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07-03-2008, 12:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | Is it weird not to own a TV?
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So I don't own a TV. I haven't owned one in two years and I've never had cable. (I don't believe you should pay for TV!)
My last TV exploded while I was high and trying to watch the Departed. I may or may not have been at fault. Regardless I never watch TV anyways, so I just never bought another one. I have a lot of movies but I watch them on my laptop.
But when I tell people I don't have a TV they look at me like I have 3 heads. They just don't understand that I have commitment issues and wouldn't be able to dedicate myself to a season of a TV show.
Anyone else here not own a TV nor have a desire for one?
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07-03-2008, 01:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | | You probably get more accomplished without a TV anyway |
07-03-2008, 01:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lesfunk You probably get more accomplished without a TV anyway | As you can probably guess it frees up a lot of time for reading. Here's what I've read so far this just year.  
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Originally Posted by THand Really, what I keep thinking is:
put "getting drunk with GE" on bucket list:D | Taking parts donations for another Drunk Rock bass. FS/FT Montreux Little Buffer Ben Lindsey Jazz |
07-03-2008, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric So I don't own a TV. I haven't owned one in two years and I've never had cable. (I don't believe you should pay for TV!)
My last TV exploded while I was high and trying to watch the Departed. I may or may not have been at fault. Regardless I never watch TV anyways, so I just never bought another one. I have a lot of movies but I watch them on my laptop.
But when I tell people I don't have a TV they look at me like I have 3 heads. They just don't understand that I have commitment issues and wouldn't be able to dedicate myself to a season of a TV show.
Anyone else here not own a TV nor have a desire for one? |
I own one for those rare times when I wish to play a console game. I never watch television shows, and most of my gaming is done on the PC, so... |
07-03-2008, 02:05 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | | With the advent of every show I could ever watch being on the internet anyways, I can see myself not needing a TV. Except for console gaming (but I don't even have any consoles right now, so that's moot for the time being). |
07-03-2008, 02:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Kentucky | | | I think I could get away without one. I hardly watch TV at all, except for the occasional Conan. I watch DVDs on my laptop. The only reason I can see needing one is to keep updated when the weather is bad. |
07-03-2008, 02:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | I watch TV mostly on my mac. Even then pretty rarely. I can survive without it just fine 
The internet however...D: |
07-03-2008, 03:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | no i dont have a tv too. i mean i live with my family as in parents and a brother. there is a TV at home but i havent seen anything on it for years now
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07-03-2008, 03:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Michigan | | | In this day and age I would say its not necessarily weird, but kinda naive and stupid to NOT own a TV. |
07-03-2008, 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Slapp Addict In this day and age I would say its not necessarily weird, but kinda naive and stupid to NOT own a TV. | Naive and stupid, how?
I don't own a TV. You can watch whatever you want to watch on your computer and internet. I don't see how I'm missing out. |
07-03-2008, 04:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapp Addict In this day and age I would say its not necessarily weird, but kinda naive and stupid to NOT own a TV. | I'd say that statement is naive and stupid 
Plenty of other ways to get news and entertainment... |
07-03-2008, 04:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by moomoocajoo I'd say that statement is naive and stupid
Plenty of other ways to get news and entertainment... | Like books for instance...
There is a reason why its called the idiot box. 
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Originally Posted by THand Really, what I keep thinking is:
put "getting drunk with GE" on bucket list:D | Taking parts donations for another Drunk Rock bass. FS/FT Montreux Little Buffer Ben Lindsey Jazz |
07-03-2008, 06:13 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | | Wow Slap Addict, tell us how you really feel...
or better yet, please explain as I've tried with twist ties, chains and bungee cords, but I still cannot wrap my head around the, I dunno....nonsense of that statement. |
07-03-2008, 06:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, Texas | | | Not owning a TV makes people feel special. Good for them. |
07-03-2008, 06:23 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bobba66 Not owning a TV makes people feel special. Good for them. | Yup it's like people who go on diets and then just have to go around telling everybody how "good" they have been!! 
Wow I havent eaten 'xxxxxx' /watched TV for years - look at how good I am! 
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07-03-2008, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by bobba66 Not owning a TV makes people feel special. Good for them. | Again, how do you figure? Can it just not be possible in your reality for someone to not have a use for one? The broad generalizations here are astounding. |
07-03-2008, 06:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Home of Bootsy and FreekBass | | | I get the the three heads look for not having cable or satellite, and I wont pay to watch TeeVee (complete with commercials) either.
I gots me an anntenner on the roof and it spins by golly.
Reading is FUNdemental.
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07-03-2008, 06:25 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Rominee Again, how do you figure? Can it just not be possible in your reality for someone to not have a use for one? The broad generalizations here are astounding. |
But then why start a thread about it unless you are looking for attention/approval....so there are probably a million things I have no use for - but I don't go starting threads on public websites about them! 
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07-03-2008, 06:33 AM
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07-03-2008, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric Is it weird not to own a TV? | Yes. Freak.   
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