how you you possibly get by without DirecTV?

if I only had 200 channels to flip through, I'd go nuts

8/6/2008 9:26:39 AM

i used to flip channels constantly until i got DVR

8/6/2008 9:29:45 AM

I only have 60 channels with the cable I get in this town.


Advantage to cable though: no delay between channel flips.

[Edited on August 6, 2008 at 9:30 AM. Reason : And I don't even get Comedy Central]

8/6/2008 9:30:17 AM

i watch something until a commercial comes on and then flip channels. i watch the very next thing that interests me until a commercial comes on and then flip channels.

sports and dexter (on showtime, so no commercials) are the only things i watch all the way through.

[Edited on August 6, 2008 at 9:31 AM. Reason : i want DVR so i can stop this]

8/6/2008 9:30:48 AM

sometimes I'll flip the channel just out of habit, even though I'm watching something I want to watch

8/6/2008 9:30:49 AM

i never have to flip channels because i don't watch tv.

8/6/2008 9:30:52 AM

i really need to make an official "i dont watch the idiot box" thread

[Edited on August 6, 2008 at 9:31 AM. Reason : ^]

8/6/2008 9:31:16 AM

you're becoming a real pretentious douche here lately dnl

8/6/2008 9:32:26 AM

when you make that thread be sure to add it to the Official Official Threads Thread, so nobody else gets confused and makes one later.

8/6/2008 9:33:18 AM

watching tv doesn't make you an idiot. not knowing how to filter out the bullshit, however, does.

8/6/2008 9:35:34 AM

nothing of worth comes on cable. at least the like ~100 channel cable. and if it does come on its 3 years after digital 9000 channel cable had it and is probably edited and with terrible picture quality

8/6/2008 9:37:39 AM

guess you're not a fan of dirty jobs


90% of the time i just turn on the tv for background noise

8/6/2008 9:39:33 AM

I'm a channel flipper, but somehow I always stop on "How it's Made" on Discovery and it hooks me in EVERYTIME!!!

8/6/2008 9:40:09 AM

My mom is a compulsive channel flipper. It drives me insane when I'm over there.

8/6/2008 9:40:22 AM

i'm a compulsive music flipper. i know it drives everybody else in the car insane.

8/6/2008 9:43:12 AM

Quote :

"you're becoming a real pretentious douche here lately dnl"

honky please...check out the simply orange thread

8/6/2008 9:46:43 AM

you think you're better than everyone else because you don't do what they do

8/6/2008 9:47:58 AM

you said it, not me

8/6/2008 9:48:53 AM

oh shit dnl, 133337 is coming up

[Edited on August 6, 2008 at 9:49 AM. Reason : #]

8/6/2008 9:49:44 AM

you pretty much called people who watch tv idiots

it's fine if you don't like watching tv, but it doesn't mean that everyone with different tastes or opinions from you is an idiot

8/6/2008 9:50:18 AM

i said we need a thread for people that dont watch the idiot box

never said people that watch tv are idiots, you did that

8/6/2008 9:54:37 AM

lol

8/6/2008 9:55:40 AM

Quote :

"sometimes I'll flip the channel just out of habit, even though I'm watching something I want to watch"

I thought I was the only one who did this.

8/6/2008 9:56:32 AM

damn, i fucked up and took dnl's posts serious there for a second

gonna try not to let that happen again.

8/6/2008 10:02:17 AM

It's 2008. Get DVR. Never channel flip again.

8/6/2008 10:03:37 AM

i flip because it's fun, not because I don't have 90% of our DVR memory filled up

8/6/2008 10:07:57 AM

lol cant flip channels when your dish aint working, which seems to be the case with direct tv

8/6/2008 10:08:29 AM

8/6/2008 10:14:23 AM

^^ maybe 3 or 4 times over the 3 years I've been a subscriber. i'll take my chances

8/6/2008 10:26:52 AM

two things that really irritate me

compulsive channel flippers and people who only listen to the first minute of every song

8/6/2008 11:05:22 AM

^ I agree! I hate the constant change. just pick something out for goodness sake.

8/6/2008 11:06:56 AM

if i can't get it as OTA HD, then i don't watch it...and even then, i tend to only watch television while i'm at work

8/6/2008 11:07:07 AM