Question: Why do you watch TV? Why do you not? What shows do
you love or hate?
As soon as I saw this question, I immediately assumed that I could think of some good reason that I watch TV. I figured, "Hey, I watch TV all the time; there must be some reason that I watch it."
This was certainly not what happened.
After pondering for a few minutes about why I sit down and watch Friends when I come home from school, I gave up and went to Google, to see if it could spark some ideas for me. "TV can be educational and informational," it said. But let's get real: a 16-year-old girl doesn't usually watch TV to get an educational value out of it.
Then, I started thinking about why I like reading so much. Books allow me to leave the world I'm in, travel to different times, and just lose myself in a great story. I could sit down for hours on end with a good book and be perfectly content.
When you really think about it, television can have a similar effect. Why do I watch Friends once I'm home from school? I watch it to forget about homework and school for half an hour, to just enjoy marvelous jokes, to de-stress! Also like books, some shows have awesome writing and original plots that are so complex, you have to wonder how the writers do it. When I watch Doctor Who, I am constantly baffled at how the plots are created, how someone could have possibly come up with those ideas. I could sit down for hours with that TV show and never be bored.
I watch TV to escape my life, and enjoy good plots and characters. It's that simple.
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