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by shitgoose 4527 days ago
Still better then telling everyone that you do own a TV.
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Not really. If I told you that I owned a TV and you did too, we could talk about the things we watched on TV.

If I told you I don't own a TV there's literally nothing else to talk about on the topic.

If you told me that you don't own a television and then I told you that I don't own one either, we could talk about why we don't own one.
You must be exciting at parties.
I know you meant your comment as just an insult, but you're sort of hilariously off the mark.

The whole point of the "I don't own a tv" and the backlash against saying it, was that it became a way to demonstrate that you were leading too exciting of a life to bother wasting your time on TV. Before the modern resurgence of quality dramas (led by HBO, Showtime, now AMC) tv was viewed as almost exclusively low-brow, mind-numbing junk.

The type of person who didn't own a tv was someone who was too busy going to parties, traveling, reading, spending time on their hobbies & side projects, etc. They were exactly who was exciting to talk to at parties. So much so, that telling people you didn't own a tv became viewed as bragging, snobby or pretentious.

My remark did come off as a bit ruder than I had intended, hah. And to be fair, TV is still almost exclusively low-brow, mind-numbing junk. :) I don't actually disagree with you.
Maybe he is too busy, saving damsels in distress, fighting dragons, making 180 gazillion dollars, inventing a cure for Dyslexia, and making toast to watch TV...
Or you could both talk about "X" show that you watched on Hulu(other streaming services) and TV. The world is more diverse now than needing a TV to 'watch TV'. And that is a good thing! :)
Well yeah, this is where the metaphor breaks down - the FB thing is the "21st Century equivalent" because "I don't have a TV" was more of a 20th Century thing, when Hulu and the like didn't exist.
Oh agreed on that. Was just pointing out you don't need a TV to discuss TV shows or have something to talk about with someone who watches TV for their entertainment.
The world that exists outside of TV is a fairly vast topic area.
That reminds me of one of my favorite Onion articles: http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mention...