Not owning a television: c or d?

On the other hand, some TV is good, and sometimes you just want to be a lazy bastard and let someone else entertain you without having to do any work at all. Plus, people who carp on about how they never watch TV or don't own a TV or whatever are fucking annoying.

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.

That is definitely DUD.

"Undergotching"=The new pantsing?

Horace=Whose [undergotch] does M have?

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.

I'm still available for proofreading services, BTW. :)

thinking that you will engage in loads of improving activities because you don't own a TV - dud

Oh, and that self-righteous smugness that Tep was referring to is definately a huge DUD.

(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.)

This seems like a real stoner habit.

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.

A child's view:

http://minimalmac.com/post/18189678921/tv-is-broken

(more on commercial/broadcast/cable television than on television, I guess)

people who hate on people who don't have tvs are the worst most self-satisfied clowns

One of the weird things I find in lunchroom conversations is that people who have cable (and btw, more people than I would think do not have it) tend to talk extensively about shows they don't even like that much. TV in a non-on-demand format is so much about just having something to watch/talk about. It's like you never break out of Saturday morning cartoons mode (oh, Gummi Bears is on, I don't like it that much but this cereal is really good).

That piece should have been titled "Stupid Child Doesn't Know What Advertising Is, and Stupid Parent is Too Stupid To Explain."

The child btw at least has the excuse of being four years old.

There are also commercials on Hulu.

Does anyone else find that the longer you are completely away from television, the more sublimely strange and absurd every single bit of it seems? When I'm in hotels now I enjoy just flipping the channels and watching little snatches of almost anything -- a bad crime drama, a butt-blaster workout infomercial, a middling talk show, a context-free bit of a dating reality show. I find myself hearing music in the exaggerated way the lines are spoken, I see weird and unbelievable facial reactions and want to loop them.

Like for example I flipped to some show on Ion where there was this really contrived standoff scene outside a house and the one impossibly pretty lady cop made this just subtly too pouty face for a cop in a standoff, and I found it hilarious. Or recently I was watching some show I can't even remember where Mario Battali was on as a side guy, and the main guy was giving all these recipes and party tips but it was the stupidest shit ever, like he had this idea that you should print out all of your guest's photos from social media and put them under a sheet of glass or plexi on a table that you use as your bar, and all the recipes were like not actually recipes at all, just combining a couple of different things on a toothpick or that sort of thing. And the whole time Battali looked just slightly irritated that he had to be on this jerkoff's show.

Or even just the slightly David Lynchian vibe that I get from the Property Brothers. All that kind of stuff, it just gives off such strong vibes for me not being accustomed to it anymore.

Yeah i get this in hotel rooms. Flip through channels once or twice for the absurd weirdness but can't stand it for more than a few minutes. Unless it's the golden girls.

Wicker tropical plants and satin in that studio tv lighting are very soothing to me.

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

That lady seems very irritable. tbf, commercials can have that effect on people.

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.

kids learn and grow, they will be fine without bingewatching at 9

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.

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

how big would you say the box a Leesa comes in would be?

so i bought one of those fancy 4k tv's and i love it

this thread isn't about owning a tv, it's about not owning a tv

damn u blew me w yr logic bro

well so i'm just sayin, tell us about your reflections on your prior state, before your world was forever changed

didnt kno i luved it till i tried it

the ol adage dont knock it till u try it cums to mind

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

Ps4 pro

aaaah nice

It’s also hdr btw

the console for PRO gamers :P

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

I remember when a 27" screen was considered "big."

https://frinkiac.com/meme/S09E17/931029.jpg?b64lines=V0hBVCBBIFRJTUUKIFRPIEJFIEFMSVZFLg==

50 looks small

But it might be bc we have a lot of 65+s all over work so im used to seeing those

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

Believe me, finding a small TV (21 inch and less) is much tougher than finding a large TV these days.

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.

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

Second that projector motion
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