Ohfor07, thank you for this marvelous post. You have it all figured out. I rarely go see family. First of all because they are all mainstream in every way and I am the strange one, the black sheep if you will. Sometimes I wonder if they mixed up the babies in the hospital and I was delivered to the wrong family. LOL
I know what you mean about the TV set. I stopped watching the television set many years ago. Until about two years ago all I watched was the news now and then and then realized that even that wasn't worth it. Actually, life is much more peaceful.
Actually, I think that TV is responsible for the breakdown of society. The worst invention ever. I think back to when I was under its spell and shudder.
Something that you said about video games struck me. I remember years ago someone saying that videos were meant to train kids how to shoot, how to fight in a war. There is an ulterior motive for everything. So very sad. Life could be so beautiful.