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Hey,
I'm not a total downer or anything, but I watch tv partly to pretend I live a more social, adventurous life. For example, I really wanna go partying and messing around but I can't do that. So I watch 'how i met your mother'
Is it normal to use shows like sitcoms to live vicariously?
I love the word 'vicariously', so thanks for using it. It's not a word used often enough.
Surely your post just defines in a way what it is to be entertained by the medium of television.
That's a pretty piss-poor choice of television show. I think the real question here is: Why do you like really shitty television shows? I know there is nothing funny on T.V. anymore, so you should choose funny shows from the past. Example: The Simpsons, seasons 3 - 8, Seinfeld, and perhaps some good ol' Family Guy, seasons 3 - 7. The humor of these shows will be much better for your psyche than some delusional, unfunny dream of being "social".
If it makes you feel any better- I watch movies for the same thing. Like, I will never have enough money or free time or the kind of friends seen in girly movies so I watch them to get the feeling of happiness from them.
Granted, I have friends, but, a lot are guys and a lot are online.
I think that it's normal to a degree, but what prevents you from fooling around and going to parties in real life? Unless you are like twelve or something.
It doesn't have to cost much to go to parties/ Take a night out. But you would need someone to go with you ...Very few people would be comfortable all alone and depending on making new friends for the night.
Why would you need confidence to go outside and have fun?
Whatever gets you through. When I read a book, I imagine the scenes in my head. Although I'm not physically in it, I am kind of an observer of it, so it's similar in terms of escapism.
I like to watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I wonder what that means?