yeah, i don't get that. except that some people are snobs, of course!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
or have no interest in the long-form/serialized drama
if I'm curious about some weird catchphrase I hear people repeating, I can just search it on Youtube and most likely find a clip that explains it.― Tuomas, Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:02 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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― kinder, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
That explains why we haven't heard from him as much lately.
― relentlessly googling hipster (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
A child's view:
http://minimalmac.com/post/18189678921/tv-is-broken
(more on commercial/broadcast/cable television than on television, I guess)
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
people who hate on people who don't have tvs are the worst most self-satisfied clowns
― coal, Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
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).
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
That piece should have been titled "Stupid Child Doesn't Know What Advertising Is, and Stupid Parent is Too Stupid To Explain."
― Brony! Broni! Broné! (Phil D.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
The child btw at least has the excuse of being four years old.
There are also commercials on Hulu.
― Brony! Broni! Broné! (Phil D.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 30 June 2016 03:35 (seven years ago) link
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.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 30 June 2016 04:06 (seven years ago) link
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.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 30 June 2016 04:09 (seven years ago) link
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.
― riverine (map), Thursday, 30 June 2016 04:19 (seven years ago) link
Wicker tropical plants and satin in that studio tv lighting are very soothing to me.
― riverine (map), Thursday, 30 June 2016 04:23 (seven 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