I'm Retired, I'm at Home, and I'm NOT Watching FOX "News"

[Doug the Dem]

Oh Dear Gawd, am I abnormal?

[Lindsay]

1. Me too,

me too, and me neither.

A few more of us and it'll be a movement!

[shraby]

2. I'm doing the same thing. Never occurred to me it might be abnormal.

As a rule, I don't turn on the t.v. until around 4 or 6 o'clock..since I watch MSNBC, the 5 o'clock slot filled with Greta makes me turn to the weather channel.
My day consists of updating my website which is a genealogical website devoted to putting on information for the county I live in. It's one of the best I might add.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Same here! That's what TCM is for!

[Grammy23]

6. I have the TCM app on my iPad and regularly check it for what's playing there.

If it conflicts with Rachel, I just hit record on the DVR so I can watch the movie at my convenience. Time shifting is a neat thing. Guess that shows my age....Neat. LOL

[50 Shades Of Blue]

17. I discovered that TCM's web site provides its past week or so of movies on demand!

http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/movies/

I don't like watching movies on my computer, so I connected my old laptop to my TV with an HDMI cord. Since my cable provider doesn't provide the HD version of TCM, this also lets me watch in HD!

[MineralMan]

4. Fox News cannot be viewed on TVs in my home.

It is permanently blocked.

[Doug the Dem]

9. From Your House to the FCC!

May Gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd open their eyes to Truth!

[cwydro]

16. You actually blocked it?

Did you not trust yourself or something?

That's hilarious.

[MineralMan]

18. Nah. It's so it won't show up when I'm channel-surfing.

I sometimes scan through channels that are near the FOX channel. By blocking Fox News, I don't see it at all, even if I'm just using the channel up or down button on my remote. It just gets skipped.

I wish I could block it on all TVs I encounter, frankly.

[Grammy23]

5. Retired. At home frequently. Plenty of free time! Hallelujah!

I think my TV would fall off the shelf if it ever got tuned to Fox. It KNOWS better. It is a smart TV so there probably is a way I can block it from even accidentally being tuned to it.

[Doug the Dem]

15. It isn't the TV you have to be Worried About

Haven't you heard the Wisdumb of Conway? It's your MICROWAVE OVEN that'll git ya!

[marylandblue]

7. How do you do it?

My retired inlaws watch Fox all day long, and it has turned their brains into mush. How do you keep your itchy fingers off the remote? How do I help them?

[Doug the Dem]

10. With Fox, My Fingers are NEVER Itchy

I have no need of their false comforts.

[haele]

13. If they have cable, turn it on to HGTV or TCM or some other channel.

Figure out a way of nicely tell them they don't have to be watching the News all the time - tell them to remember when things were better off and people were more concerned about each other, the actual news was only on between 7 and 8 in the morning and 5 to 6 in the evening - there's still not that much news going on. If they need filler TV, HGTV or The Weather Channel are much better.

The constant repetition of the same "News" over and over turns everything into a Sports Event, which isn't right. And when there's no change 24 hour News makes situations seem more important than they really are and makes people more and more anxious and fearful. And you can't make a good decision of you're scared or angry, right?


Haele

[LeftInTX]

21. That's not good

I'm retired(disabled) and I have been for years.

I even have to limit my DU time, so I don't go into an abyss.

It can go both ways - too much left and too much right.

Encourage them to get involved in other activities beside TV.
Encourage them to get out of the house.
Encourage them to exercise etc.
If there are community centers, encourage them to get involved in that.

Do they have Netflix?

It may not change their political leanings, but cable news all day can cause obsessions and raise blood pressure etc.

[TexasProgresive]

8. I've always been abnormal.

I'm watching "Gunsmoke" The one thing normal or average about me is my shoe size. My size never goes on sale.

Edited to add: As I don't have cable or satellite TV service and limited data cap there is no way Faux Snooze will enter my home. And yes I am retired, white, male and at home.

[rzemanfl]

11. Me too.

Later I will go be abnormal at the beach and will not listen to talk radio while I'm there.

[doc03]

12. Same here.

[Blue_true]

14. Drop three hard cocktails. That will help you fingers set the remote to FOX.

But, when you sober up, all hell breaks loose.

[Doug the Dem]

19. I'd need Heroin before watching Fox

Do you know Rush Limbaugh's phone number? Or his dealer's?

[Blue_true]

20. Rush would fight to the death before he gives up any of his drugs. nt

[Doug the Dem]

23. Truth

I have to admit.

[marybourg]

22. If you are, then I am too.

Never had cable and rarely turn on even PBS. Books and DVDs from the library fill my days

[Permanut]

24. Another retiree here..

Five years retired, and not once has Fox "news" been on at my house. It seems to perfect for the True Believers though - those neanderthals who were described so perfectly in Eric Hofer's book. Apologies to the earlier neanderthals.