In
The 4 Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss recommends that you go on a media diet, and take in only information that you actually need. This diet includes reading. Now, while I don't condone reading, I beg to differ with Mr. Ferriss' opinion - which I can because it's just an opinion. You see, information is incredibly important in today's society. If it wasn't, why would we have The Information Highway so the stuff can move at a fast pace? At best, we'd need The Information Pony Express, or if we wanted to have inconsistent delivery of said information in more contemporary times,
The Information Postal Service. If you're reading this right now, I know you're not paying attention to Mr. Ferriss' advice - or already have and decided that Effing The Dog™ is more to your liking. I also know you know how to use the Internet, or have someone looking over your shoulder that does. But there is a tried, tested and true tool that you can also use to get pretty much every piece of information and misinformation out there:
Television.
I'm going to prove the value of this tool as I write this post, because I'm watching TV right now. While some will say that television steals focus from the task at hand, I can't believe how hilarious
Stephen Colbert is!
As I was saying/typing, it's important to note how much television can improve your Effing The Dog™ skills. And that's just the actual television set alone; I'll go into detail about appliances you can use in conjunction with your TV in later posts...including the truly advanced EffTD Tool:
TiVo.
Watching television allows you to learn a lot. Everything from entertainment, sporting news, current events and reality shows offer someone who is Effing The Dog™ a lot to absorb. When the remote control became part of the television experience in 1923, it further cemented the EffTD™ status of this device, as one could flick endlessly from channel to channel, catching bits and pieces of programs rather than actually spend time watching entire shows.
The dawn of commercials spurred on the economic growth of the world, as they were inescapable. Children begegd parents for toys they would never have been exposed to otherwise, like
The Slinky and
The Gillette Mach Razor Series . Fast food chains and TV dinners became part of the norm, which allowed people to watch uninterrupted - because food delivery was now a burgeoning business. More vehicles on the road resulted, as did larger furniture and recliners to better enjoy all that TV had to offer. And, of course, even larger vehicles to deliver the larger furniture came to be as well. Society had changed because of TV, and was the better for it.
More people started Effing The Dog™ and continue to thanks to this wonderful creation lovingly dubbed
The Boob Tube (named so due to the information one can "suck" from it like a newborn suckles milk from a mother's breast). To this day, no other tool of the EffTD™ trade accomplishes so much by allowing others to do so little, although the Internet is gaining ground.
The gateway to Effing The Dog™ is easy: sit in your favorite chair and turn on the TV. Order in three square meals while doing so, ensuring you've ordered enough to allow for snacking intervals without getting up, which also means plenty of plastic cutlery and dishes.
It's that simple to get started, and that show with
Ricky Gervais is also hilarious.
