Comments on: We’re not Amish, we just don’t have a TV http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/ Documentation as conversation Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Janice Friesen http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Janice Friesen Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:13:01 +0000 http://justwriteclick.com/?p=373#comment-1679 Anne, Interesting! I attend a Mennonite church here in Austin and have many friends from that area. Most of my friends are from Mennonite backgrounds and moved to Austin because of jobs. A few left the Amish and became Mennonite and others found the Mennonite church because of Pacifism. As for TV... I have always had a mixed relationship to TV as it sounds like most people commenting do. When my husband and I were first married (late 70s) we did not have a TV and people felt sorry for us and eventually we were given one. We didn't watch it much, especially since we didn't pay for Cable and so could only get a few channels poorly. I don't remember missing anything. Janice Anne, Interesting! I attend a Mennonite church here in Austin and have many friends from that area. Most of my friends are from Mennonite backgrounds and moved to Austin because of jobs. A few left the Amish and became Mennonite and others found the Mennonite church because of Pacifism.

As for TV… I have always had a mixed relationship to TV as it sounds like most people commenting do. When my husband and I were first married (late 70s) we did not have a TV and people felt sorry for us and eventually we were given one. We didn’t watch it much, especially since we didn’t pay for Cable and so could only get a few channels poorly. I don’t remember missing anything.

Janice

]]> By: annegentle http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 annegentle Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:59:14 +0000 http://justwriteclick.com/?p=373#comment-1259 Hi Catherine - Yep, for me, that's where Tivo helped a lot. I guess your drug analogy means Tivo does my dosing for me, ha ha. Scott - Great story! In my case, our TV broke and we never fixed it. But yep, no major other accomplishments that I remember. Ah well. :) Hi Colleen - I do like TV. After a few seasons of Deadliest Catch I'm quite certain I'll never be a crab fisherman! So there are career education opportunities in addition to the ones you list. :) Hi Catherine – Yep, for me, that’s where Tivo helped a lot. I guess your drug analogy means Tivo does my dosing for me, ha ha.

Scott – Great story! In my case, our TV broke and we never fixed it. But yep, no major other accomplishments that I remember. Ah well. :)

Hi Colleen – I do like TV. After a few seasons of Deadliest Catch I’m quite certain I’ll never be a crab fisherman! So there are career education opportunities in addition to the ones you list. :)

]]> By: Colleen http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Colleen Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:59:06 +0000 http://justwriteclick.com/?p=373#comment-1234 Hi Anne, I did go to the Marketplace and brought home some goodies from the Mennonite bakery - yum! In defense of television, I have to say, I do like to unwind in front of the TV with my hubby - but I learned a lot about cooking from Food Network! HGTV, TLC, Food Network, History Channel - these are all great resources. Not to mention my favorite finance shows. Just as good as the Internet, IMHO. Hi Anne,

I did go to the Marketplace and brought home some goodies from the Mennonite bakery – yum! In defense of television, I have to say, I do like to unwind in front of the TV with my hubby – but I learned a lot about cooking from Food Network! HGTV, TLC, Food Network, History Channel – these are all great resources. Not to mention my favorite finance shows. Just as good as the Internet, IMHO.

]]> By: Scott http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Scott Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:45:24 +0000 http://justwriteclick.com/?p=373#comment-1204 Anne, My family pretty much gave up TV over a year ago. Quite by accident, actually. We were replacing the flooring in our living room and dining room, and the TV was put away. It never came back out. To be honest, the only things I miss are BBC World News and Formula One. Other than that, life has been pretty darned good without TV (even though we didn't watch that much to being with). Funny thing is, though, it doesn't feel like I have more time to do things ... Anne,

My family pretty much gave up TV over a year ago. Quite by accident, actually. We were replacing the flooring in our living room and dining room, and the TV was put away. It never came back out. To be honest, the only things I miss are BBC World News and Formula One. Other than that, life has been pretty darned good without TV (even though we didn’t watch that much to being with).

Funny thing is, though, it doesn’t feel like I have more time to do things …

]]> By: catherine http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 catherine Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:15:35 +0000 http://justwriteclick.com/?p=373#comment-1159 I too grew up without television. I was often asked, so what did you do instead? I rather rudely would reply, I read and learned to think for myself. There's some truth in that. I've had a tv since I was 26, and regret it. To this day I am still appalled at how much time I waste watching tv, but it's like a drug, hard to quit. I too grew up without television. I was often asked, so what did you do instead? I rather rudely would reply, I read and learned to think for myself. There’s some truth in that. I’ve had a tv since I was 26, and regret it. To this day I am still appalled at how much time I waste watching tv, but it’s like a drug, hard to quit.

]]> By: annegentle http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 annegentle Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:54:34 +0000 http://justwriteclick.com/?p=373#comment-1147 Hi Rachel - Thanks for sharing your TV-less upbringing and the perspective it gives you still! It's funny, as a parent I can't bring myself to remove TV completely from our house (besides, my husband wouldn't go for it at all, hee hee). But at least my kids know that TV content can be stored for later. Small comfort, but they are growing up with lots of different perspectives than I have. :) I tell you, I heave a sigh of relief that my blog doesn't have to be a full-fledged community. Great description of the difference, much appreciated! Hi Rachel -
Thanks for sharing your TV-less upbringing and the perspective it gives you still!

It’s funny, as a parent I can’t bring myself to remove TV completely from our house (besides, my husband wouldn’t go for it at all, hee hee). But at least my kids know that TV content can be stored for later. Small comfort, but they are growing up with lots of different perspectives than I have. :)

I tell you, I heave a sigh of relief that my blog doesn’t have to be a full-fledged community. Great description of the difference, much appreciated!

]]> By: Rachel Happe http://justwriteclick.com/2008/07/10/were-not-amish-we-just-dont-have-a-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Rachel Happe Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:38:50 +0000 http://justwriteclick.com/?p=373#comment-1144 Anne - really interesting read. I actually grew up without a TV... and learned as a result that it was for me to go find what I thought was interesting rather than take whatever a broadcaster wanted me to find interesting...which is where we are getting to online and it comes with a subtle mind shift that is not always obvious. I consider my blog to be socially-enabled (through comments) content - but something that I more or less direct. I don't facilitate a community - people come and go and they don't really have a conversation with each other that is off topic from what I am posting. Building a community would require much more time, effort, and tools which I don't have the time to do on my personal blog and would probably involve a lot less content creation and more content solicitation from members. Not sure if that helps but it is an interesting conversation and one that I think needs a little more separation and clarity. Thanks for the feedback and link! Rachel Anne – really interesting read. I actually grew up without a TV… and learned as a result that it was for me to go find what I thought was interesting rather than take whatever a broadcaster wanted me to find interesting…which is where we are getting to online and it comes with a subtle mind shift that is not always obvious.

I consider my blog to be socially-enabled (through comments) content – but something that I more or less direct. I don’t facilitate a community – people come and go and they don’t really have a conversation with each other that is off topic from what I am posting. Building a community would require much more time, effort, and tools which I don’t have the time to do on my personal blog and would probably involve a lot less content creation and more content solicitation from members.

Not sure if that helps but it is an interesting conversation and one that I think needs a little more separation and clarity.

Thanks for the feedback and link!

Rachel

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