PadawanOfHappiness

Is TV viewership down?  Maybe and likely, but I doubt it is a simple answer. Nielsen's answer is they have a smaller sample size and they don't track streaming viewers and that the industry like other industries wasn't ready for the pandemic shift. I have not spend any real amount of time watching "TV" since February 2020 and this is big because I LOVED TV, I always have but I turned it off and very rarely turn it back on.  I watch a bit of the super bowl (I was disappointed and I didn't follow the NFL at all last season, nor am I following the NHL and begrudgingly a bit of the MLB because one of my little Padawans is listening to the games on his radio.) but I have not picked up on any of the series that I regularly watched.  I would watch re-runs, new stuff, and reality TV.  But I stopped I just could not stomach it any more. I stopped watching for several reasons: Political ads of all varieties and affiliation Fear mongering news promos Double standards i...

Right now I am very frustrated with what I perceive to be this cult like highly pressurized environment to get the COVID vaccine.   To be honest I don't have anything against the vaccine and I am very happy to see so many people want to get it, that is awesome good for them.  It is amazing that this vaccine is available so 'Yeah Science!' as all the kids are saying these days. BUT what frustrates me is the almost blatant bullying of those that don't want to receive the vaccine.  Some may not feel comfortable with it, due to their concerns with long term affects (which is valid, I don't care how long the concept of the RNA vaccine concept has been in development the fact is we simply don't have the data.).  Some may not be comfortable just because they don't like vaccines for whatever reason.  There are even some that believe in the science but simply don't want it. And finally, there are some that trust the science but do not like the fact that aborted f...