Evaluate your T.V. viewing/internet/phone/video game use. How much time do you spend in these activities and what is the effect on your life?

T.V. viewing?  Oh, yes!  I see these quaint anchors for armchair attendants, magnets for munching manikins, and even tube-timers--99% of households have 1 television.  Whereas 78% of America’s population is exposed to, or has access to, the Internet—moot point.  Then there is the combination between fixed phones and cell phones, with a whopping 103% demographic in favor of mobile units.  Another moot point.  With more women playing video games, at nearly 40%, the average in 2011 is 67% of households play video games, with the greatest concentration between the ages of 18 and 49, with males spending the most time in a given week—8 hours!  To be fair to those of us that do not watch an anchor, nor have a cellphone stuck in our ears for hours on end, choose to defer to video games connected to the internet.  Yes, I am a video gamer and find this vice relaxing and distraction from life—.  Personally, catching a rerun from a day long past, such as Perry Mason, or Get Smart, or even Hogan’s Heroes, is a novelty, rarity, and justifiable opportunity.  Unlike the National average that reflects a growing coach-potato mentality, the time investment on my part is negligible, perhaps less than 1% of a 168-hour week.  My statistics for my phone are not even on the radar—1% of 1% of my tube visits.  As for gaming, my usage is fairly close to the National average, though not epidemic, nonetheless so purported to clinch this topic’s focus.  Yet, society is engaged in another ideological battle over electronics, and how it is robbing us of our time, while the other camp debates the net benefits, be it relaxing and decompressing. Oh, we will avoid the evil word—entertainment.  To be categorized with an industry heavy into robbing the public of their time in exchange for dollars, shame on us for investing our time in pixel-propriety.  And, I would counter that bowling, football, golfing, hunting, shooting pool, or any number of other entertainment venues could be thrown out there for scrutiny.  Oh, I realize this topic asked a very generic question.  Sure, let us reflect on our time allotments, until someone takes issue, gasps, and takes us to task.  It’s all good, with the question and answer is just me reading it.  It’s entirely a different animal when we put it out there for the public to see.  And I revel in my vice, and stand out among critics, the outspoken, and soapbox antagonists, ready to prance, stomp, and cling to my Internet Video Gaming.  Get back!  I can’t see my game.  Is there anything else??? Nope?  Okay.  Do you mind?  I’m trying to level up here—scat!

TIME TO PLAY!