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Your dad would spend hundreds of dollars on a TV set every year and then throw it in the trash after a couple of weeks??? That sounds insane.
by MagicWishMonkey 5y ago
Your dad would spend hundreds of dollars on a TV set every year and then throw it in the trash after a couple of weeks???
That sounds insane.
- Talanes 5y agoWhen did a "cheap TV" cost hundreds of dollars? Seems more likely it was something closer to an 80 dollar thrift store TV that returned to the thrift store in January.
- rcurry 5y agoYeah he was a scientist and a total madman. He thought TV was unhealthy and made us read books instead. I ended up working at an investment bank. He did teach me to how to brew beer though, so his Phd wasn’t a total loss for us kids.
- QuibbleQuota 5y agoBut why break his standards at Christmas time?
- whythre 5y agoBecause exceptions don’t form habits? I don’t get my kids presents constantly, but I will on Christmas. There is also a pretty clear difference between watching miracle on 34th street vs whatever schlock happens to be on.
- rcurry 5y agoThis.
- rcurry 5y agoI dunno, I guess because he was my Dad, and that’s good enough for me.