Television programming?

[matt3D]

Hello,
I stopped watching TV completely about a couple months ago and I used to watch about 2 hours of TV a day with just various shows on several channels. But today I watched the the last few innings of the Giants baseball game with my dad and after it was finished I started watching some random shows. Before you know, it I spent an hour watching TV. I actually wanted to go to the gym right after the baseball game but for some reason I wanted to see what was on TV. I felt it was a waste of time for the shows, is this a result of TV "programming"? I am going to avoid the TV now as much as I can as I feel better not watching any shows at all. I still went to the gym though. Also, I noticed this on YouTube as well. I will want to watch a specific type of video and end up at different videos and spend much more time on YouTube then originally intended. Is the same thing going on there? Possibly?

Thanks,
Matt

 

[lxskllr]

Well crafted TV makes you want to watch it. That doesn't mean quality, just "stickiness". It's the entertainment version of cakes and pies. You desire the consumption, but it does little positive for you aside from momentary escapism.