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lindysalsagal

(20,730 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:46 PM Dec 2016

I'm boycotting TV altogether on inauguarion day, with the exception of

history channel, or anything that doesn't handle current events or news. NO maor networks or cable that count ratings.

I want the ratings in the toilet: Pass the word.

Oh, and install the Chrome "Make America Kitten Again" add-on. It turns every image of the frumpenfhurer into kittens. Works like a charm!

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Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
1. I'm not watching any of it including an alternative "freedom
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:02 PM
Dec 2016

concert." I have no desire to see any of it, especially some of the performers that are as vulgar as Trump.

csziggy

(34,137 posts)
4. I plan to binge watch the first season of Braindead
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:24 PM
Dec 2016

In preparation for the next four years in real life.



elfin

(6,262 posts)
5. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Acorn etc. to the rescue for me
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:38 PM
Dec 2016

Or music wherever I go to escape the nightmare.

And then on to The Resistance by whatever means available to this income-challenged geezer with various infirmities.

still_one

(92,395 posts)
6. On November 9 I fired CNN, MSNBC, and fox from being broadcast in my home by down grading
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 07:08 PM
Dec 2016

my direct tv service to the family pack which is essentially just the locals



ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
7. Strict moratorium on ALL TV
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 07:12 PM
Dec 2016

And internet news, of course. And probably even DU.

Will watch Inspector Morse or Poirot on PBS after work. Safe enough.

pamela

(3,469 posts)
12. I've watched hundreds of episodes of the Andy Griffith Show since November.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 10:53 PM
Dec 2016

It's on TV Land every day from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and again in the afternoon from 4 to 7.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
9. DVDs For Me All Day
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 07:42 PM
Dec 2016

If I am home, I may well be on the move to one of the women's marches.

Never my president, never.

hunter

(38,326 posts)
11. My wife and I have been boycotting TV for many years now.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 07:53 PM
Dec 2016

Our TV plays movies. That's all it does. No "news," no commercials, no nonsense.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
14. I'm with ya on this one.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 11:21 PM
Dec 2016

But I've not been able to watch since the election.

I cannot stand his face.

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
16. I appreciate the sentiment, but just NOT watching doesn't make any difference at all.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 11:47 PM
Dec 2016

Unless you're part of the small sample of people that have agreed to be monitored, what you watch, or don't watch, doesn't affect the ratings at all.

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