"I don't even own a TV"

idk tracer i get the hermetic description but yr verging into "you havent heard them til you've heard them liiiive' territory there by the end imo

ITT - people making dumb parallels.

no one is on a high horse, this is the point of the thread

― lex pretend, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 3:03 PM (2 minutes ago)

bahaha wait how exactly does this fit with "people who use the trope strawman of the "i dont even own a tv" crowd are THE FUCKING WORST" that keeps popping up all over this thread

basically "I watch tv in a slightly different manner than someone else" is the new "I don't even own a TV".

I thought the point of the thread was that people hear people complain about that trope, realize they don't have a television, and think others are complaining about _them_

not everything is about you, guys

well, maybe about a few people who seem to really have a chip on their shoulders about this

High strawhorse trope is the worst

also jesus a bunch of you make it sound like people at parties and work like smell your not-tv-watching from across the room and run over wild eyed and jam a pile of tv guides in your hand like they are jack chick tracts xp

the poll options offered here are very high-horsey

The point of the thread is war.

tbh if your coworkers are hounding you about not watching Parks & Rec or w/e, the problem is that your coworkers are dicks

i put on a shirt and tie and go around my neighborhood to hand out TV guides to my neighbors to spread the good word about television

"quick grab that dude i can sense that he hasn't seen season 4 of Everybody Loves Raymond, my reeducation van is just down the street"

I used to record things off the telly onto vhs, it felt good knowing that millions of people across the country weren't watching along with me

basically "I watch tv in a slightly different manner than someone else" is the new "I don't even own a TV".

i used to have no tv, now i have 3 tvs. but i won't pay for cable, and the only tv i watch is netflix, while riding my bike trainer.

oh, and i only watch the bike trainer netflix on a teeny macbook.

is this good enough?

haha i just read the actual poll options and no matter what wins, we all lose, well done

what about I don't even own a smartphone

People who simply do not own televisions are more annoying
People who insist that people who say "I don't even own a TV" are indicative of some annoying trope or or avatar of cultural snobbery or whatever are more annoying

there's something missing here...

People

option one wins - vindication for those that feel that simple non-tv owners are persecuted
option two wins - vindication for those that feel that simple non-tv owners are persecuted

speaking as a logician its really an amazing trick, srsly

"I watch tv in a slightly different manner than someone else" is the new "I don't even own a TV".

This is OTM, and I'm glad to have slight differences in TV-watching as a good small talk topic with acquaintances. Way more interesting than real estate prices and traffic/driving routes!

please pick one of the following:
- I am right
- I am still right

(xpost. sorry that sounded sarcastic. I actually do find it interesting to hear how different people watch TV now. I'm a just-netflix person theses days, except sports and braking news person. Stream new cable stuff like True Detective from time to time when i can find it easily. Never download anything.)

Option 1 is "x = y"
Option 2 is "(x who say 'x = y') = y"
Not the same thing, really?

I have an antenna for when I feel like watching one of the shows I like when it airs, rather than watching it on Hulu or downloading it the next day, but when the weather is weird the reception sometimes cuts out. My television-watching decision tree is many-branched.

liberals and conservatives

new on hbo this fall

It's almost as if this thread wasn't started with entirely serious intent!

oh wait i didn't read it properly

antenna is actually the best HD signal, better than any streaming service or cable

#TVtips

feeling like your TV watching has gotten stale? - make some popcorn for a special treat!

#TVtips

ums otm

more #TVtips pls

Really you guys? Liveness/not liveness makes no diff in how watching (or listening) makes you feel? When I'm watching a Boiler Room set as it's happening it's more exciting. I'm totally not interested in trying to prove to anyone that they should also feel this way but it's wild to me that it could make no difference.

I say I don't own one even though I do because people who are annoyed by "I don't even own a TV" are just a treat is what, easiest auto-troll ever

when people wanna talk about their fave shows i just "i haven't seen tv in 20 years" which is about right and sounds awesomely smug.

auto-troll?

last night someone twittered despondence over HIMYM, so i googled "HIMYM nutshell" and learned the show had multiple timelines- i had no idea. tv comedy got pretty high-concept while i wasn't looking.

discovered the new version of this via Gawker Media comments today: "I refuse to watch shows with laugh tracks."

Also genuinely shocked not to see any mention of this scene?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEnpT8UiV_w

ha i was trying to find the old suck.com defense of the laugh track but the domain is blocked here at work

I refuse to watch shows without laugh tracks

thing about watching TV 'live' is that I haven't feasibly been able to do it since I was in high school. even in my 20s I was taping eps with my shitty VCR because I was always busy when my shows are on.

also, I have trouble watching one ep at a time for serialized shows, particularly high stakes ones like Breaking Bad. I'm always too starved for more after, and feel too pressured to enjoy myself cos I know I get no more for a week. I did watch live for Season 5 and while I liked it, I kind of missed being able to choose how much I digested at once.

the only things I really care about watching live = sporting events and awards shows.

what's the deal w tv ppl who don't follow any of the programmes on it

i didn't want to be one of those ppl saying "i don't even own a tv."

it's enough to own it. give it a good home. hug your television.

I have a television, but no cable or antenna, so I can't watch shows. I just use it for DVDs and Xbox. Are people saying that what's on television is good? Because in the instances where I am able to actually flip channels...that's all I end up doing (and usually opt for infomercials that feature music clips).

pro-tv people seem weirdly unable to let "i don't watch tv" slide past accepted and unremarked

it's like me telling people that they must follow tennis year-round because it's so amazing and if they display no interest they're just being a snob, or something. leave people be to their interests and their lack of interests!