I still watch a little tv.
I watched QVC late last night just for fun. They were selling a bunch of cleaning products and this hose device that automatically winds up and some other things.
Its interesting to watch tv critically instead of passively and learn something about the world. Some questions that ran through my mind last night...
-There was a $28 product on "easy payment". Two monthly payments of $14.
Does anyone see the insanity of this?!?
People don't even have $28, and they have to split a payment up over two months? Now maybe for a $500 computer or something. Tells you something about the state of peoples finances. Kind of sad if you ask me.
-Also, I think a good measuring stick for your quality of life is to see how far away you are from the standard on tv. The less you have in common with ads, refinancing, credit this, no payments for 1 whole year...and all that, the better your life will be. You want to turn the tv world into a little speck that you can't even see any more.
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