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"But We Try Not to Act Like It" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror. It was first published in the August-September 1979 edition of Destinies The Paperback Magazine Of Science Fiction And Speculative Fact.
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The story begins when the protagonist goes to the television office to complain about not being able to turn off his TV, as it disturbs him in his attempts to read, his preferred activity. He is told he'll only be allowed to turn the TV off if he makes some friends or develops a sexual relationship. The story follows his attempts to change his social status and his reactions to the daily soap operas to which he is unwillingly subjected.
The story's title refers to the program office's slogan: "We may be the only television company in town, but we try not to act like it."
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