The general decline in standards today

[PoohBang]

There seems to be more haters today than back in the day.

haters of what?

 

[jamespowers]

giving with out recognition is considered a higher good versus expensive advertising. I can't spell it but there is a charity that quotes something like "Yer mod doah tees"

It is a higher good because the sign with the name of the giver on it costs money too.

 

[John in Covina]

There seems to be more haters today than back in the day.

Define- haters. We seem to have less lynchings and beatings than before.

If one simply define haters as anyone that doesn't share one's opinion then one is being unrealistic.

 

[Tomasso]

haters of what?

Read this thread.

 

[jamespowers]

I was checking out the Craigslist free section. I find it funny that someone wants to give away two palm trees---unfortunately they want you to dig them up first.
I know Mark Twain's characters used to con people into thinking work was fun but this is work for sure---I know---I have removed one before. It would be cheaper to go buy one.

 

[PoohBang]

Read this thread.

the whole theme of this thread is a hate on standards. Whatcha expect?

 

[Travis Lee Johnston]

...The satire continues...

 

[HoosierDaddy]

No...the whole discussion IS the disgust and dismay concerning the decline in those standards.:nono:

 

[ButteMT61]

You old farts sound like my dad: idiotbox. Boob tube. Blah blah blah.

 

[jamespowers]

You old farts sound like my dad: idiotbox. Boob tube. Blah blah blah.

:rofl:

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I threw the television out years ago. There is no bigger time thief than television. Now a days I only have a flat screen (Just the screen, not a flat screen tv) conected to my video and dvd players. This way it takes a lot more to want to see it. I have to decide to see a movie or a series on dvd.

Agreed. For those of you out there who think you have no time for anything, here's something to think about. Watching one less hour of TV a day in favor of more meaningful activities will give you the equivalent of 45 8-hour days per year of free time.

 

[jamespowers]

Agreed. For those of you out there who think you have no time for anything, here's something to think about. Watching one less hour of TV a day in favor of more meaningful activities will give you the equivalent of 45 8-hour days per year of free time.

Some of the stuff on TV is so boring, I fall asleep in front of it anyway so I make up for any loss with catching up on sleep.

 

[Tomasso]

Old time radio had its less than stellar moments as well but it wasn't eviscerated as television is today. Whining was not as prevalent back then as it is today.

 

[jamespowers]

Old time radio had its less than stellar moments as well but it wasn't eviscerated as television is today. Whining was not as prevalent back then as it is today.

Radio didn't have a remote control. They just took what they were stuck with.

 

[Tango Yankee]

There is no bigger time thief than television.

I dunno about that. I find that for me the bigger time thief is this here Interwebby thingybob.

 

[TidiousTed]

I dunno about that. I find that for me the bigger time thief is this here Interwebby thingybob.

Since the net is both my jobb and one of my hobbies I must confess that it takes up quite a chunk of my time as well

 

[Tomasso]

It is amusing that...

Internet=Evil

....has not been mentioned in this pity party.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Old time radio had its less than stellar moments as well but it wasn't eviscerated as television is today. Whining was not as prevalent back then as it is today.

Radio until about 1945 hadn't yet descended into formula, and by that time it had less than a decade left of active life as a serious entertainment medium. It didn't live long enough to become as irredeemably horrible as television has become today.

(Although if you count what radio devolved into in the years since the mid-fifties, you could argue that it has turned into an even deeper, more feculent cesspool than TV.)

Radio had its critics, though -- as early as 1939 the women's magazines, especially, were seething with complaints about the trashy, worthless serials that filled their kids with blood and thunder nonsense every afternoon. Jack Armstrong, despoiler of a generation.

 

[rue]

I dunno about that. I find that for me the bigger time thief is this here Interwebby thingybob.

Yeah, but with TV you sit and watch show after show for hours. On here you can get up and leave and come back to it even a month later. I should know..... I had to leave for three weeks and was barely on and although I wondered what was going on, I was fine. This coming from an FL addict too

 

[LoveMyHats2]

It is amusing that...

Internet=Evil

....has not been mentioned in this pity party.

Now it is! Weeeeee hahah thanks!