Truthfully, I can say that I'm "out of the loop." Folks around me discuss the latest episode of this-or-that prime time program, the best new video games, news stories, the "Occupy" movement, final scores... and my continually repeating response is, "what's that?"
My husband and I do not own a television. This is partly because of the decision we made upon hearing that it's beneficial to avoid mindless entertainment during the first year of marriage (when you can talk to each other instead), and partly because neither of us owned the television at our prior residences. Cable is one bill for which we don't pay, and I like that it fits into the ideal of "cheap living." We also don't subscribe to the internet at home... and we don't have those intellectual mobile phones everyone loves.
Additionally, we haven't subscribed to any newspapers... yet. We may look into receiving the Sunday Inquirer, since there's no local news here worth reading.
We are living in ignorance... but is it bliss? I don't toss and turn at night, reviewing national economic problems in my mind. There is less to worry about, a freedom from concerns about others' situations... but are we missing out, not knowing what's happening in the world at large? Are we avoiding hearing about conflicts to which we could possibly lend a hand?
Should we re-connect?
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