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UTUSN

(70,641 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 11:25 AM Apr 2013

Our constant (on t.v.) dancing, hopping, lip smacking, clapping FRENZY!1

I don't actually *watch* t.v. It's on all the time in the background. It just increasingly grates on my nerves --the Kit Kat commercial with rhythmic lip smacking/crunching, the tablet commercial where a round table of peeps robotically slap down each tablet and pass it on to the next robot with a robot dude on top of the table dancing maniacally, the constant DANCING and SINGING competitions, the HAPPY HAPPY yak shows from daybreak, the constant ENTERTAINMENT, and "Country Western" dudes with their torn jeans and crushed hats and TWANGs, and the Everybody-is-a-Diva with interminable yodels up and down the scale, the HAPPY HAPPY audiences wildeyed and clapping.

No, I won't turn off the t.v., but frequently turn the volume down.

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Our constant (on t.v.) dancing, hopping, lip smacking, clapping FRENZY!1 (Original Post) UTUSN Apr 2013 OP
Meh! My (always on) decided to stop responding to remote mute In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #1
I've got a t.v. or its remote that is stuck on Closed Captioning UTUSN Apr 2013 #2
I always have closed caption on. But I do enjoy hearing some of the time. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #5
About a month ago, I turned off the television Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #3
And you don't miss the stream of PERFECT bodies, with the occasional GROSS body?!1 UTUSN Apr 2013 #4
Absolutely not! Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #6
And the neverending COOKING cooking cooking!1 n/t UTUSN Apr 2013 #7

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
1. Meh! My (always on) decided to stop responding to remote mute
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 11:29 AM
Apr 2013

and volume control!

I have two remotes. Neither one works for that mode even with new batteries.

UTUSN

(70,641 posts)
2. I've got a t.v. or its remote that is stuck on Closed Captioning
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 11:34 AM
Apr 2013

It's not the Dish receiver because trial and error has shown it's the t.v. (I *do* watch late night in bed, ) and sometimes catch myself not listening but READING the captioning, and sometimes there's a lag between the speaking and the captioning and I'm disregarding the hearing and waiting for the printed words.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
3. About a month ago, I turned off the television
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 11:36 AM
Apr 2013

that droned incessantly all day long and turned on the music... One thing is for certain....I'm in a much better mood and a much happier person!

UTUSN

(70,641 posts)
4. And you don't miss the stream of PERFECT bodies, with the occasional GROSS body?!1
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 11:38 AM
Apr 2013

Sounds like I look more than I thought.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
6. Absolutely not!
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 11:44 AM
Apr 2013

The perfect bodies are all at least 40 years younger than my own...and the gross bodies serve only to act as a warning!

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