tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8266160274745076807..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Mass media-colonized small talkBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-62239039557796517872013-11-04T19:34:41.657+00:002013-11-04T19:34:41.657+00:00Don't you watch University Challenge?Don't you watch University Challenge?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59650772826682059992013-11-04T15:18:24.655+00:002013-11-04T15:18:24.655+00:00It is almost completely true (there are a few mino...It is almost completely true (there are a few minor exceptions) that I only watch cricket on TV (and the adverts in between); indeed, if it wasn't for cricket I would not need or miss TV. But there *is* an awful lot of cricket on TV!<br /><br />(I watched a few of the MLB play-offs and all the World Series recently - recorded overnight and viewed the next day - with great enjoyment. Baseball is my second favorite sport.)Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-80642307165652518542013-11-04T13:03:33.520+00:002013-11-04T13:03:33.520+00:00Dearieme,
I like some variation of 'No. Some ...Dearieme,<br />I like some variation of 'No. Some people can get away with watching that kind of stuff, but I've lived long enough to know that I'm not one of them." Said with the right kind of wry self-deprecation, this is pretty disarming way of pointing out that pop culture is filth.<br />If you do get a truculent response "Are you saying something's wrong with 'Strictly'?" Then you respond, "Oh, I'm talking about the mass media in general."Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-67774252899705555992013-11-04T12:46:58.196+00:002013-11-04T12:46:58.196+00:00@Dearieme,
I find the response "No, I don...@Dearieme,<br /><br />I find the response "No, I don't have time to watch tv" works. Then ask them about something real. ;)ajbhttp://anthonyburgoyne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-4124113409330120862013-11-04T00:38:29.698+00:002013-11-04T00:38:29.698+00:00A couple of times recently someone has said to me ...A couple of times recently someone has said to me "I don't suppose you watch 'Strictly'?"<br /><br />What should I have replied, doc?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-51535497348039241852013-11-03T15:44:20.349+00:002013-11-03T15:44:20.349+00:00In many cases, the casual, easy, reassuring bondin...In many cases, the casual, easy, reassuring bonding-type small talk is about sports. Tragically, I am unable to make any of this small talk due to my total indifference to sports, and especially televised sports, which is the most boring thing on Earth to me.JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25193946876267761102013-11-03T11:54:49.257+00:002013-11-03T11:54:49.257+00:00I find that, not watching television or much of th...I find that, not watching television or much of the news, when it is brought up as small talk or conversation fodder, it is almost always disorienting, and my initial sense is "What a strange topic to focus one's thoughts on." <br /><br />The less I watch or read these things, the less time I find I have (!) and the more I find there are more important things to focus on or do.ajbhttp://anthonyburgoyne.comnoreply@blogger.com