[Fic] Can't Stand to be Sober Looking at the Screen
Muse: Mike McGill
Word count: 266 words
Prompt: I hate television. It gives me headaches. for savich_inc
I hate TV. It gives me headaches. I can't watch the news because
it's either mindless blather that isn't actually anything resembling 'news', or it's all focused on one or two stories that are actually news. Plus, I can't get over the feeling of how stupid people must look, listening to this little box tell you about a squirrel that can do loop-the-loops on a tiny water-ski.
TV shows aren't that much better. I'm told that shows on cable are occasionally half-way decent, but whatever trite major networks slap up during primetime hours makes me nauseous. The stumbling, awkward dialogue, the melodrama that's supposed to take place of emotion--it's like watching robots try to grope each other with their little pincer claws.
The absolute worst part about TV, though, is the advertisements. It's like they took all the awkward falsehood out of the shows, added shouting and flashing colors enough to give you a seizure and crammed it all into a 30-second to a minute long clip. That's really what gives me headaches--watching people desperately try to sell their product I don't really care about. It's like the epitome of pathetic human existence, next to getting drunk and slipping to a station made up purely of static (which I have done before--sometimes it just feels good to hear nothing and watch the squiggles of signal crawl across the screen).
So there it is. I have TV for those reasons. Which I suppose sounds a little harsh. It's not that I hate all TV--just about 99% of it. TV can be beautiful. I can appreciate the gorgeous appeal of TV, sure. Three little syllables: Skin-e-max.
Word count: 266 words
Prompt: I hate television. It gives me headaches. for savich_inc
I hate TV. It gives me headaches. I can't watch the news because
it's either mindless blather that isn't actually anything resembling 'news', or it's all focused on one or two stories that are actually news. Plus, I can't get over the feeling of how stupid people must look, listening to this little box tell you about a squirrel that can do loop-the-loops on a tiny water-ski.
TV shows aren't that much better. I'm told that shows on cable are occasionally half-way decent, but whatever trite major networks slap up during primetime hours makes me nauseous. The stumbling, awkward dialogue, the melodrama that's supposed to take place of emotion--it's like watching robots try to grope each other with their little pincer claws.
The absolute worst part about TV, though, is the advertisements. It's like they took all the awkward falsehood out of the shows, added shouting and flashing colors enough to give you a seizure and crammed it all into a 30-second to a minute long clip. That's really what gives me headaches--watching people desperately try to sell their product I don't really care about. It's like the epitome of pathetic human existence, next to getting drunk and slipping to a station made up purely of static (which I have done before--sometimes it just feels good to hear nothing and watch the squiggles of signal crawl across the screen).
So there it is. I have TV for those reasons. Which I suppose sounds a little harsh. It's not that I hate all TV--just about 99% of it. TV can be beautiful. I can appreciate the gorgeous appeal of TV, sure. Three little syllables: Skin-e-max.