People say the word unbelievable a lot and when it doesn’t apply. When I try to ask them “really” it just doesn’t translate the appropriate amount of sarcasm and then I am continued with the why and how it’s unbelievable. i.e. That bike is unbelievably fast – Really I believe you when you say its fast so how is it unbelievably fast? A million miles an hour is unbelievable, 134 mph…completely believable.
I think the reason that people love TV so much as opposed to the reality that’s going on in front of them is that it’s sort of like a time machine. One second your in a hospital ward making funny jokes, turn the channel and suddenly your running for a touch down. It’s that instantaneous “I’m somewhere other then here” sort of feeling. When I’m at a bar and the TV is on, I’ll watch TV. Its a bar interesting characters, lots of movement, good conversation, beer, and I’m watching TV because its somewhere where I can’t be. Maybe a teletransporter is a better description.
