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FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL
    #4926946 - 11/12/05 08:36 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I'm beginning to hate this channel.

They are constantly playing 3 main shows: biker buildoff, monster garage and myth busters. ALL OF THEM FUCKING SUCK. THEY SUCK. THEY ARE NOT GOOD.

Then once in a while they play something I might like. A few days ago there was a special on how life evolved beginning with the cambrian explosion.

Now here's my problem with ANY DOCUMENTARY that discovery channel does. Listen carefully because this is my main point:

They LIE. They fucking just make shit up. This is supposed to be a documentary, yet its mostly all MADE UP. It's fake. It ain't real. AND everything they say is biased.

For example. We're dealing with extinct animals here. Things that don't exist anymore. They are gone. No human has ever seen one. All we have are fossils. They've been gone FOR EIGHTY MILLION YEARS. Got that?

How the fuck would they know what the mating dance of some primitive reptile is? How the fuck would they know it's mating habits at all?

In one part a GIANT FISH swims on land to attack one of the early amphibians. THIS IS A FUCKING FISH IT CAN'T ATTACK ANYTHING ON LAND. YOU FUCKING IDIOTS, IT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FUCKING FISH TO SWIM TEN METERS ONTO LAND, BITE AN AMPHIBIAN, THEN TURN AROUND AND GO BACK INTO THE OCEAN. EVEN IF IT COULD, HOW COULD YOU PROVE IT? IT'S BEEN DEAD FOR EIGHTY MILLION YEARS.

Whenever they show any kind of arthropod it puts on the scary music. Whatever species at the time is most related to humans is now the victim here, the nasty horrible arthropod is gonna get em.. waaa waaa.

Get your fucking heads out of your asses. It's like they want to flash the scariest looking beasts they can to get everyone really riled up. Basically whatever animal at that particular time period is most closely related to humans is the good guy. Any thing else is bad, especially if you're an arthropod... those fucking arthropods are evil motherfuckers!

And finally you have daily planet, which I no longer watch. Because of that they moronic woman, natasha fuck up. Why don't they just get it over with and show us her tits, then at least we can make lamp shade out of her or something useful.

It's just like TLC. When it first came out there was good stuff on it. Now it's all Trading Spaces and makeover shows, back to back to back to back to back to back to back.























But I guess I shouldn't complain since I am getting free cable illegally.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4926957 - 11/12/05 08:39 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

their doing a big show about the Bird flu "possible" pandemic...

called "killer flu",hahaha


History channel is soooo much better than anything Discovery could ever become..


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4926963 - 11/12/05 08:40 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

"IT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FUCKING FISH TO SWIM TEN METERS ONTO LAND, BITE AN AMPHIBIAN AND GO BACK TO THE SEA"

no its not silly nuts

killer whales still use this exact technique frequently. when tide is high they swim and blast up onto the shore and eat penguins and seals and shit then slide back down

but yeah i saw that same documentary and was thinking they had to fabricate / guess for some stuff

still pretty fucking cool crazy pre dinosaur giant scorpions and monsters btw i love sushi and pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosa}JR F{"HFw"ODhg'


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4926970 - 11/12/05 08:44 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I grew up with the discovery channel. It is a major contributor to my development of gifted intelligence.

whether they are fucktards now I know not -- but it used to be the place to go to learn something and enjoy doing it.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Konnrade]
    #4926975 - 11/12/05 08:45 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

dirty jobs is a good show

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4926986 - 11/12/05 08:48 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I like Mythbusters.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4926989 - 11/12/05 08:48 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I agree. Discovery channel used to be cool. Now it's a bunch of bullshit.
You're right about everything. They make most of it up.. pull random shit out of their ass, present it as solid scientific fact that cannot be disputed. And they are biased as fuck. Nature shows on Discovery channel used to be just animals in nature, with some narrator guy occassionally commenting on something with an english accent. Now they make computer graphics of jurrasic park shit, which they have NO IDEA about anything.. and then go on to tell you their life story and how they fucked and what they ate every morning for breakfast. Total bullshit. Mythbusters sucks too. What real myths have they busted? They bust stupid ass myths no one has ever heard of. The ones I've seen.. they painted the guy with gold latex paint to see if it would have any effects.. duh. But what kind of fucking myth is that? Not one I've ever heard of. They should test the 7 hits of LSD makes you legally insane myth, and shit like that.. myths that would ACTUALLY make a difference in something.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Shroomism]
    #4926992 - 11/12/05 08:49 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

LIEKK OMG WERE ALL GONNA DIE FROM BIRD FLU H-12OAS VIRUS...

