Which Would You Give Up: the TV, the Cell Phone, or the Web?
We are now living in an information explosion age. The TV, the cell phone and the web are widely used. In other words, we almost can't live without one of them. Furthermore, lives would be too boring without any one of them.
Yet, if I had to give up one of them, I would give up the TV rather than put away my cell phone or switch off the Internet. The first reason is that the Internet is so developed now that we can watch almost every TV program on the Internet. Many TV programs from other countries that we can't find in our TV can also be found on the Internet. The second reason is that I have to keep on touch with my friends and family, and almost all information can be searched out on the Internet. Because of this, we can see that cell phones and the web are important particularly.
Those who are opposed to the proposal may maintain that if we don't give up using the web, we may spend too much time on it and neglect our lessons. I adamantly oppose this idea, because we can get as much information through the Internet as we want. As for the problem of using the web overtime, here is a solution that can improve it. We can set a time limit for using the Internet. After the time, just set up the machine to cut off the Internet so that we don't play overtime.
In conclusion, because almost all the functions of the TV have been replaced by the web, the TV would be the first thing that I would give up.
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Annie,
Very interesting post in there. I also personally think that TV is the best to give up first. I would even go much further though: In my opinion "TV" is one of the main reason why far too many people are uneducated, quite stupid, lazy, lobotomized, without purpose, overweight and a lot more... Some have just one of these flaws also thanks to TV, some have a few and others have it all. Rare are the ones that watch TV 4 or 5 hours a day and that manage avoiding any diminution of their mental or physical abilities and state. TV is the opium of the people. It keeps them stupid and entertained, something that all leaders dream about. Sounds quite extreme but it really shouldn't. But on the contrary, fortunately the web is always breaking us more free and actually your smartphone is nothing more than a smaller web device. Basically, what i think will happen in the next decade is a merging of these 3 devices that will be integrated directly in our brain by a simple but amazingly powerful chip. In 20 or 30 years we'll have the web right there, in ourselves. Just close your eyes (or keep them opened) and have access to your emails, search for something, give a phone call, enter the virtual world, play poker, pool, any game to perfection, become a surgeon, architect, lawyer, anything you want to be... almost instantly, speak thousand of languages fluently and so much more... That's gonna be a lot more fun and entertaining than the lame "images box" feeding you with exactly what it wants I believe!
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I rarely watch TV so i can give up easily but mobile and web never...:D
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showing other's "ugly" face!!? That's weird... really?
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i will give up my television channel to sit for hours in front of my PC. hehe and sure i couldnt live without my cellphone either because sometimes i use it as my modem :D
in fact, television (in my country) now days only showing stupid people who love to complain about others "ugly" face in which i'm not really understand what is the standard of being "beautiful" and "ugly".
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I could NEVER give up the internet!
TV I could go without, and the cell phone, too.
I think that the average American teenager spends like 9 hours a day on the internet, I think, but I'm not to sure about that.
The internet has EVERYTHING! We can use the internet for fun, recreation, learning, and meeting new people. I could not live without the internet.
The TV would be my first choice as well. ^^
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