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How TV ruins your (love) life.



Part Four: Relationship myths.

Want the other parts? Say so in comments.

There’s so many quotable brilliant and yet obvious truths in this my soul just exploded, upon realizing that it was full of decades of marketed-to rubbish:

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Do you hate Romantic Comedies, too, even while you enjoy them?

For my version of this, Love is Selfish.


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Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant magazine, now elephantjournal.com & host of Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat." Voted #1 in U.S. on twitter for #green two years running, Changemaker & Eco Ambassador by Treehugger, Green Hero by Discovery’s Planet Green, Best (!) Shameless Self-Promoter at Westword's Web Awards, Prominent Buddhist by Shambhala Sun, & 100 Most Influential People in Health & Fitness 2011 by "Greatist", Waylon is a mediocre climber, lazy yogi, 365-day bicycle commuter & best friend to Redford (his rescue hound). His aim: to bring the good news re: "the mindful life" beyond the choir & to all those who didn't know they gave a care. elephantjournal.com | facebook.com/elephantjournal | twitter.com/elephantjournal | facebook.com/waylonhlewis | twitter.com/waylonlewis | Google+ For more: publisherelephantjournalcom

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9 Responses to “How TV ruins your (love) life.”

  1. Hannah says:

    Very clever and astute! Just one if the hundreds of reasons I’m a paying EJ patron :) ) Please how do I get parts 1-3?? Thank you..

  2. Tammy says:

    Yes parts 1-3 please

  3. mohan says:

    Oh my sweet lord, how I loved Depache Mode in the eighties. This is a hilarious, manic and brilliant look at the helicopter blades of intimacy. Regardless Im still a believer.
    Thanks Waylon.

  4. Becky says:

    LOVE THIS AMAZING VIDEO. Yes please to parts 1-3.

  5. Becky says:

    Did I mention this video was amazing?

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