TV...blech. I gave up on TV altogether almost 2 years ago. I began to loathe the thought that I was being programmed by the programming. Many people that I talk to don't know how perception works to influence the workings of the mind, and there are good reasons why advertisers will pay millions of dollars for 30 seconds of airtime, aired only once, such as during the Super Bowl. People are taught how to think through their TV, plain and simple.
As far as hunting shows go, I tired of them some years ago, and for the reasons that AussieGunWriter points out. It started reminding me of porn. No story line, no information, just somebody else getting some action. I don't have the voyeuristic tendencies that would allow me to enjoy it. I would prefer to know what decisions they are making on these hunts, and what information they are using to make them. Everything from clothing to bullet, including location, quarry, hunting methods, expected results, past proven methods, caliber, gun, optic, load data, etc. I would prefer a documentary to the pseudo-entertainment pseudo-reality show framework that most use. Sometimes it was just personalities that rubbed me the wrong way, too. Always liked Jim Shockey. Alwayed despised the Pigman.
I used to get into football. Played a bit when I was very young. I see the NFL as mass-hypnosis now. I wish all of those involved in the sport well, but I think it is an example of what has gone askew in this society. There are real issues and real problems and real tasks to be done in this country, and too many are stuck watching and talking about football, as if it is the most important thing going on.
