trashing my TV

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For the last 6 months or so, we've had basic TV service through the local cable company - that's networks, plus a few other channels. Before that, we'd always had the "cheap" cable package; 60 or so stations of garbage, no HBO or anything.

So today, I call the cable company to tell them I'd like them to come out & disconnect my service. Spoke to a nice young guy named Tracy.

Me: I'd like to disconnect my service.

him: Are you moving?

me: No.

him: What, are you getting some other kind of service?

me: No, I just don't want it anymore.

him: [silence]

me: so when'll that be done?

him: If you were dissatisfied, maybe you'd like a free upgrade.

me: I just downgraded, and it wasn't enough. That's why I'm disconnecting.

him: Do you have a computer?

me: Yeah.

him: What about your internet service?

me: I have dial-up.

him: Keep your cable service and I'll get you cable internet for $20/mo for 6 months.

me: No.

him: How about $20/mo for a year?

me: NO.

him: OK, so, you just want me to disconnect your service...

me: YES.

him: May I ask your reason for wanting to discontinue service?

me: It's corruptimg my children.

him: [silence]

me: so when'll that be done?

him: I can have someone out there on March 8th.

me: Cool. Thanks.

Of course, I'm now probably on some local law enforcement watch list since they probably assume I'm going to have illegal cable...

-- jake (j@k.e), February 28, 2005

Answers

bumpus ad summum

-- jake (j@k.e), February 28, 2005.

Me too , I threw out cable TV , for 3 reasons:

1) It costs too much , that way , I can save $245us per year !!

2) The quality of the picture , very , poor , very sad (!!!!)

3) I have satellite TV & terrestrial TV , so ....

Salut & Cheers from a NON BELIEVER:

-- Laurent LUG (.@...), February 28, 2005.


Boohahahahahahahahhahahhhh......

I have never subscribed to any kind of pay t.v.! Never!

Boohahahahahahahahhahahhhh......

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), February 28, 2005.


Yep , I'm only watching non-subscription channels , such as BBC !!

Salute & Cheers from a NON BELIEVER:

-- Laurent LUG (.@...), February 28, 2005.


Mind if I copy-paste this Jake?

You will be credited, of cotuse.

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), March 01, 2005.



I had sent an email asking for the original post to be pulled, but since that request has apparently been denied, sure, copy & paste. Don't credit me, though.

-- jake (j@k.e), March 02, 2005.

Its sad where we are headed today.. at 9pm weeknight, theres already "Girls Gone Wild" playing on commercial.. and God knows theres some children still up watching cartoons or whatever when that starts playing. Yes, those kinda commercials come on Toon Channel... Doesnt that suck? I dont have kids yet but when i do.. im not sure if i want them to watch tv or not. I wouldnt want to shelter them too much but.. i dont see a reason why i shouldnt.

:( AM i alone here..?

-- A temple (Jahsmine@netzero.com), March 02, 2005.


I wouldnt want to shelter them too much

Think about what you're saying.

-- jake (j@k.e), March 02, 2005.


ur not alone. i think so too. someone i knew used to watch porno so much its not even funny or you would throw up of how many times he watches and does IT a day.. he was one of the people who used to be so faithful but now he just not even go to church. I was browsin throu the channel and stuff. Lookin at tv schedules. Scanning every channel and while i was going through the channels HBO had porno at 9:30... lil kids watch like ed ed and eddy or something at that time. Cartoon Network doesn't even start Adult Swim at that time. They start at 11. The world is corrupting today too. Just look at students in high skool and junior high. How they dress? they look like prostitutes and pimps...

-- JoeKP (joekinplaya@gmail.com), March 02, 2005.

Joekp,

Send your kids to Catholic school, they'll get a good education, conservative uniforms, and a solid moral groundwork.

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), March 03, 2005.



Uniforms?

Schools that require their students to wear "uniforms" should be burnt to the ground. That's my conservative sentiment about that.

...............

-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), March 03, 2005.


uniforms or not.. i still say public and private schools are corrupt nonetheless.

Personally, i believe in homeschooling. I think if we start dropping kids off all day at day-care, preschool, kindergarden, school, YMCA camp, etc.. that they will grow apathetic towards parents.. and start blaming them for all sorts of problems throughout their teens. Its pretty obvious why.. whenever parents start to drop them off in a room full of strangers all day long, anyone would get a sense of abandonment..

But then again.. i wouldnt want to isolate children too much from the world.. eh. So hard to decide..

-- temple (Jahsmine@netzero.com), March 03, 2005.


Uniforms are great. They stop poor kids from looking different from rich ones on the surface. I think homeschooling is o.k. for kids with smart parents, but if the parents aren't too hot, the kid's education will suffer. Better to put them in a well-run school.

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), March 03, 2005.


Huh? Poor kids will look like the rich kids?

How about the idea that we should dress as we please? Why should my kids be denied their freedom to dress as we choose to dress them because other people cannot or will not dress according to somebody's idea of what is proper?

It is basically one group deciding to control the weaker group, plain and simple. "We will make you wear what we decide is proper, we will make you take tests that we decide you should take, we will feed you what we decide you should eat, we will make you speak the language that we decide is proper, etc. etc. etc." I have been there. It is time to break away from that oppression.

