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Friday, January 18, 2008

Writers' Strike = Viewers' Strike

The writers strike has finally angered me. At first I thought it was great, "yeah, stick it to the studio." Now, as a television viewer, I am getting tired of re-run city. Usually, I am the first to advocate turning off the TV. I drone on to my wife, "Lets play some video games, or watch a movie or fucking sit and stare at a blank television screen like some avant garde experiment." However, the more I think about it, the more I realize that without viewers like you and me, neither the studio nor the writers would have a job.

So, I propose that we as viewers strike from watching television. This is a great opportunity for Americans to speak up. If the writers' union has power to negotiate a better financial deal, we as viewers have power to change television content, crap-vertising, billing, etc... We are the ones paying to watch old content. Why not cut the cable and use your money to purchase the DVD season of your favorite shows. I personally pay over $100 bones a month for the latest and greatest that satellite has to offer. Over the course of 2 or 3 months I could invest in various content and create my own television programming and avoid being subjected to another f**king pharmaceutical ad that claims to finally fix my aliment at the cost of anal leakage, dry mouth, and mild hysteria.

CUT THE CABLE!!!!!!!!!(shacking fist in air)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's actually...a really good idea!

Tom Smoolen said...

Thanks! Surprisingly I have received mixed reactions to this idea. Most feel that this approach does not support the writers which I don't get it.