15 November 2008 ~ 5 Comments

Unhappy People Watch Lots More TV – “Oh Really?”

So today I read this Yahoo news story that says… Unhappy People Watch Lots More TV

It reads…

“Unhappy people glue themselves to the television 30 percent more than happy people.

The finding, announced on Thursday, comes from a survey of nearly 30,000 American adults conducted between 1975 and 2006 as part of the General Social Survey.”

Hmmm, I wonder why?

Grey’s Anatomy = constantly surrounded by hospital scenes
Prison Break = Who feels good about prison?
Ghost Whisperer = That just sounds scary!
Gossip Girl = Cuz we all know gossip is usually cheery and happy stuff
CSI = More crime, death, and mystery
Desperate Housewives = I don’t even know what to say.
Lost = People in a plane crash, trapped, and going out of their minds
ER = More blood and guts and negative shit
Criminal Minds = I’m done being a criminal and don’t want to be reminded of it.

Maybe the truth isn’t that unhappy people watch lots more tv, but rather…

“Watching lots of TV makes people unhappy”.

Think about it.

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