Is Fluthering all day better than watching TV all day?

Yes… I mean no.

I think its much better than watching TV. But sometimes Fluther can be too much to be on the whole day.

Dunno – I never watched t.v. all day

@ChazMaz Sigh. You’re being obtuse today, mah man!

@janbb I’ve never been into that either. But, then again, I’ve always worked.

Is it a regular TV or one of them new 3D TVs?

Regular TV! Not even a flat screen!

At least it’s interactive.

Yes , but barely.

I think we too easily fall into consumer mode, when we could be actually making/producing/doing. At least I do maybe I’m projecting my own issues onto the rest of you.

Not when The Price is Right is on…

I reckon with Fluther you can make a difference.

I would think that if the only options are watching TV and fluthering, fluthering is better than TV.

Unless the television program is intellectually stimulating, you are more likely to learn something here and use the ol’ grey matter to think. Also, participating on Fluther is a form of social interaction.

@Vunessuh Come on down & make a complete tit of yourself!!

@Vunessuh I do not get that show!

@Arisztid Very nice.

Unless Grape Ape is on.

@ucme Lmao. Man oh man. I’d love to be on that show.

Why choose? If you arrange your TV and computer accordingly, you can do both. ~

@Val123 Thankyou. :)

I’ve just realised what a lovely word fluthering is.Lots of tongue action….ooh err.

It depends on the nature of the question. Some are quite profound and have a lot of possibility for enlightenment. But this venue is often like talking to your TV. If your TV could answer that is. But if you’re annoyed at the agenda in either place your efficacy is similar to screaming at the TV. No one’s going to care and you’ll just get hoarse.

Depends on the channel

Well at least people on Fluther don’t try to sell me the SlapChop or tell me that I’ve no social awareness if I don’t watch The Tonight Show.

@Symbeline Is Jack Paar still the host of that show?

@Symbeline Hi its Vince with Slap Chop! You’re gonna be in a great mood all day cause you’re gonna be slappin your troubles with the Slap Chop.

@mrentropy How old are you?

@Mike_Hunt You’re gonna love my nuts!

@janbb older than I’ve lived

@mrentropy Know the feeling!

It certainly is. Fluther is manna and manna is good for your well being.

Almost anything that isn’t downright detrimental to your physical well-being is better than watching TV all day.

I remember an article by Isaac Asimov in TV Guide years ago on the subject of how daytime TV helps you recover from an illness or surgery. It helps you recover because you can’t wait to get up and away from the TV. I tested the truth of that myself when I was recovering from surgery and was literally too weak of body and mind to hold a book or retain what I read long enough to turn the page. I also learned this: doing nothing makes you want to do nothing, and doing something makes you want to do something.

Fluthering is, at least, doing something. Fluther stimulates your mental faculties, supplies you with interesting, useful, and weird bits of information, provides at least a modicum of social interaction, and gives you a good hand-and-finger workout.

@Jeruba
So true- boredom begets boredom.

@Jeruba I had about 6 months of forced doing nothing because a neighbor used a chemical that damaged my lungs. I was on temporary disability and could not even walk around much without my O2 sats dropping dangerously.

I wanted to get up and move desperately, including going back to work. When I went back to work I was so grateful.

I generally do both, along with putting the dishes in the dishwasher, taking them out, putting the clothes in the washer, switching them to the dryer, folding the clean, dry clothes, reading the newspaper or a book, making needlepoint gifts, getting the mail, and what ever else comes up.

Right now, I’m watching Twilight and my two grandsons. I have the gates at both ends of the room, so they can’t go out of my sight, but Grandpa is also in the next room to help, and their parents are here.

Yep, and it also beats laying in bed staring at the ceiling.

Wow, @Arisztid, what kind of chemical was that, and what did your neighbor do with it? I am amazed that some activity of a neighbor’s could take a person out for half a year. I hope the neighbor took responsibility for it.

@Jeruba To this day, I have no clue. I think it was a cheap product to kill the odor of a dog urinating on the floor. It almost killed me. I never told the neighbor because I do not live in a nice part of town and, if they knew, they would have used it more often.

It beats eating tuna out of a can.

And we all know you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.

@Arisztid Sucks.