[mynewwork]

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.

[abjorn]

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.