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I'm sure if your television set had a personality, and the ability to communicate with you in a rational, conversational, manner, it would tell you to get off your ass and go outside.
When I was a kid all of the adults told me that if I watched more than a few hours of television day my brain would turn into mush and leak out of my ears. Of course, I didn't listen to them at the time, and that is why one of my more useless skills that I've retained from my childhood is quoting episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series...verbatim
Now that I'm entering the fourth decade of my life, and have kids of my own, I grudgingly admit that my elders were right for the most part. Even the overtly dramatic, horror show imagery they used to pound the message into our thick teenage skulls has manifested in the stupid, obese hoards that inhabit Wal-Marts and Burger Kings all over the world.
So do I think television or the Internet is the sole cause of all that is wrong with the world? Hardly. Both have there place, just like nuclear weapons and PEZ. And both can be abused just as easily. At the end of the day, we have the power to make that choice.
And, without sounding even more After School Special-y, don't you think it's time to shut the computer off and read a book? You can start by looking up the title of this strip (...yes, it does tie-in, I promise).
Have it your way…
Keep your friend…
His greatest hit…
