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<p>If there is one thing that I have noticed in both the U.S. and Spain which
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annoys me the most, it's the addiction there is to the television. Of
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course, by television I am not only referring to the physical TV unit but
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also when watching TV programmes (or YouTube series for that matter) on an
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electronic device such as the TV, phone, laptop, or whatever you can watch
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endless hours of meaningless content on. It has reached the point that
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the television basically controls most peoples' lives. People will change
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their daily routine <b>just to watch a series</b>, something that I find
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extremely excessive. People let the TV series control their lives and let
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it determine when they eat, when they sleep, what activities they do, it's
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basically like a job... except you get nothing out of it except for a
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temporary numbness that distracts you from your real-life problems (huh,
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sounds like an addiction, doesn't it?).</p>
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<p>However, I personally don't care if someone wants to do such a thing to
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themselves, it's your choice how much you want to destroy your life on
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pointless content which won't help you get anywhere in life. My issue is
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when people want to impose it as part of the already pathetic _small talk_
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which consists of nothing more than pointless statements that just about
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anyone can agree with because they're extremely objective! (unless you are
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talking to a 'Social Justice Warrior' in which case whatever you say is
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somehow disagreeable and makes you a horrible person). So since people have
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finally discovered that 'small talk' has a lack of substance to it
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(seriously, how much substance can you get from sports and other extremely
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simple topics of conversation) they decided that it should be filled with
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even more insubstancial information by saying how amazing a TV series is
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and how great a certain scene was, how much they hate a certain character,
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and how the newer season isn't as good as the older one. Again, stuff that,
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for the most part, <b>everyone agrees with!</b></p>
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<p>So, how does this affect me? Because when I meet someone new <b>the first
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thing</b> they try to talk to me about is the newest season of who knows what
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show that everyone likes nowadays, and I have to respond with "What's your
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favorite GNU/Linux distro?" or "What's your opinion on the Chinese
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economy?" (you know, topics with a little more relevance and importance in
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the world).</p>
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<p>Now, of course, this isn't <b>all</b> TV programmes, there are some (mostly
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documentaries) which have a lot of interesting and important content, and
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it's not that I hate anything that doesn't teach you something either, I
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love anime, there's very little material of importance in most anime.
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My issue is when people make their lives revolve around what they watch and
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force me into it because that's the only thing they know enough about to
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have a so-called 'in-depth conversation' about (when in reality it's not
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even in-depth considering their level of knowledge of the actual shows
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they're watching in terms of cinematography).</p>
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<p>So, please, keep your bad TV habits to yourselves unless mutual interest is
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explicitly stated, in which case go full throttle ahead.</p>
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