When you observe someone watching tv, you probably won't get much of a response until that program is over unless they aren't into the show. Movie theaters are hilarious, you pay money to sit in front of a huge screen for a couple hours. I am no exception, in fact I recently went to a movie theater to watch a certain movie. I did not get popcorn because I wasn't up to spending more than it would cost to buy the movie in a couple months. The people in front of me had popcorn and pop. Every couple of minutes they reached their hands in the bag of popcorn and transported it into their mouth and right after that they drank their pop, never taking their eyes off the screen. Zombie! I was pretty engaged in most of the movie too and I catch myself doing the same things at home.
TV isn't much different, after a few hours we don't even care what show is on we just sit there and expect them to entertain us, plus we are usually too lazy to get up because we've been zombized. Sadly, often parents will leave their children in front of the television to buy them some time to do things. It's not only bad for their eyes to be right in front of the tube, but also bad for their brains. No matter what age you are, it is a possibility that you are a zombie, often older folks will watch tv because they can't do much physically. I work in a nursing home currently and whenever I come to work I see most are sitting there in front of it.
When I was little my mom didn't really control how much tv I watched because she didn't have to. However, when ever I wanted to watch Saturday morning cartoons my dad would make us go out and do chores. I stil do not watch much tv. I guess I can remember one phase of my like when I enjoyed it a little too much, but that didn't last long.
It's one more thing in our world that is corrupted. If you observe someone watching tv for a while you will notice they don't stretch until they are ready to get up, they don't move for hours and they hardly take their eyes off the set. If we believe that it's a great tool to unwind after a hard day or a good relaxation after a hard day, we might be right, but there are so many other things you could do instead. I do understand that seeing the news is important or having a show that you watch once in a while isn't bad, in fact it's good, but don't let it over come your mind and the way you live you life. We let tv tell us how to live our lives, and most of the time we obey.
