#28 Not Having a TV
January 26, 2008 by clander
The number one reason why white people like not having a TV is so that they can tell you that they don’t have a TV.
On those lonely nights when white people wish they could be watching American Idol, Lost, or Grey’s Anatomy, they comfort themselves by thinking of how when people talk about the show tomorrow they can say “I didn’t see it, I don’t have a TV. That stuff rots your brain.”
It is effective in making other white people feel bad, and making themselves feel good about their life and life choices.
Though these people often fill their time by talking with other friends who don’t watch TV about how they don’t watch TV, looking at leaves, cooking, reading books about left wing politics, and going to concerts/protests/poetry slams.
Generally this makes them very boring and gives you very little to talk to them about. It’s important that you NEVER suggest they are making a mistake or that there is a value to owning a TV. You should just try to steer the conversation to allow them to talk about how they are better than you.
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I have a flat screen TV, but only have rabbit ears. I almost never watch it. Does that make me the wrong kind of white person?
I’m a Puerto rican male in Brooklyn who’s pretty anti- TV, and I am guilty of gloating about it, so what!
I went bananas on some cat over that the other day. I was having a bad day, and the phrase “I don’t own a television.” is one of my greatest pet peeves.
Jealousy isn’t something to be proud of.
aren’t people that only talk about tv boring also?
Agreed. Is “American Idol” really that important? Sounds like it, to judge from the amount of verbiage devoted to it.
I have never seen it and it really annoys me when people talk about it like it is important. Those are the people who really need to get a life.
I didn’t have a TV for 7 years till 6 months ago (I am 25) when my friend gave me one. But I haven’t even plugged it in yet. I really really just dislike TV. Does that really make me boring? I read lots of news articles and I spend alot of time outside. Who has time to follow all that stuff anyways? Like Lost? People get addicted to that! How can you spend so much time on that!?!
As an aside, Did you know that watching TV burns fewer calories than sleeping? Also, couples who have a TV in the bedroom have half – YES, HALF! – the sex as couples who don’t!
So NO! I am not boring! I am well-informed, fit, and have a great sex life! I am not ashamed! Down with TV!
HAI MY NAEMS CAKMAK U BE FREND NOW, YES?
CAKMAK you’re either a…
1. Troll pretending to be a child or really being a troll.
2. Not a native English-language speaker.
3. A pedo-perv-predator on the wrong site.
4. Have a mental disability impairs spelling.
or 5. From Kazakhstan (say “mishmash” to Borat for me). +
Michael,
Sarcasm > you.
I think it’s more about telling people you don’t have a TV than actually not having one.
I completely agree.
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which word?
All of these comments by people arguing why they dont watch TV is just reinforcing the argument of what was stated in the article. People like to feel they are better and more sophisticated because they dont watch TV and make you feel as if you are intelectually less than they.
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Dude, this website has it’s own book out and I think it’s been on CNN.
Pedal your wares elsewhere.
no tv and no beer make white people…….something something. lol
No beer? That is crazy. Where did you hear such a thing?
Beer is for “poor working bums” usually a Bud light, Coors (the original) or Miller (high life). Wine coming in the box is for alchies on “welfare” after they get tired of coolers, and bars are for “downscale” folks: low-lifes with no social skills. Because proper white Christian upper-middle-class men are always in love with their wifes and children, no alcohol ever allowed and church attendance every Sunday or Thu. night. +
[...] my computer productivity, now i can be one of those way cool white/indie kids who say “oh nah, i don’t watch tv“. especially cos now instead of watching tv i listen to records, drink coffee and read [...]
I totally agree with this post. People who don’t have TVs are boring and don’t have anything to talk about.
I think the article could have benefitted by mentioning the people who brag about not owning a TV, but then religiously watch clips of shows like The Office, the Daily Show / Colbert Report online.
IT’S STILL TV PEOPLE!!! WATCHING IT ON YOUR COMPUTER DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY DIFFERENT!!!
(In case you can’t tell, I know a lot of people like this)
They should say to their friends, co-workers or dates “I only watch one show a night, I’m always at my job, commuting to and from there, and oversleep every night.” Damn, are we white folk a bunch of work-a-holics…or what? I don’t! It’s from my French and Cherokee ancestry: the French work 30 hours a week (4 day work-weeks), and the “poor Indian reservation” where unemployment rates still hover above 50%…despite they get affirmative action. LOL! +
If all you have to talk about is TV shows, you are a pathetic and boring person. And if you watch daily show and colbert, you are even more pathetic because you are being spoon fed nonsense as news.
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