Hurray for Hobbies

I try not to be judgemental. I try very hard to think 'each to their own' but when I see all these people who go to work everyday, come home, watch TV and go to bed, I can't help thinking that it's not right.
I've also noticed that there's a weird general attitude about people who have lots of hobbies - it's almost seen as a bit sad - that people who do these things should 'get a life'. How fucked up is that?
I wonder what they think having a life consists of. To me it seems like they think that what you need is a steady job, a spouse and maybe some kids. Doing stuff like martial arts, going to reading groups, doing amateur drama and doing evening courses is seen as what people do when they can't 'get a life'.
Fair enough if all people want to do is watch TV and hang out with their spouse but I get the feeling that they are being made to feel like that is what they're supposed to do. I've noticed that people like them are often the types that read newspapers and believe what they read.
I get really disturbed when I see how easily people's opinions are influenced by what some stupid small minded journalists say. A good example of this was during X Factor when the public went from loving contestants to hating them because of what it said in the tabloids and what the prat judges said.
They also seem to talk about characters in soaps as if they were real people.
Yeah, it's their choice to live like that but is it really a good thing to live in such a tiny world when there's such a big world out there to experience?