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		scumola on Nov 15, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unhappy people watch TV, happy people read/sociali... That's because most of the TV shows suck nowadays. It's not that unhappy people watch TV, TV makes people unhappy because of the crappy programming!

MrRage on Nov 15, 2008 [–]

Yeah, most shows suck. But there are many, many shows on lots of channels. There are shows worth watching, though. There are some TV shows, IMO, that are works of art, rivialing some of the great movies out there.

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