am struggling to find a way to sort through Indie authors. I am discouraged that the response is stop being lazy. I appreciate the folks who have pointed towards groups and blogs and have provide some type of alternative. I have a feeling that this will eventually work out, ebooks are a relativly new beast and it takes time to develop new filters to help people. So kudos to you folks who are willing to dig through and post reviews and help the process get off the ground. I appreciate it because my lazy butt wants something that works more smoothly then reading samples. :-)