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How and how often does television influence you?

I'm not looking for generalizations or studies about the influence of television or movies. I want to know, specifically how has it affected your behavior in general, or in any given situation. Any characters that you try to emulate? Any mood that a show puts you in that you can stay in for days?

Public Comments

1. Those shows are entertaining, but as soon as I turn off the TV, then they are all forgotten until the next episode. I think commercials have more of an effect on me. I'm always looking to improve my life, and those commercials feed into that! Tight abs, nicer hair, better pictures, etc. Some of them are so ridiculous that they really stick in my mind too, like the gum one where the dad asks the babysitter if he can pay her in gum, as if it were the greatest thing in the world. Lol! "No one ever pays me in gum," the man at the end glumly says! I guess if a movie or show were really scary, I wouldn't be able to fall asleep for days. I have to leave the light on because you never know what awful thing could happen if I turn off the lights.