Oooooo yeah!
Apparent grayness?! Wow you must have had a pretty sad life outside the tube. I’ve got a sexy wife, a pool, books, music, and a nearby bike path. No apparent grayness when I turn off the tube. Sure the TV CAN dominate your life if you let it, so can any other recreational activity, the key is to remember whose life it is and what’s supposed to dominate what.
I was talking about other people, not myself. I am a war baby, so was not brought up on TV. Never was an addict. I just notice how other people are. Once they get on the subject of TV shows, you cannot get them off of it, even if they are at a serious meeting that is supposed to be focused on something else. It is their “real” life. They come alive when talking about TV—sick.