DISCOVERY TOLDED ME SO,JUST NOW!!!!!OMGOMGOMGOMGGGGGG


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Moonshoe]
    #4926993 - 11/12/05 08:49 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Yes, that's what we're dealing with here. A giant fish the size of around a killer whale. So they thought, hey, it could probably, duhh duuhhh, attack the , duhh duhh duhh, amphibians up there. Duhhh.

Are there any large fish that do this today? Is there any evidence they ever did this?

They don't even say whether it is likely or not, they just say the giant fish did this, and did that, and really they have no clue. It's just a made for tv documentary designed to keep a complete retard occupied for an hour.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927000 - 11/12/05 08:51 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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For example. We're dealing with extinct animals here. Things that don't exist anymore. They are gone. No human has ever seen one. All we have are fossils. They've been gone FOR EIGHTY MILLION YEARS. Got that?

How the fuck would they know what the mating dance of some primitive reptile is? How the fuck would they know it's mating habits at all?



Footprints, etc. Also, archaeologists can tell a lot about an animal just by the bones, and comparing them to modern animals with similar skeletal structures. Sure, there's a lot of guesswork involved, but they're educated guesses, made by experts in their field. Personally, I really enjoy those dinosaur documentaries. I agree with you about those other shows, though. I don't give a damn about Trading Spaces, Monster Garage, and other uneducational shows. History Channel surpassed Discovery Channel a long time ago.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927001 - 11/12/05 08:51 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

HOW DARE YOU question the almighty discovery channel.. they are omnipotent and omniscient.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Moonshoe]
    #4927002 - 11/12/05 08:51 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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"IT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FUCKING FISH TO SWIM TEN METERS ONTO LAND, BITE AN AMPHIBIAN AND GO BACK TO THE SEA"
no its not silly nuts
killer whales still use this exact





little bitty archer fish also hunt food above the surface

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927008 - 11/12/05 08:52 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

At least the history channel deals with real documented facts, and video footage.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Shroomism]
    #4927012 - 11/12/05 08:53 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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Nature shows on Discovery channel used to be just animals in nature, with some narrator guy occassionally commenting on something with an english accent. Now they make computer graphics of jurrasic park shit, which they have NO IDEA about anything.. and then go on to tell you their life story and how they fucked and what they ate every morning for breakfast. Total bullshit.



EXACTLY :thumbup:

If they just played some clips of squirrels fucking it would be an improvement on their current nature shows. The only place that plays good nature shows is the aboriginal network, cbc occasionally and pbs.

What I wouldn't do for a documentary special on mushrooms. Just info on mushrooms. Or plants. Or just some animal. Real information with the occasional well informed narration.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927018 - 11/12/05 08:54 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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They don't even say whether it is likely or not, they just say the giant fish did this, and did that, and really they have no clue. It's just a made for tv documentary designed to keep a complete retard occupied for an hour.



It would be too boring for the average viewer if they explained why they think these animals exhibited these behaviors, and it would be too long to fill the show's timeslot. So instead, they try to present a rough picture of what they estimate the world was like back then. The Discovery Channel is not made for scientists. It's made for regular people with an interest in learning new things.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Shroomism]
    #4927033 - 11/12/05 08:58 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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At least the history channel deals with real documented facts, and video footage.



They also deal with ancient tribes and cultures with no written record. The Celts, for example. Or the people who built Stonehenge. Don't think for a second that human history doesn't involve a lot of guesswork too.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927034 - 11/12/05 08:58 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Then I guess regular people are stupid and believe anything you tell them.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Shroomism]
    #4927043 - 11/12/05 09:00 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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Then I guess regular people are stupid and believe anything you tell them.



You mean like communicating with aliens? :smirk:


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927057 - 11/12/05 09:03 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

That was not a complete sentence.

No, not like communicating with aliens.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927058 - 11/12/05 09:03 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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Then I guess regular people are stupid and believe anything you tell them.



You mean like communicating with aliens? :smirk:




:lol: :rofl2:

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927064 - 11/12/05 09:04 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I'm willing to bet that there is no information saying this giant fish could do what it did in the documentary (climb out of the water, walk around with it's flippers, attack a giant amphibian, craw back into the water). Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the animal.

Also does fossil evidence show that these animals made any sound at all? How does fossil evidence show what their mating ritual were? It's a made up fantasy with some truth here and there, yet nowhere do they say this.

Hey I'm not willing to sit down and be force fed pure shit and then say it's great. I guess that makes me abnormal, huh?

