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usonian

(23,381 posts)

5. Why do people watch TV?

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:09 PM

7 hrs ago

It's all funneled by design.

I visit two forums on the internet, and get to see what I want and need to see, and filter any damn thing I want.

And I am extremely well informed. In great depth if I want. Or not.

I can regulate fluff down to zero, and also interact.

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Holy Shit [View all] malaise 7 hrs ago OP

A crime syndicate is running the world. :( Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #1

Agree 100% malaise 7 hrs ago #3

What broke over the weekend? Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #4

Is it the SSL fraud case? ananda 7 hrs ago #6

Ding ding malaise 6 hrs ago #7

Another link malaise 4 hrs ago #15

I turned the sound off NJCher 7 hrs ago #2

Why do people watch TV? usonian 7 hrs ago #5

A classic! KPN 5 hrs ago #8

I change.nD the channel in record time Tribetime 5 hrs ago #9

Ditto malaise 5 hrs ago #12

.. BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago #10

What is the collective noun for a group of war criminals? Gaugamela 5 hrs ago #11

The closest I can come malaise 5 hrs ago #14

Yippee! Nicole is on! n/t Greybnk48 5 hrs ago #13