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Related: a lot of intellectual people don’t have a tv, and like to make a statement of it. I was like that for a while, but then as I got older I realised it w
by randomsearch 5y ago
Related: a lot of intellectual people don’t have a tv, and like to make a statement of it.
I was like that for a while, but then as I got older I realised it was much smarter to buy a tv, put it in the living room, and never use it. Now people think I’m normal and I never get questioned about why I don’t have a tv, why I read so much, do I think I’m above popular culture etc.
Amusingly, I did once get busted when a friend wanted to use said TV and it turned out the card in the cable box had expired months before. Didn’t even know it had a card - the cable box came with my broadband/phone line package. Got rid of the box after that.
I guess the more modern equivalent would be to watch an episode or two of Netflix shows now and then.
- TheGigaChad 5y ago
- fenderbluesjr 5y agoI think the more normal thing to do would be not to buy a TV and just don't make a meal out of explaining why. 'I would never use it, ' is pretty sufficient
- randomsearch 5y agoIf you do that, people would think you very odd (at least before streaming dominated content). Which is my point.
- medstrom 5y agoI think you're living in a bubble in this regard. It seems odd to me to worry about this, and in fact odd that visitors would both notice the absence of a TV and comment on it. Data point: We don't have a TV in my student house, and no one has commented on that, even though we have had on average maybe 5 visitors per week for over a year. Offhand I'd estimate that about 50 unique people have seen our living room. I'm in Sweden. Speculation: The common factor is you. You influence your visitors with regards to what topics to talk about and how to treat these topics.