What shows, or types of shows, do you most like to have on, while not really paying attention to them?

7/6/2010 9:08:25 PM

none.
Why on earth would you do that?

7/6/2010 9:09:29 PM

Usually just CNN

I'm a lamo-0

7/6/2010 9:09:47 PM

Seinfield. I can not pay attention to that show worth a shit, but its epic as fuck in the bg

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7/6/2010 9:10:27 PM

the news, i typically perk up when i hear something interesting though

7/6/2010 9:10:39 PM

turn-on channel is espnnews

but every half-hour it repeats it seems, so stuff starts to get old

7/6/2010 9:10:59 PM

gf has gotten me into falling asleep with "The Investigators" on

late night TruTV morbidity ftw

7/6/2010 9:29:00 PM

That over the air weather channel that just has an image of a radar on the screen and a guy reading out all the weather statistics 24/7

7/6/2010 9:35:11 PM

Gotta be sports center for me. Also, on occasion I do like to leave VH1 on at night so I wake up to their music video wake-up show in the AM.

7/6/2010 9:39:01 PM

hells kitchen. dont really need to pay attention to it to know whats happening.

7/6/2010 10:01:04 PM

LOL

7/6/2010 10:01:22 PM

[adult swim]

but not the flashy anime stuff, that stuff sends me into an epileptic seizure. if i'm still up by the time that comes on i switch it to futurama.

7/6/2010 11:30:27 PM

If I had cable still, it would probably be science/history/military channel. Depending on the time of day/day of the week, maybe speed channel or spike tv. This allows me to randomly pick up facts without context.

7/6/2010 11:35:58 PM

TWW The Sitcom and/or TWW The Legal Drama

7/6/2010 11:38:01 PM

not TWW the Porno?

7/6/2010 11:38:25 PM

too distracting

7/6/2010 11:39:04 PM

I used to have CNN on most of the time (when I had cable)
...but I really agree with

Quote :

"science/history/military"

Also, an honorable mention goes to poker shows -- the quiet ones where you hear them stacking their chips...

[Edited on July 8, 2010 at 9:44 AM. Reason : ]

7/8/2010 9:43:58 AM

Discovery, Nat Geo, History, Comedy Central

in that order

7/8/2010 9:49:17 AM

Sonia enjoys having Hell's Kitchen in the background.

7/8/2010 9:53:32 AM

First 48
City Confidential
Deal or No Deal reruns

7/8/2010 9:57:01 AM

Black and white movies on TCM

i like to have them on every night as i sleep

7/8/2010 11:33:09 AM

Sportscenter

7/8/2010 11:34:27 AM

unc-tv's
ovation channel
vh1 classic
mtv hits
fuse
weather channel
news14
tcm
golf

7/8/2010 12:05:44 PM

^
I used to leave news14 Carolina on, but they never change the cheesy music... and it repeats every half-hour.
After not watching that channel for years, it was on at a friends house with the same fucking music.
I cannot stand that shit.

7/21/2010 3:35:53 PM

top gear
daily show
colbert report

7/21/2010 3:39:16 PM

I don't understand this practice. Why have the TV on if you're not going to watch it?

7/21/2010 3:40:34 PM

My nightly Hitler/Nazi fix on the either History International or the Military Channel.

7/21/2010 3:41:15 PM

Porn

I'm dead serious. Its amazing the things you see when you'r watching strictly as an observer and not to JO.

7/21/2010 3:41:38 PM

If I'm folding origami or doing something at my computer desk but don't want to listen to music, I'll put on Daily Show, Colbert Report, or Hell's Kitchen in the background. Basically anything that can be followed easily through the audio without the visuals being too necessary. I just look up if Colbert is doing a The Word segment.

7/21/2010 4:12:23 PM

do you fold a ton of origami? do grown people really do that?

7/21/2010 4:16:04 PM

Not that there's anything wrong with that

7/21/2010 4:17:00 PM

^

7/21/2010 4:18:28 PM

I wouldn't say a ton, but I occasionally make random things. Not usually animals, but modular pieces like this.



Several months ago, I designed a piece for my office wall that is composed of nearly 300 pieces joined together, so it's taking a long time to fold. I just occasionally fold a few when I'm bored in the evening as an alternative to watching TV, reading or playing video games, and in the end I'll have some unique artwork to hang up in the office.

7/21/2010 4:20:52 PM

i frequently keep natgeo, discovery, or the history channel on in the background

7/21/2010 4:38:59 PM

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"modular origami"

Is awesome. I, too, do this.
One year when I was broke, I made my family some awesome stars for xmas gifts.
They were really impressed. (most home-made gifts suck, but these were really fucking cool)

7/21/2010 4:38:59 PM

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"That over the air weather channel that just has an image of a radar on the screen and a guy reading out all the weather statistics 24/7"

I do this.

And every now and again, I think around 1 PM, this shitty public access sort of educational show will come on, featuring early-90s visuals and some grade school physics teacher named "Wizard Wellnitz".

It's great to ignore and hilarious when I accidentally pay attention.

7/21/2010 5:00:17 PM

sportscenter

7/21/2010 5:01:12 PM