― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
People who really strongly self-identify with "not watching TV" (not anyone on this thread just far, just what the title made me think of) -- dud, little different from the "I'm too macho to read books" guys I used to run into.
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― j0e (j0e), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
That is definitely DUD.
― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Undergotching"=The new pantsing?
Horace=Whose [undergotch] does M have?
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chris (chris), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
Bingo. This is a huge pet peeve with me for some reason (maybe partly because I was a pop culture major, and am sick of "all TV is crap," which is as sensible as "all writers are Jackie Collins") -- an ex once proudly proclaimed that she had never heard of Leonardo DiCaprio and couldn't pick him out of a line-up ... something she managed to work into casual conversation regularly, to display her "I'm a citizen of Academia, not your world" badge. We were not together long.
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― toraneko (toraneko), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 15:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'm still available for proofreading services, BTW. :)
― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Methuselah (Methuselah), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 15:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
thinking that you will engage in loads of improving activities because you don't own a TV - dud
― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 15:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 15:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 15:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
Oh, and that self-righteous smugness that Tep was referring to is definately a huge DUD.
― M., Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
(And like a few people have said, "watching TV" often means "watching movies" or "watching sports," without having to go to the theater or the park.)
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
This seems like a real stoner habit.
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 18:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 18:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 18:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 18:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 18:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 19:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 19:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 19:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
So my point wasn't "Am I cool for not owning a television?", I was just saying that I've come notice how much people's lives revolve around the telly. This is no news, of course, but it's a thing you really notice only after you've given up the habit.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 11 April 2003 06:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 11 April 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 11 April 2003 09:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
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"i call it 'television' because 't.v.' is a nickname and nicknames are for friends and television... is NO friend of mine"
― juliette brioche (elmo argonaut), Monday, July 6, 2009 9:40 PM (1 hour ago)
Is that because television can't dance?
― her performance (ie, her pubes) stood out for me (HI DERE), Monday, July 6, 2009 9:40 PM (1 hour ago)
― kind-hearted, sensitive keytar player (Abbott), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
The tv can't dance! My inner three-year-old thinks this somewhat nonsensical explanation is truly delightful!
― kind-hearted, sensitive keytar player (Abbott), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I think it's a somewhat oblique Genesis reference?
― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
oh god i love tv so much (television, not transvestitism, although that's good too)
― mollie sugban (get bent), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/1/cover_195972832009.jpghttp://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/1/cover_563582832009.jpg
― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought it was a "safety dance" reference!
― mollie sugban (get bent), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, that makes more sense!
― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Everybody look at yr pants
― bro down syndrome (Trayce), Monday, 6 July 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
sisterhood of the traveling pants ;_;
― some sick fuck with a bow and arrow killing roos and koalas (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Lady in movie theater speaking loudly to her small child: "this is a commercial. You don't know what that is because WE don't watch television."— Sara Vilkomerson (@Vilkomerson) December 17, 2017
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 December 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
That lady seems very irritable. tbf, commercials can have that effect on people.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 17 December 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
One of the reasons I think “we don’t let our child watch television / eat junk food / whatever” borders on negligent - when the kid leaves the bubble eventually they have no skills for dealing with the finely honed addiction machines of society. Watching crap television and taking the piss with your children seems much more useful.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 17 December 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
kids learn and grow, they will be fine without bingewatching at 9
― Simon H., Sunday, 17 December 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
On the infrequent occasions where I’m exposed to commercials these days I experience a profound sense of alienation from the broader culture, combined with serious dismay that I ever put up with them as a child and young adult, before the streaming era.
― .oO (silby), Sunday, 17 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
On the other hand I could probably record a podcast spot for Casper or Leesa without any copy in front of me so I’m hardly pure
― .oO (silby), Sunday, 17 December 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
how big would you say the box a Leesa comes in would be?
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Sunday, 17 December 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
so i bought one of those fancy 4k tv's and i love it
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link
this thread isn't about owning a tv, it's about not owning a tv
― j., Friday, 21 September 2018 01:53 (five years ago) link
damn u blew me w yr logic bro
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
well so i'm just sayin, tell us about your reflections on your prior state, before your world was forever changed
― j., Friday, 21 September 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
didnt kno i luved it till i tried it
the ol adage dont knock it till u try it cums to mind
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
what 4k material are you watching?
most people suggested at the time that the difference from 2 to 4k would be minimal and stuff like HDR would mean much more
― niels, Friday, 21 September 2018 12:03 (five years ago) link
Ps4 pro
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
aaaah nice
― niels, Friday, 21 September 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
It’s also hdr btw
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
the console for PRO gamers :P
― niels, Friday, 21 September 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
yeah makes sense
how big is the screen?
In terms of movies, some of the new action ones do look better, but they’re only a handful It’s only a 50 inch which is my only concern
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
I remember when a 27" screen was considered "big."
https://frinkiac.com/meme/S09E17/931029.jpg?b64lines=V0hBVCBBIFRJTUUKIFRPIEJFIEFMSVZFLg==
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Friday, 21 September 2018 13:04 (five years ago) link
50 looks smallBut it might be bc we have a lot of 65+s all over work so im used to seeing those
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 13:16 (five years ago) link
i've had a 27-inch TV for the past 12 years and it still works/looks great. Once you output the sound to the stereo movies become VERY IMMERSIVE despite the screen size.
that said i have been kind of looking forward to the day it breaks so that i can get a 40-inch TV (the largest my living room will accommodate) - but i'm not in a rush; they still don't make OLEDs that size
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 21 September 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
Believe me, finding a small TV (21 inch and less) is much tougher than finding a large TV these days.
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Friday, 21 September 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
I haven't owned a television in over ten years, but I did get a projector early this year. Being able to watch movies on the side of a wall (or on the side of my garage) has improved things so much that I can't see ever getting a dedicated TV now.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 22 September 2018 01:22 (five years ago) link
i have don't even owned a tv since the mid 90s but i've been dreaming about getting a sound bar or something for my laptop
― j., Saturday, 22 September 2018 01:24 (five years ago) link
Second that projector motionThe only way to watch ghost in the shell at home
― calstars, Saturday, 22 September 2018 02:08 (five years ago) link