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If you had to get rid of ONE of the following four things, what would it be?

A genie has given you a backwards wish - if you want to live a longer, more successful and profitable life, you MUST get rid of one of these things: computer, television, books, or music. No "other" option. Not a nice genie. What'll it be?



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24Television
7Books
6Music
3Computer

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Galomorro Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 1:35am  
TV of course. But I actually gave that up several years ago. The other 3 I could never live without.
JessicaWoman99
posted 9-Oct-2008 1:43am  
Oh gee my books would get rid of they would have to go
Frostbrand Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 9-Oct-2008 1:49am  
The TV.
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Gold Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 2:45am  
Books. Most of my reading is on the internet these days.

However, I am involved in culling my record collection so that I have space to live.
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Double Gold Star Survey Creator This user is on the site NOW (6 minutes ago)
posted 9-Oct-2008 4:23am  
These have become a bit blurred together, so it's easy to cheat and pick TV because I can watch TV on my computer. I can listen to music on my TV or computer as well... My TV setup includes a computer (TiVo) as well as a couple video game system which are also computers. You left out video games from your list, by the way. I read books on a Kindle, which is a handhelp computer. Really, most things are computers these days. An iPod is a computer, though I don't have one. I mostly listen to music on my computer.
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 5:52am  
tv
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Gold Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 6:04am  
I'm struggling to stay off eBay. I didn't realize I was such an addict that there'd be pangs. It was taking me four hours per day scanning the 62,000 sweaters available weekly. In the time I've spent over two weeks, looking for a vneck cardigan sweater-dress for under $40, I could have worked and had one personally commissioned by some designer crochet artist. Dang, now I want to check on eBay to see if there are commission crochet artists.
Matty
posted 9-Oct-2008 7:58am  
I'd get rid of the genie for not knowing I didn't have TV in my house. I'd file a comlaint with the genie guild and ask for an immediate replacement. I'm not nice either.
gambler Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 8:08am  
TV i guess....i can always watch TV online
Cain
posted 9-Oct-2008 8:52am  
TV. I'd be lost without the other three and die of a broken heart anyway.
Matty
(reply to Cain) posted 9-Oct-2008 9:02am  
> TV. I'd be lost without the other three and die of a broken heart
> anyway.


You wouldn't die; you'd adapt. I think if you actually had to do something like this, you'd be surprised at how resilient you actually are. I haven't had TV in my house for almost three years...by choice. And I believe my life is much richer for it. We spend more time as a family; we are more physically active (my workout is half of what it used to be); I'm much better read; and the list goes on, literally.
they Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 9:16am  
Television.
Melf Gold Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 9:23am  
Television. Next.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 9-Oct-2008 9:51am  
TV. I can use my computer instead. The other three are non-negotiable.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 10:30am  
Television, no contest. This is like asking who I would send far away from here: My kids, my hubby, my best friend, or my enemy.
LJD Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 11:25am  
Depends where your interests lie. A very good question. I guess I'd say television.
Frostbrand Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Matty) posted 9-Oct-2008 1:06pm  
> I'd get rid of the genie for not knowing I didn't
> have TV in my house. I'd file a comlaint with
> the genie guild and ask for an immediate replacement.
> I'm not nice either.

Heh heh, the genie guild. I just had a great idea for a book...
cerealkiller Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2008 1:47pm  
Easy - books. It's been years since I've read a book. No time for such a thing.
kirst
posted 9-Oct-2008 5:48pm  
TV. This is a no brainer.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 9-Oct-2008 10:33pm  
Television. Almost anything I'd want from it I can have via computer anyway.
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 10-Oct-2008 12:15am  
tv
icurok Survey Qualifier
posted 10-Oct-2008 6:04am  
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The homo devil machine of course.
Iseult Quadruple Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 10-Oct-2008 9:19am  
Television, I guess  * frown *

Book are good because they're nice and portable (laptop is portable, too, but I don't like carrying it around and I prefer reading from a printed surface more than I like reading from a screen). Music, well, it's an obvious no. And computer can be used to watch TV programs.
Cain
(reply to Matty) posted 10-Oct-2008 9:41am  
That was my point - I COULD get rid of TV.
TeddyMiller Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 10-Oct-2008 9:58am  
I'd get rid of music. Books, television, and computers are all big, important parts of my life, and I wouldn't give up any of them. While there's some music I like and sometimes listen to, it's a considerably smaller part.

Oh, if the choice was books, TV, computers, or sex, I'd pick sex to give up.
moviesnob
posted 10-Oct-2008 11:09am  
If I got rid of TV, then I'd have to get rid of movies. If it was just television shows, then I'd get rid of TV.
Joanne
posted 10-Oct-2008 9:29pm  
TV, hands down.
Joanne
(reply to icurok) posted 10-Oct-2008 9:34pm  
OMG! This picture can't be real. I'm in shock! What is this?!!!!!!
icurok Survey Qualifier
(reply to Joanne) posted 11-Oct-2008 4:17am  
It's ironic. At first I thought she was being serious too, but she's carrying a rainbow flag which is a bit of a giveaway.

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southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 11-Oct-2008 1:17pm  
I am torn between books and TV, because I mostly read stuff from the internet anyway, and hardly watch TV anyway (save for a few shows and the Saints game).

The thing is though, if you have a computer and internet, we can just post every book ever made onto a pdf and assuming we still have printers, just print a whole bunch of pages. With an internet connection, you can also just about download every show that ever existed.
Joanne
(reply to icurok) posted 11-Oct-2008 1:29pm  
Phew! I didn't know what I was looking at. The sign was really funny, but I couldn't figure whether it was accidental or purposeful. The official looking building threw me, her serious expression threw me, wow, that was really well done. Thanks for putting my universe back together.  * smile *
cantilever
posted 11-Oct-2008 10:56pm  
Computer - It effectively covers the other 3
soyring1
posted 26-Oct-2008 12:31pm  
music- because you can get that on a tv or computer
docgbrown
posted 30-Nov-2008 2:57am  
Music, I don't listen to it at all anyway
FauxLo Survey Central Gold Subscriber Survey Qualifier
posted 7-Jan-2009 3:06pm  
Booooooo! I'll skip the wishes if it means I have to live longer.
Biggles Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 20-Jan-2009 2:18pm  
Easy: music.
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