Television and it's lack of appeal

I was reading a Facebook post about televisions, and how many people have.  We currently have just one.  And it seems like enough, it's not on all the time, even with the six of us sharing it.  We do have various personal devices that we can use to access movies and catch up tv, but no more than your average family.  I have very little interest in tv, I don't like reality tv as a genre in particular, and that seems to be all that's on - shows searching for the best cook, the best singer, the best entertainer, the best dancer.  The best survivor, the best at losing weight (apparently we can make absolutely anything into a competition).  We can watch people choose a life partner, win a modelling contract and remodel a house.  We can watch them coexisting with strangers.  I think Big Brother was what initially put me off.  Being locked up in a house full of irritating, self absorbed extroverts that I couldn't get away from is my idea of hell on earth.  I don't understand the kind of personality that would even think about signing up for something so awful.  Even for the big money prize, I just couldn't do it.

Today a clip came up on my Facebook feed, one of those click bait, watch this amazing thing, you'll never guess what is going to happen but it will change your life things.  I often refuse to be drawn by such tactics, but I caved today, it's been a slow day and I have nothing to read.  So it was about "old men (40 -60!!) doing amazing stuff".  They were dancing and it was good, and I watched a bit of it, but being a non dancer, I'm not massively impressed/interested in dancing (bores me to tears), so I didn't see it through.  But then I started thinking about the headline - Old Men.  Old.  40. (to 60).  Is 40 old?  It doesn't feel old.  I don't feel past my use by date, I'm probably only about half way done.   Maybe this is the reason I'm bored by television, I feel unrepresented.  Television is about the young and the gorgeous, and when you aren't young and gorgeous anymore, apparently you aren't relevant.  Or interesting enough to be on the telly.   So television has rejected me, except as a curiosity, so I have rejected it.  Maybe.

Or maybe it really is just massively dull and everyone feels this way.  Nah.  I know they don't, that Facebook conversation about numbers of televisions in your average Australian household?  As many as 9.  In one house.  Nine.  Ridiculous.