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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 08:41 AM Original message |
Every hour of TV watching shortens life by 22 minutes |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Respectfully disagree. |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Well, sure, at the end of the hour. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. causation vs. correlation |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. What about when I watch TV while busting my ass on the treadmill? Is that a wash? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Watching faux or Morning Joe |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. I would have never been born |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. I should be dead, then |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I was thinking the same thing |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I was reborn after quitting TV praiseeeee |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. So, I guess------ |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. So, counteract it by watching just comedies: |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. "cake or death?"....Feck! Drink! Arse! |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. "Do you have a flag?" |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. "Mais, ou est le Sange? Le Sange est disparu...." |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. quoi? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Father Ted says you are going to hell |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Ya big hairy arse! |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. My lovely, lovely, lovely, horse, running through the field... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I must protest your choice of amusement! |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. !! |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Does every hour on DU |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. I bet it does more to shorten life |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Kill your television |
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jwhitesj (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. I agree |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Is going to the theatre or sitting in a classroom harmful sedentary behavior as well? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. What about doing research in a library, |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. That will kill you 30 years early. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Hmm, sounds like a good plot for a comedy. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And combine it with... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. No comedy central series would be complete without a violent case of bloody diarrhea. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. i am gonna live.... forevah. nt |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. I'm gonna learn to fly...high. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. 'fraid of heights, lol. nt |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Its the commercials. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. Oh good, more health factoids. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's funny that they're doing studies on just "watching TV"--how about the |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well thank goodness I only watch cable. |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. Could it be the 25 minutes/hour of ads... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. but 15 minutes of exercise a day will add 3 years to your life! |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. coffee is healthy so is booze in moderation |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. Coincidentally =s the hourly span of commercial breaks on American TV |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. And every day that passes, shortens life by 24 hours |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Holy shit!!! You're RIGHT!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!! |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. ...OMG, I have only 6 months to live!! |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Did you hear that Rachel Maddow fans??? |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm about to start translating subtitles for TV |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
38. That must only be for couch potatoes. Some people workout while |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. ...then that means I am speaking to you from the great beyond...bad news...it sucks just as bad here |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hell yeah, I just save myself 4.8 years of suffering |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. baloney. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. ...unless it's "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" -- that show shortens your life by 32 minutes... |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. With the amount of TV I watch I guess I |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. Good! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. Then I should be dead already. (n/t) |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. I should be dead, by many years, then. eom |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. LOL. . . what kind of bullshit is this. . . |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. Every hour of living shortens your lifespan by an hour |
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