i wonder what people offended by "i don't even have a tv" think people who don't have or watch tv should say when others start talking about tv. just remain silent??
― lex pretend, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:55 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if the topic of convo is any other thing you don't know much about, what's the answer?
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
not to be a dick, which it kind of sounded like i guess
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
I definitely don't watch a lot of the crap co-workers or friends of friends at bars start talking about so I usually just say "oh I haven't seen it" rather than "I don't even own cable" because then it'd seem like I was trying to shift focus. Cause they're not going to go on and on about it to me anyway. Lucky for me I do watch shows in general so if they gave a shit about what I'm up to instead I could talk about those particular shows.
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
go look for a snack or something to keep my mouth occupied.
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
"I don't even have a doctorate in Electrical Engineering!"
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
If people really like shows I ask what they like about them or if there are any cool scenes or characters they could describe
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
Can't help thinking the Gordian knot of this dilemma could be cut with the rule one of all social interactions: Don't be a dick about it.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
always be a dick
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
Yeah the only reason you'd say "i don't even own a tv" is if you're trying to make sure no other shows come up in conversation either.
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YmtYEel8gVU/SsqudbKDm3I/AAAAAAAABL8/l3V9YUII0aU/s400/GetAttachment.aspx.jpeg
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
http://incrediblevanishingpaperweight.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/kill_your_television_by_hyge-d35c5i5.jpg
http://apps.cocoharris.net/blog/upload/c/o/cocoharris.net/9a2ccda60f2cc4cbdb40d5cdf46afb21.jpg
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/tv-784317.jpg
xp Next-level move would be to pretend you've literally never heard of television and ask them to explain how it works, like you're Daryl Hannah in Splash.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 6:06 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the crux of the thread seems to be people thinking "i don't have a tv" = being a dick rather than stating a fact
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
for u britishers
http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/international/bbc.havealifead.jpg
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
the crux of the thread is that people who are dickish about about not owning a tv was excluded from conversation at the outset
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
xp That's the strict Branwellian interpretation. Everyone else is saying there are dickish and non-dickish ways of saying you don't have a TV.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
garbled grammar there
and, well, not really, since that's most of what the thread is about as far as i can tell
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
haha this makes me want to turn on E channel full blast
http://bobsegarini.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/kill-your-tv.png
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
If we've learned anything from this thread, it's that tv ownership is in no way necessary in order to keep up with popular shows, so when your annoying co-worker asks you about Two and a Half Men, "I don't even own a TV" is a weak response at best.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Amusinghkn.jpg
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/FourArgumentsForTheEliminationOfTelevision_0.jpg
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
hello, the 90's.
http://www.darlingbudsskullfkcrew.freeserve.co.uk/Kill%20Your%20Television%20-%20www.thedarlingbuds.co.uk.jpg\
ha, xps
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
― goole, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:14 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ding ding ding we have a winnah
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
But they do not exist they are figments of the imaginations of judgmental assholes DO U SEE
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
The concept of a "TV license" is pretty weird to me as a non-Britisher.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
you might even think that the cultural context of television ownership is very different
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
when i read descriptions of van surveillance driving down streets searching for unlicensed TVs i only think of this:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Rover.jpg/250px-Rover.jpg
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
how much is the bbc license?
― goole, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
i don't even know anyone who doesnt own a tv who isnt a dick about it
― fauxpas cola (darraghmac), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
am manic for tv
― beavis bacon (zxc), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
This is the thread we buy TVs in, right
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 2:19 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Even more of a reason why that co-worker is likely going to think you're trying to shift the conversation to how superior you are, unless you ease into that fact a little less abruptly.
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
exactly
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
when i read descriptions of van surveillance driving down streets searching for unlicensed TVs i only think of this:
I am pretty sure those vans didn't detect anything. Scientifically I'm not even sure it could work in theory. They just go round knocking on doors of houses that don't have licenses.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
sounds like some black ops shit to me
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
The IDEOATV people have a smugness about them that feels almost class-based. Insert every argument about high-brow vs. low-brow culture here.
social status / background is definitely at play here, but i'm having trouble pinpointing how exactly... at this point there is probably no correlation btwn income level and owning a tv
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
tv is the cheapest form of entertainment for a family id imagine
― fauxpas cola (darraghmac), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
when I was a child you could kick a ball in the street
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
when the weather's nice i can go days (weeks?) without watching tv. thank god for hulu/amzn/netflix tho bc there can be a lot of shitty weather around here
― condo associations are people my friend (will), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:56 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well for one, there's a huge class gap in broadband service in the US so IDEOATV'ers and cord cutters are likely middle class or DINKS
― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
there's a huge geography gap, too
some of my coworkers who commute from relatively rural areas have no real broadband options other than cellular with really low download caps, so there's no way they're streaming video
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
yeah, there's some satellite broadband but it's hinky and super expensive
― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
Your smug IDEOATV types (who don't exist in Branwellia) are overwhelmingly from the intellectually and culturally privileged. Such people are unlikely to come from the poor end of the economic spectrum so I think class is very much in play.
Sneering at the masses consuming their low brow prime time opiates comes from a similarly privileged sense of superiority.
― two bunny rabbits on mushrooms singing Proclaimers songs (onimo), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
tv is for old people
― iatee, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
i should tell my 3 year old who is addicted to Dora and Dinosaur Train
― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
she is beyond her years
― iatee, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
she writes great fake captions to New Yorker cartoons
― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
the fuck does intellectually privileged even mean, patent holders?
― white humor blows (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link