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| View Poll Results: Do people mean literally the "everything solved in 30 min." complaint? | |||
| No, it's just said to be funny - anyone who watches knows most stories happen over a day or more |
   
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1 | 25.00% |
| No, it's just some who don't pay attention never catch that there is a space of a day or two |
  
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1 | 25.00% |
| Only in that "30 minutes" means "short time," as most problems don't even end in a week |
  
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1 | 25.00% |
| Yes, there are plenty who just don't grasp passage of time within a show |
  
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1 | 25.00% |
| Voters: 4. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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08-27-2007, 06:02 PM
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Do people take the "everything solved in 30 min." literally?
Another food for thought poll. A joke in the funnies today (Hi & Lois - punch line being that in the comics, problems are solved in 2 panels) prompted me to think: I have heard a number of people make the comment that on sitcoms, everything is "solved in 30 minutes." (Or you get one free - old Dominoes reference :-) And yet, that clearly isn't the case - sitcoms can take place over a day or two, sometimes a week goes by before the resolution, and it's just that short ont he screen.
So, are people taking that literally, or what? Becasue the complaints I've read in a few places almost make it seem like they are. Is it not thinking while watching, is it maturity of the poster on a board, or what? |
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