(This is a speech I wrote mostly dedicated to my older sister.)
The topic of television is a tricky one; the television itself isn't the bad thing here, it’s what’s on it. Movies aren’t the same as TV shows, movies have a beginning and end, shows seem to never end. They have season after season and it never seems to come to a conclusion, even when the show ends it always leaves you hanging, so all that time you spent sitting on your couch not reading a book, not living life was wasted. You subscribe to these shows and live your lives around their schedule, and if not you record it for later, either way you become obsessed with watching them, and if you miss an episode you get upset. And the news, you’ll feel like it’s the end of the world every time you watch it. If you have your own problems, why do you want to worry about everyone else’s? It’s sad what happens to some people but you have your own shit to deal with, you don’t have time to think of these people suffering all over the world, sure it’s sad, but just because they have it worse doesn’t mean you have it any better. I want you to really think about this, when you watch television are you really thinking? The answer my friends is no, you are not thinking because everything is being said and projected to you, it’s being fed to you so you don’t really think or use your imaginations. The point of television is for the actors, producers and TV networks to get money while you get fat sitting on a couch all day. For some people, they live in those made up shows, they have a favorite character and deep down inside they imagine being them. What about reality shows? You really want to watch someone else live their lives while you’re at home alone, most likely with no money, watching these people be successful and famous. When you read a book, you imagine everything inside it; you see it how you want to see it, which means you’re using your imagination. You shouldn’t be glued to this square thing that projects everything to you, you should be out living your life, making friends, having fun, making a family, not glued to these shows that don’t really mean anything to you. Just Live.