The idea of requiring any child to wear a uniform means that the institution does not accept the child as an individual, in terms of attire. So, we place blind folds on these kids. The child can not reveal his parents' nurturing, rich or poor, and must conform to a status quo, a mediocrity, a mandacity of social ignorance. Uniforms are telling kids that their individual status is wrong. It is wrong to be rich and it is wrong to be poor. Well, you can try to hide the real world from these kids, but for how long. Or, perhaps, the idea is to make them all the same--programmed, indoctrinated, status quo, herds of sheep.

I was poor growing up. They knew better than to slap a uniform on us. They did make the attempts to take my first language. It failed

-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), March 03, 2005.


Public Schools, Private Schools, Home Schools, Church Schools....

Well, public schools rarely teach kids. Get rid of the state tests and then we can start teaching kids something valuable for life.

Private Schools? I don't know much about them except that the parents have much control over them; I don't even know how true that is. But, I did like "School of Rock". Really? $15,000 a year for tuition?

Home Schools sound cool. My concern is the lack of interaction with other kids and peers. Interaction with society is part of life.

Church Schools? Ok......."Evolution"....."Creationism"......I hope you get the picture.

Doesn't it bother you that our young adults set off to work at fast food dead ends? What ever happened to those real jobs?

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), March 03, 2005.



Well, public schools rarely teach kids. Get rid of the state tests and then we can start teaching kids something valuable for life. -Rod -I agree-

Home Schools sound cool. My concern is the lack of interaction with other kids and peers. Interaction with society is part of life. -Rod

yeah, but do you honestly think this kind of society would be a good influence for kids..? i dont. I encourage social life, of course, but where we're heading now scares me. I think im leaning more on the home-schooling due to living at the dorm for 6 good years. Oh, what memories.. it was pretty wild. And it gets worse with each generation.. Kids bringing in guns, kids doing naughty stuff with teachers, kids gossiping about sex, peer pressure.. Now, imagine the next generation with the kids today as their parents.. heheh. I only hope the kids today will grow out of their apathetic attitudes before they become parents themselves.

-_-

-- temple (jahsmine@netzero.com), March 04, 2005.


Actually Rod, despite your attempt to belittle religious schools, you'd have to look pretty hard to find a Catholic school that does worse on the standardized tests that are given than the surrounding public schools do. BTW, the public schools have their own religion, you know, or haven't you heard about "Heather has two mommies", etc.?

Personally, I like the idea of a highschool kid working in a McJob. I did, and I'm going to have MY kids do the same. They teach you to show up on time, be responsible, get rewarded for working, etc. These are the SAME skills you need to know to hold those "real" jobs you are talking about, skills that some people sadly do NOT have when they apply for them.

Well, public schools rarely teach kids. Get rid of the state tests and then we can start teaching kids something valuable for life

Man, you should see some of the SAT averages for Los Angeles inner city schools, (they are probably online somewhere). The trouble is our schools in some areas don't teach ANYTHING, and you need to be able to show this somehow. If you take away standardized testing, how do YOU propose to evaluate across the country what students have learned?

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), March 04, 2005.


I'm not belittling your church schools. Those standardized tests are not meant for the education of our kids. Those tests are more like controls for teacher pay and school funding. It is just an accident that the kids learn anything at all based on "standardized" tests. Scores really don't mean a thing. Only the smart kids will do well on any given test; they are genetically geared to succeed despite what is crammed down their brains. The problem is that schools are not necessarily graded on the number of smart kids passing, but by the number of kids that cannot pass. That's what brings the school's status down. The other problem is that the tests will continue to get more difficult to pass. Pretty soon, it seems, student success will be more of a side show. The real focus will be on the success of the teacher. People forget that the class consists of kids with varying learning abilities. Now, if all of the classes are identical, one could probably draw a fair assesment of the teachers' skills and talents. WE could then weed out the bad from the good. Those tests are merely devices for justifying axe play.

Sure, a Catholic School is great for those who wish a Catholic education. We could say the same about a Mormon school, should they exist. I've seen Christian schools in action. Every private school will have their agenda. There isn't an ideal school. Belittle? Ok, every system is flawed. Yours and mine and theirs...

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), March 04, 2005.


"Personally, I like the idea of a highschool kid working in a McJob. I did, and I'm going to have MY kids do the same. They teach you to show up on time, be responsible, get rewarded for working, etc. These are the SAME skills you need to know to hold those "real" jobs you are talking about, skills that some people sadly do NOT have when they apply for them. "--Frank.

Those real jobs are found far away from our good ol' USA. Flipping burgers and punching automated "on" and "off" switches is not my idea of a real job. I'm talking about making things here instead of having them imported from other countries. Our society has reduces our young people to settle for jobs that don't actually require brainstorming, but instead brainwashing. Why don't our young people build furniture, electronic equipment, or art for a living (just to mention an idea here)? Showing up for work and punching a clock or being "rewarded" for a job completion are not incentives. That is expected. Experiencing a joy, a value, and a sense of pride in one's work is worth more than a paycheck at minimum wage. The work ethic is not some diluted mechanical system that reduces people to biocarbon machinery. Do we have an American industry or have we actually lost it all to them overseas folks? Ah! I think we've cornered the McMarket in the fast food industry. Surely, they can't take that awa

-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), March 05, 2005.


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