It really depends on the tone, for me. I know people (my sister used to be one of them) who felt it made them special, and it shows in the voice. Others just don't care about TV one way or another, or don't have the time, or are scared of the addiction.
This exactly. If they act all superior, then yes, it bugs. If they say it in the same way that I say I don't have a baseball glove (in other words, they don't care in the least about it and it has no value judgement), then no.
What cracks me up are the people who are horrified that I don't have cable.
A coworker who informed me that he didn't watch the tele and was thinking of getting rid of the one he had because he thought his wife watched too much? I passed on feeling defensive and just put him in the jerk column
I have a friend whose GF won't let him hook the TV up to anything other than computer games. Knowing him, she's right. She might as well break up with him as get cable -- give him 4 or 5 channels, and she'd never have quality time with him again.
I feel really defensive about it. I'm too old to be this insecure!
What cracks me up are the people who are horrified that I don't have cable.
t points, screams, a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Whoa.
Big ass clap of thunder just
shook my house.
I repeat,
SHOOK MY HOUSE.
Freaked the cats, but not the kid.
It really depends on the tone, for me.
See, I think maybe I infer the tone for them sometimes. I just had a convo with a guy who said he went cold-turkey 4 years ago. At first I was making a conscious effort not to assume he was implying intellectual superiority - but then he said something about people who watch a lot of TV having something like 11th-grade level intelligence or somesuch. He did do a bit of back-pedaling when I said that I watch (I consider) a lot of TV.
Maybe I've just never heard it without the implied superiority tone.
Knowing him, she's right.
Knowing my co-worker even better now (since he made that remark) I was right.
I repeat, SHOOK MY HOUSE.
Weird. Here it's just vaguely rumbly. Which is unusual in itself.
points, screams, a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers
ChiKat's right here and she's still fine.
Maybe I've just never heard it without the implied superiority tone.
Gotta admit, I don't think I've heard it any other way. But there are surely those out there who have.
sits back and waits for examples.
Weird. Here it's just vaguely rumbly. Which is unusual in itself.
The system is coming from the south, so the worst of it hit here before it'll hit you, if it hits you.
I haven't heard a clap that loud in quite some time.
