"I don't even own a TV"

the point is that there is a very different connotation to the "i dont even X" and the "i dont X" that is not terribly difficult to parse

might have something to do w/you thinking they must or ought to feel bad about themselves for that

cog are u just sore cos clockwork is kinda passé these days, is that it

ayo jjjj telling ppl how ppl must or how easily they must parse is nagl its 2014

i liked baby mama ok

just a bit of murdering of gay men and female genital mutilation and worldwide terrorism, let's be cool, atheists.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, March 31, 2014 4:45 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

by lecturing ppl at work or by getting all personal angry about something you're not actually doing anything to change any of these things. i agree that religion has often bad efx on the world but unless you plan on actually working or volunteering or giving money to organizations that are trying to change these things, just hanging on to anger about shit isn't actually helping you or anyone

not to mention there are lots of religious ppl that are nice folks who are p normal and probably do more charity shit that i ever do

the point is that there is a very different connotation to the "i dont even X" and the "i dont X" that is not terribly difficult to parse
--Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten)

Because don't x is for the first time, and don't even x is for all the millions of other times

or as another version call it the difference between "i don't know any songs by Pearl Jam" and "
Pearl Jam? I don't even know who that is"

i'm not down with your binaries there, UMS

cog are u just sore cos clockwork is kinda passé these days, is that it
--fauxpas cola (darraghmac)

I'm sore because I just tripped over the tv on the way to the bathroom

so to paraphrase this whole question is

a) being tuomas
b) clowning tuomas

I wish I wasn't aware of any songs by pearl jam

or as another version call it the difference between "i don't know any songs by Pearl Jam" and "
Pearl Jam? I don't even know who that is"
--Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten)

Naw not really - the even is when you get asked about pearl Jam in such a way that if course you like pearl jam were just going to assume that without asking and like no actually I don't even know who that is

People so bothered about the tone of the answer maybe they forgot to look at the tone of the question

how dare people make a vague assumption that you mostly conform to the status quo of the majority of people in your area

In it

how dare people make a vague assumption that you mostly conform to the status quo of the majority of people in your area
--have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh)

And that is it in a nutshell!

"How dare you mention that you do something different from the status quo of people in your area. You should just mutter to yourself and walk away sheepishly."

how dare people make a vague assumption that you mostly conform to the status quo of the majority of people in your area
--have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh)

In fact that's a lot of things in a nutshell, right there

Because don't x is for the first time, and don't even x is for all the millions of other times

― cog, Monday, March 31, 2014 5:51 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol imagining some paranoid twitchy-eyed cog "so did you watch-" "GAAAAAH I DON'T EVEN OWN A TV OK JUST CALM DOWN EVERYONE CALM DOWN"

And really while tv owning is quite innocuous the views expressed above are quite indicative of non-thinking majority viewpoints where it's implicit that outsiders should just "fit in"

"There's no racism here"

how dare people make a vague assumption that you mostly conform to the status quo of the majority of people in your area
--have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh)

maybe that's it. I live 200 miles north of my co-workers. they're probably just scared of what's beyond the wall.

lol I was kind of waiting for that

glad to hear that your lack of watching television is comparable to societal discrimination based on race

discrimination against television non-watchers: AS BAD AS RACISM

And really while tv owning is quite innocuous the views expressed above are quite indicative of non-thinking majority viewpoints where it's implicit that outsiders should just "fit in"

― cog, Monday, March 31, 2014 6:02 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"There's no racism here"

― cog, Monday, March 31, 2014 6:02 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

take a look at the choices you're making right now

Branwell pitting two sides against each other and disappearing abruptly is some next-level puppetmaster shit.

Maybe Branwell is working on a very long post

og are u just sore cos clockwork is kinda passé these days, is that it

ha genuinely i dont even know what that is

conclusions:

1) if you don't own a television you hate the transgendered
2) it's racist to not watch The Wire
3) we should bomb the crap out of Iraq

people who simply are something vs people who insist on something

choose wisely

namaste, just be

I should know better than to stir the hornet's nest, but sometimes it's really fun to watch them get so outraged when shoe is on other foot!
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Nuclear option

Cog it was a pun on cog, clockwork, cog, is all

it's mad fun to form huge judgements of people off of the tiniest thing you know about them so i support either poll option equally; it doesn't matter if you like tv or not, the important thing is that we can all judge each other quickly and decisively based on the most trivial aspects of our personalities.

Well, ya

everybody should be killed

Everybody is.

Atheist btw, from europe.

Silly human race

http://mute.com/wp-content/uploads/1995/09/mick-harvey-initials-bb-mute187-560x563.jpg

"it started as what seemed an innocuous thread, but soon factions formed and alliances divided. televisions being chucked out into the street. people ripped from their homes. the first warheads were launched in the wee hours on Christmas Eve. It all ended with a big bang."

I wonder whatever it is that you "take pride in" and how I can pour coruscating scorn on it.

― BLEEEEEEE Monday (Branwell Bell), Monday, March 31, 2014 3:13 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbrr you don't need any help on that front

btw one of these options leads to the embarrassing "nobody in the UK has even HEARD of these 'Simpsons' you pulled last week."

lol

people have never asked me unsolicited, what I think of a particular television show, and never have, not even when I worked in an office with watercoolers and awkward small-talk. it's a myth... isn't it? or did I miss out?

Not a myth - more like a passenger pigeon or a dodo bird now. The last time someone asked me "so what did you think of xxxxxxx last night?" was the day after the Seinfeld finale.

I'm trying to figure out why this type of thing is so annoying. I think part of it is it fee is like the don't even watch a tv'er is sort of stuck in adolescence, still defining themselves by what they don't like instead of what they do like & feeling superior to the unenlightened when in actuality they might be just as shallow.

I mean honestly that speaks to my problems overall with it. Anti-TV folk aren't a pet cause of mine, I just dislike anybody who proudly wears the shit they hate as a badge of honor. People who merely don't own televisions or tell me about it, who gives a shit...

there's one particular acquaintance of mine who makes it a habit daily to brag about what celebrities he hasn't heard of, what rap artists he's never heard music by, and how much he hates a certain movie (which changes by month). find that hella tedious

people have never asked me unsolicited, what I think of a particular television show, and never have, not even when I worked in an office with watercoolers and awkward small-talk. it's a myth... isn't it? or did I miss out?

Last year I started going to lunch with my coworkers because I wanted to be less of an antisocial jerk. About 75% of the conversation was about television. I still try to go with them once a week to keep up appearances, but I look for a quick excuse to head back to my desk when they start asking if anyone saw last night's Grey's Anatomy or whatever.

(I own a TV, but I mostly only watch whatever my kids are watching, which I guess is a version of "I don't even own a TV" but I'd love to watch Girls or Game of Thrones if I had HBO or whatever.)

That's what blu-rays and DVDs are for

there's a friend of mine, a former co-worker that chats w/ me mostly about music and television shows when I logon to our chat system.

but I prefer to binge watch television so tehre's few shows we're ever both watching in real time.