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Redstorm]
    #4927081 - 11/12/05 09:07 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I still talk to aliens.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927101 - 11/12/05 09:13 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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I'm willing to bet that there is no information saying this giant fish could do what it did in the documentary (climb out of the water, walk around with it's flippers, attack a giant amphibian, craw back into the water). Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the animal.

Also does fossil evidence show that these animals made any sound at all? How does fossil evidence show what their mating ritual were? It's a made up fantasy with some truth here and there, yet nowhere do they say this.

Hey I'm not willing to sit down and be force fed pure shit and then say it's great. I guess that makes me abnormal, huh?



I'm sure there is a good amount of shit they just pulled out of their ass, but usually it's not entirely unreasonable. As I said, the mating dance could probably be determined by fossilized footprints. As for the fish thing, perhaps they determined it to occupy a similar niche as orcas today. Or perhaps they found remains of these amphibians in their stomachs. Ever think of that?


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927103 - 11/12/05 09:14 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

You forgot monster house and extreme make a pile of trash into a robot

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Noetical]
    #4927111 - 11/12/05 09:16 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

:lol:


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927142 - 11/12/05 09:24 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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They don't even say whether it is likely or not, they just say the giant fish did this, and did that, and really they have no clue. It's just a made for tv documentary designed to keep a complete retard occupied for an hour.



It would be too boring for the average viewer if they explained why they think these animals exhibited these behaviors, and it would be too long to fill the show's timeslot.  So instead, they try to present a rough picture of what they estimate the world was like back then.  The Discovery Channel is not made for scientists.  It's made for regular people with an interest in learning new things.




This is right on the nose.

Discovery channel is (or at least was) a way to learn while watching TV in your living room. It's great for kids normally, because it has a way with keeping a child engaged in the tv, while still teaching them.  Of course this tends to only work with the nerdier kids who like science... kids like I was, with a few Science Experiment anthologies in their bookcase.

Much like books that are a good blend of escapist/interpretive elements are fun to read and yet insightful at the same time.

Overall though, I'd say I prefer PBS hands down. Public broadcasting is the shit. NOVA, Nature, Secrets of the Dead, lots of good learning going on there.

I simply do not like Antiques Roadshow though...  :thumbdown:


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927145 - 11/12/05 09:24 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Well the amphibians did live in the ocean. Where the giant fish also lived.

But I see your point.

Instead of "boring" and "complicated" explanations these documentaries aim to jam pack a bunch of information into a 1-hour timeslot. With a lot of special effects and cheesy gimmicks thrown in.

Discovery channel is after all a business and they want ratings. Bottom line. Why else would they play A MALE SOAP OPERA aka BIKER BUILDOFF as thier main show everyday on primetime?

I just personally can't stand it.

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    #4927150 - 11/12/05 09:26 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

You are not alone.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Konnrade]
    #4927169 - 11/12/05 09:31 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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NOVA, Nature, Secrets of the Dead, lots of good learning going on there.




NOVA roques le' soques, love it too death.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Noetical]
    #4927178 - 11/12/05 09:34 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Yes I love all those shows. Except antiques roadshow... but they have to pander to the 60+ audience else they'll lose like 90% of thier funding. So I can tolerate it :wink:

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927217 - 11/12/05 09:47 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I prefer Discovery Science channel on digital cable.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927273 - 11/12/05 10:06 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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At least the history channel deals with real documented facts, and video footage.



They also deal with ancient tribes and cultures with no written record. The Celts, for example. Or the people who built Stonehenge. Don't think for a second that human history doesn't involve a lot of guesswork too.




Usually they have art work and some written doccuments to form theorys from.


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    #4927279 - 11/12/05 10:08 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Oh my god. Change it to the discovery channel right now.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Redstorm]
    #4927299 - 11/12/05 10:12 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

No I don't like the discovery chanel anymore. Although Going tribal is cool. I was just saying marine animals are capapble of going up on land, but I really don't believe the could walk on fins and do some of the other crazy shit that they show.


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    #4927318 - 11/12/05 10:18 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

There is some medical show on right now. This poor guy has the most deformed face I've ever seen in my life. I hope they can fix it. :frown:

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    #4927337 - 11/12/05 10:25 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I remember A&E used to be good - like 10 years ago. Then it all become just all murder mystery stuff from the 80s. I guess that's arts and entertainment? Anyways, I dont have cable and am never watched by the giant eyeball anymore, so whatever.

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    #4927344 - 11/12/05 10:27 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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Usually they have art work and some written doccuments to form theorys from.



