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    I went on a house tour a few days ago to check out the different ways people had decorated and was allowed into this huge-ass house. It was owned by two lawyers that had been there for 6 months. They had 2 children, a 3 year old and a 7 month old. And they had 12 tvs.

    12.

    And they were all the huge-ass kind that come in around $4000. The playroom was the size of my bathroom and had a tv. The kitchen had a tv. The den had a tv that came out of the floor. The bathroom had a tv and special speakers in the shower. Almost every freakin room had a tv.

    When asked about it, the owner replied "we're just tv people."

    I've decided that I never want to describe myself as a "tv person." Seriously, what the fuck.

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    ^^ Thats like so creepy in a 1984 kind of way.
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    WTF! Yep only in America


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    I won't even allow a TV in the bedroom. Yeesh.

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    I read somewhere that people with a tv in their bedroom end up having less sex because of the distraction. Ick.

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    Some people like the whole lack of parenting by sitting their kids infront of the TV. It's sad, but it's usually the truth.

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    I think the post contains "the bedroom should be an intimate place for sleeping and sex" or something to that effect. TV in the bedroom is a bad thing, at least if you have more than one room.
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    I want a tv in the bathroom....



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    ^^ Thats what books and magazines are for!!

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    12 TVs? Damn. I thought I had a lot and I have 4.

    I worry about American society but not for things like this. That's minor stuff.

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    Anyone ever notice the complete lack of books and magazines in cable ads? TW has cable ads here and there is not one shred of printed material in the sets for their commercials.

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    This is a pet peeve of mine. You can't get away from the fucking machine anymore. EVERYWHERE you go, there is a damn TV blaring away, and 99.99999% of the time, no one's interested in what's on it but we're all supposed to sit and stare at it anyway. It really pisses me off sometimes.

    I am a very big fan of NOT having a single television in the home, especially when there are children. TV is like alcohol or marijuana... fine for adults in moderation, but not everywhere, and kids are much better off without it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rozz View Post
    I read somewhere that people with a tv in their bedroom end up having less sex because of the distraction. Ick.
    heh, i have a tv in my bedroom and my sex life is fiiiiine, but i barely use it except to watch movies. and actually, it has no DVD player just a built in VCR for my multitudes of VHS tapes ... that's right i watch tapes! remember those? they were before your time, like 8-tracks, record players and phonographs. (silly mood tonight)

    Love it!

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    I like to watch TV but what I want to know is how two lawyers have time to watch that many TVs. most lawyers I know work their ass off. My brother has a TV in his kitchen which I thought was weird. Guess he watches it while he makes mac 'n cheeze or something.

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    ok I want one those tv's that comes out of the floor. In my opinion,tv's are kinda ugly from a decor point of view so to be able to have it come up and go back down into the floor sounds so awesome!

    did the garage have a tv in it too, lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by rozz View Post
    I read somewhere that people with a tv in their bedroom end up having less sex because of the distraction. Ick.
    There will never be a television in my bedroom

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaigeDWinter View Post
    I want a tv in the bathroom....



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    I really do want a tv in the bathroom. Nothing like a good episode of law and order to mae my bubble bath *perfect*

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    ^^ Dam now I miss the house in NZ again and its blooming spa bath. Note to builders, if you put a big ass tub in a house, make sure it has jets OK!

    I sill prefer books. Just don't get sleepy.
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    My inventory of TV's one in living room , bedroom ,computer room upstairs and two in the garage . But I dont run them all that often I mostly watch how to shows , news ( Disc , TLC ,HGTV, CNN ) . Books for the most part put me to sleep they always have . Don't know if I should worry about society over this or the fact that its in a thread and were talking about it - some of us well into the early am . But when I was a kid growing up at home there were very strict rules on TV we had to basically go outside and play you came in for meals . Times have changed

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    I have three - bedroom, kitchen/dining room, den.

    However, I have speakers to my sound system (read: gorgeous stereo) in every room! XD

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    When I go over to my brother and SIL's house, gawwwwwd, it seems that TV is all they do. I have two myself, but they're off 90 percent of the time I'm home. God bless the internet.


    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    You can't get away from the fucking machine anymore. EVERYWHERE you go, there is a damn TV blaring away, and 99.99999% of the time, no one's interested in what's on it but we're all supposed to sit and stare at it anyway.
    Yep. But do you ever notice that when you go out to eat with loved ones and there ISN'T a television distracting you, its actually one of the most enjoyable meals (even if the food isn't all that grand).

    Because lo and behold with no TV to comandeer everyone's attention, you actually get to face one another and talk.

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    TV has become the babysitter. Sad.

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    How can people watch that much TV? There's just so little worth watching.
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    I have three TVs...

    One is broken and the other we cleaned out and made a CAT bed out of. The third is the only one we use.

    Otherwise we just watch our cats on 'tv'.


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    My dad has 3 TVs in his house, one of Spanish language programming, one for English, and the other for kid's shows....It seems strange but it's actually helpful when there's lots of company & they want to watch different things.

    & After being raised in Mexico, Dad knows better than to believe everything he's told on TV. LOL

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