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human
To add to this, for me personally anyway, I rarely ever sit down and *just* watch TV. If a show is on I'm usually also cleaning because I can watch while also being productive. 

I prefer video games but I can't do the dishes, for example, and game at the same time. It's very easy to see why someone might see gaming as more time consuming compared to just TV.
gpt
See I can’t really do stuff while watching tv unless it’s something kinda mindless like a sitcom. I’ll either focus on my task and I don’t know what’s going on in the show and have to rewind or I focus on the show and whatever I was trying to do is now wherever I left it.  I do use sitcoms like they’re music however.