How TV Ruined Aspiration

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Uploaded by on Mar 17, 2011

Comedian Charlie Brooker uses a mix of sketches and jaw-dropping archive footage to explore the gulf between reality and television. Warning: contains Sophie Dahl and coffins.

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  • this video is gold we need more stuff like this!

  • Cut the cable folks. My wife and I did over 10 years ago and our lives have been SO much more fulfilling. Go outdoors...take a walk...climb a mountain...start a business. The funny thing is, a lot of the truly wealthy people (CEOs of large corporations, entrepreneurs who created the next big thing) couldn't have done it sitting in front of the boob tube day in and day out. The reason they are so successful is they do something you don't, they work hard instead of watch TV.

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  • This reminds me of the rants from the movie "The Network".

    While it does have it's merits, blaming your shitty life on a big wooden/plastic box is a denial of other factors which lead to the downfall of the human mind/morale.

  • @froppo yeah but you have a computer so its not likely your completely seperated, and computers can be just as life ruining or life wasting as a tv. though not saying that its not impressive what you did. and i own a tv but i love going outdoors, this is really about i can watch tv and not be wasting away in front of it

  • Oh you've got a fucking pool!

  • Who watches television these days?

  • @froppo Yeah but most CEOs ae evil so it's not good to make more of them.

  • In the screenshot I thought it was Ricky from Trailer Park Boys, oh well...

  • @froppo And yet you clicked on a video of a tv show.

  • @RyanThomas09 absolutely! its about time people woke up from sleep and turn dreams to reality by becoming actors instead of dreamers.

  • If you want it, go get it. Don't whine about how someone else made you feel inferior and blame everyone but yourself for your failures.

  • Does anyone know the name of the piano song at 5:44 - only lasts a few seconds but would greatly appreciated if anyone could let me know! cheers :)

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