Comments | squishtoy: hey, you don't need friends!

squishtoy

hey, you don't need friends!

Apr 28, 2009 21:04

It's academic: TV cures loneliness.Four new studies by the University at Buffalo and Miami University of Ohio found that watching TV can drive away feelings of loneliness and rejection. The studies are reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and suggest that watching TV provides viewers with the illusion that their social needs ( Read more... )

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squishtoy April 28 2009, 15:21:25 UTC

This, I can blame on people. Hahaha, as you say. ;)

caseylane April 28 2009, 16:08:30 UTC

Who knew we were nothing but Rhesus monkey babies grabbing on to the fur covered pole.

squishtoy April 28 2009, 16:16:05 UTC

This loses me. I only know of the cloth and wire mother experiments.

Actually, I have no idea what we're talking about.

caseylane April 30 2009, 02:25:50 UTC

I often don't make sense, it comes with old age and too much alcohol. The cloth/wire and fur/pole are pretty much the same sets of experiments. Different teams I think.

I think I'm just trying to say that we find the things we need any way we can. Fur/Cloth are better than no other support system. TV friends are better than acknowledging that you have no friends.

squishtoy April 30 2009, 19:49:18 UTC

Sadly that does make sense, but not as much as getting off the couch and making some new real friends. I know it's always more complex than that, but really now.

dgcatanisiri April 28 2009, 19:09:08 UTC

This would explain why my collection of season sets grew and grew while I was helping with my Grandmother - after all, if my family were my only social circle, I'd probably crack and go crazy.

...Further, I mean.

squishtoy April 29 2009, 15:21:37 UTC

I completely understand that sort of sad reality.

glenskie April 29 2009, 02:03:11 UTC

but what does this mean? who's telling the truth? or maybe lonely people watch more tv precisely because it 'cures loneliness.'

hi, bloghopping, again.

squishtoy April 29 2009, 15:23:29 UTC

I'd like to think it's a chicken vs egg argument. Maybe lonely people are satisfied with the illusion of belonging TV gives them!

sandee725 April 29 2009, 13:49:18 UTC

Inversely, I prefer committing to TV shows than to actual people! I can allow myself to become immersed in TV at my own pace and i am not pressured to love it back. I can drop it in a second should it disappoint me in any way, or suspend my disbelief in the form of fanfiction so that things go my way. I love being married to tv!

squishtoy April 29 2009, 15:19:58 UTC

You argue so well for it!

dgcatanisiri May 2 2009, 20:51:58 UTC

I never thought of it that way. This WOULD explain my obsession with writing for these universes - it's my way of saying 'No! I'm not ready to let you go!'

...Great, now I'm putting myself in the position of the crazy jealous ex. Why have I not been institutionalized yet?

squishtoy May 3 2009, 05:05:51 UTC

because pushing daisies got canceled :(