I'm surprised there haven't been more TV threads on GLP. TV is a HUGE part of the problem, the main component of the False Reality and dumbing-down of America.

Let's examine a few points further:

1) "Friends" is, in my opinion, single-handedly the most destructive show in American television history. A book could be written on the social conditioning mechanisms this show conveyed and produced over its many-years span. Those who watch it, in a Sheeple-like stupor, are awash in deception and a confused unreality and false expectation.

2) The past decade has seen the advent of the most anti-intellectual garbage ever produced possibly in the history of mankind.

3) Violence is glorified to an extent as never seen before.

4) TeeVee is now officially a replacement for a home-life, friends, relationships.

5) TeeVee news is the biggest joke of all: editorialized, infotainment poop for your brain.

6) The Weather Channel doesn't even show actual weather half the time anymore.

7) The yelling, ranting and idiotic hyperbole of Washington's most inane wonks was once reserved for a show called "Crossfire" on CNN. One thirty minute show where these idiots could spout off like morons and yell and talk over each other.

Now it's ALL day on Fox and MSNBC and to a lesser extent, CNN. Moronic pundits yelling and barking incessantly, acting more and more as social activists rather than journalists.

8) Americans are deeply invested in their TeeVee CHARACTERS. You will notice on the biggest shows -- NCIS, CSI, other mindless trash -- the characters are one-dimensional, never change, never make serious mistakes. They are very constant. Why? The TV whizes know how important that is to their viewers. There's backlash if a character does something "out of character" -- Americans are CO-DEPENDENT on their fake TeeVee friends. (Also applies to movies and books, very evident in the Twilight series, with a wild fanbase full of losers, another subject deserving of a thread unto itself).

I've, personally, never given a shit what a "favorite" character of mine does. Who gives a fuck? The amount people INVEST in their false reality is astonishing.

9) Compare "Modern Family" to the "Dick Van Dyke Show" (Dick Van Dyke is a hero and a great man, by the way).

Compare the two. We are so fucked up now -- but it's done with a smile and a laugh. It's cute to be decadent, crude, fucked up, idiotic, selfish, drugged up and a complete piece of trash.

10) TV completely warps our minds as to what life is, what it should be about, what to expect, how we compare ourselves to others, our moral choices and values (sitcoms playing a huge role in this).

Yes, some TV has value and is produced by good people -- maybe 10% of it.

It's something that might deserve our attention for a few hours of the WEEK. Not seven hours a day.