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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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Anti-TV group taking their case to the public..
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04-25-2005, 08:51 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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...because those all those people sitting in laundromats don't need to have their lives made even worse than it already is by that evil TV
*hated laundromats*
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04-25-2005, 08:55 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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if you read the article, the guy gets all pompous about how he's saving quality of life by doing this, and that he had to run for his life after using the device in a sports bar and getting caught doing it
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04-25-2005, 09:00 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
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That's fairly amusing though I gotta admit I wouldn't go spend money on a device like that. Especially when there are a lot of free hacks to do the same with, say, your PDA.
I'm not sure I'd use it in a laundromat or sports bar...but the idea of using it on our living room TV when my roommate is watching Dr. Phil or Oprah (and yes, he's a guy) is just damn appealing... /tk
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04-25-2005, 09:06 AM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I want one of those, just for the fun of it!
We used to live next to a guy who had some device that would make radar detectors go off, so when my wife and I would drive down to South Florida, we'd borrow it to make the drive a little more entertaining. There was nothing quite as satisfying as having some asshole weaving in and out of both lanes, coming up behind people and flashing lights, etc., whiz past us, and then setting off the radar detector and watching them go from 95 to 70 in about 2 seconds. I remember this one guy, we kept him with us for about 45 minutes until he decided his radar detector must be malfunctioning or something, and he decided to take off. Good times...
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04-25-2005, 09:12 AM
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Retired
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fantasyland
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Don't want TV? Fine, throw yours out.
It doesn't give you the right to turn off someone elses'. |
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04-25-2005, 09:14 AM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Nov 2000
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You know how they should advertise for this? I heard a lot of people watch television
 That could be their medium of choice. |
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04-25-2005, 09:17 AM
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Why the bloody fuck would you go to a sports bar if you didn't want to have to deal with televisions? There are plenty of other kinds of bars out there that don't have TV's in them...
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04-25-2005, 09:25 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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I would much rather spend my money on something that jams all cell phones around me.
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04-25-2005, 09:53 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Big Ten Country
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So this thing just turns the TV off, right? I mean, it takes all of what, 3 seconds to turn it back on? Oh, but then sometimes you have to wait a few more seconds for the screen to fade in.
The horror!
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04-25-2005, 09:59 AM
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Greatly Missed. (7/11/84-06/12/05)
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Palo Alto, CA
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04-25-2005, 10:10 AM
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The boy who cried Trout
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: TX
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Heard this on NPR a few months ago. Good way to get your bo-bo kicked.
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04-25-2005, 10:13 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: CT via PA via CA via PA
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What channel will they be on? I want to see this!
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04-25-2005, 11:18 AM
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Roster Filler
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Cicero
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So, the guys who spend enough time in bars for the amount of tv they watch there to be a problem - turning the tv off in the bar will improve their q.o.l. significantly?
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04-25-2005, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Or shot off.
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04-25-2005, 11:41 AM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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I would be pretty pissed if I was watching a playoff game and someone did that.
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04-25-2005, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Dang. Someone already beat me to the joke I wanted to make  SI
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