But they have to do a lot of filling in the blanks, just as they do with the fossil record on these Discovery Channel shows.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Silversoul]
    #4927369 - 11/12/05 10:34 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

lets stop complaining and do something about it! revolt! im sure if enough of us write to them, something could Possibly happen!


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    #4927379 - 11/12/05 10:36 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah. Watch Discovery Times. It's liek 12 times bettar.


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    #4927456 - 11/12/05 10:53 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Any type of "educational programming" is a total joke. Have you ever really retained any educational information you've heard on tv (more than just a fact or two)? I don't know about you but I find it really difficult to digest the facts they spew out because the pace of the shows is so fast. They pile on bits of information one after another without leaving anytime to digest or review what has been said. That way after watching an hour show on WWII or whatever it might be, I haven't actually retained a single thing even though lots of facts were presented.

At least if I read about this stuff I can pause and think about the material or reread parts I find interesting so they're committed to memory but with TV that isn't possible.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927509 - 11/12/05 11:03 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

its not public access, its a business. i agree some of their stuff is goin downhill but whatever, im sure their makin a decent amount of change doin it.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: TheDude]
    #4927543 - 11/12/05 11:08 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

It depends if I'm really interested or not. I don't think it's that much different than reading retention. The difference is that usually when you read the quality of the information is better, so there are more facts available.

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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4927545 - 11/12/05 11:08 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Mythbusters absolutely rocks. No, it's not all very scientifically sound, but it's both fascinating and entertaining. I agree about the crappy "documentaries" though, and I don't much like Discovery's obvious pro-war/pro-military slant.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: TheDude]
    #4927685 - 11/12/05 11:51 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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Any type of "educational programming" is a total joke. Have you ever really retained any educational information you've heard on tv (more than just a fact or two)? I don't know about you but I find it really difficult to digest the facts they spew out because the pace of the shows is so fast. They pile on bits of information one after another without leaving anytime to digest or review what has been said. That way after watching an hour show on WWII or whatever it might be, I haven't actually retained a single thing even though lots of facts were presented.

At least if I read about this stuff I can pause and think about the material or reread parts I find interesting so they're committed to memory but with TV that isn't possible.




The old Discovery channel is the primary reason for my constant 1-upping of science teachers as a child... reading helped, but watching 2 to 5 hours of educational TV per day was mostly to blame. But then again, I dont know what it's like nowadays.

PBS is just the shit though.

I have a pretty face paced mind, so when I read I cant stand that my reading pace forces me to wait in between facts, but when presented with an audiovisual production containing entertainment interwoven with learning at a decent pace, I enjoy it and retain quite a bit. Many mongols, for example, have been found to be descendants of what is beleived to be the real culture that we know of as the amazon warrior women. normal highland mongol parents had a light skinned, blonde, blue eyed little girl... which, assuming mendelian genetics is correct, means that (since blue eyes and blonde hair are recessive genes) both of her parents had ancestry in a european race, which was connected to the amazons.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Stonerguy]
    #4928195 - 11/13/05 06:07 AM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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Dolphins in SC and Georgia marshes are known to throw fish up on land and eat from there.





dolphins are mamals, just as orca are, so neither of those count

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    #4928242 - 11/13/05 07:06 AM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Yes, Discovery channel is crap. I only watch the National Geographic and BBC Learning anymore.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: ivi]
    #4928615 - 11/13/05 11:39 AM (18 years, 4 months ago)

discovery channels owns when they do specials about killers and drugs.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #4928635 - 11/13/05 11:45 AM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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Dolphins in SC and Georgia marshes are known to throw fish up on land and eat from there.





dolphins are mamals, just as orca are, so neither of those count




Yes I know(I actually thought of that also). I disagree with fish being able to do it. Whenever I take fish out of the water for more than a couple of seconds they start to like gag..


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: Stonerguy]
    #4928668 - 11/13/05 11:58 AM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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dolphins are mamals, just as orca are, so neither of those count



Yes I know(I actually thought of that also). I disagree with fish being able to do it.





what about these?


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    #4928681 - 11/13/05 12:02 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

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dolphins are mamals, just as orca are, so neither of those count



Yes I know(I actually thought of that also).  I disagree with fish being able to do it. 





what about these?






From the looks of the URL it looks like a sea lion and dolphon photoshoped together :grin:.


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Re: FUCKING DISCOVERY CHANNEL [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #4928706 - 11/13/05 12:14 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

I just watch the science and national geographic channels.

Discovery started sucking a LONG time ago.

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