And people wonder what's wrong with the culture. nothing to see here, just "big" being used as a synonym for "high quality" and televisions being described as long term investments. I mean, I only watch tv via Netflix, quite like movies and play the odd video game, but at the end of the day it is still just a fucking TV. An accessory. An extra. Something people scream and cry about when poor people own one because they're leeches on the system. A status symbol. Would you get a giant computer to "fill the space" in your house? Because honestly when I'm reading this stuff about needing a massive tv to fill your massive house, all I'm reading is that you either bought a too-large house, need to find more things to do with the space you have, or potentially, there's a much larger void you're filling with a giant tv than a room. Wasn't it supposed to be the lesson of the great recession that we need to buy smaller, live within our means, not keep up with the joneses and just overall be satisfied with not getting the biggest possible house / car / tv that fake money can buy? Or was that me just imagining all that?
See that's kinda what I was thinking... I'm just not as eloquent as that. Like I said, I'd rather go 60" and spend the half grand saved on beer. You can get some good beer for a half grand.
Or... OR... Maybe I like to watch TV, play video games, and watch movies. Maybe, to some people, that is just as much a hobby or relaxing activity as playing sports. Perhaps sitting back and watching Game of Thrones every Sunday night, or relaxing watching a nice movie after a shitty day at work is all they want to do, so they want a good TV to enhance that experience. Maybe (just MAYBE) a TV can be considered a investment to someone in the same way a car person considers it an "investment" to buy a classic muscle car, or someone who enjoys woodworking considers it an investment to buy top-end expensive tools, or a baseball player buys a top-end bat or mitt, or a basketball player drops a couple hundred dollars on a pair of basketball shoes. Perhaps society is changing, and therefore a TV is more of a necessity to the vast majority of people that you'd like. It is entirely possible that in our current society, TV is the primary means through which one gains information about the outside world, and therefore it can be considered an investment. Hell, maybe it is a person that doesn't want to go to the movies, because they dislike the high prices for everything, and instead they'd rather take that money and invest it in a nice, big TV so they can get more of a theater experience at home, without the hassle. What is the first thing that comes to mind when someone says "I don't own a TV." Probably "hipster asshole" or "poor, lazy asshole." Either way, good chance it is something negative and judgey (not that you're above getting negative and judgey, eh?) Also, maybe, to some people, it IS within their means. Not to whip my financial dick out, (because apparently buying a large TV means I am filling my 'big house' and living beyond my means to "fill a void" or some such bullshit), but as it sits now, the only debt the wife and I have is two cars (one has about 6 months of payments left) and the house. Maybe we actually are living well UNDER our financial means. Perhaps we are actually doing well financially because we spend it on things that we want and don't spend it on shit that we don't. Maybe we want different things than you, but we're not going to sit back and imply that you're an asshole because you enjoy different hobbies or want different things. I'm not going out and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a car, because I don't give a shit about cars. I don't spend a lot of money on watches or comic books or (insert hobby here) because I don't fucking care. I do enjoy relaxing and watching TV, though, so that is where I spend my money. Or I like to play video games, so I put some money there. If it is something you enjoy, you're not some kind of superficial asshole for investing money to make it a better experience for you. For a lot of people, they enjoy watching TV. They're not assholes for spending money on a big TV to enhance something that they spend a lot of time doing, so there is no need to imply that they are. Fun fact: just because YOU only use your TV to watch Netflix or play the occasional game doesn't mean that others are (or should be) the same. I know, I know. I'm just a consumerist asshole and I'm everything that is wrong with society, what with my working hard and wanting to spend my spare time and money in the ways that I actually enjoy. What a dick I must be.
Do you ever find it hard to breathe with all the crushing weight of your sense of superiority? Some people have different interests from other people. I'm sure there are some who would find your vacationing budget irresponsibly high, but at the end if the day, you enjoy it and it's your money.
I love how you took a simple opinion and went into a rant about the recession and made the suggestion that wanting a big TV means you're a shitty person. You could take the same logic and say a 60 inch is too big, go for a 50 or a 50 inch is too big, go for a 40. Im not suggsting buy the biggest screen you can afford, I just feel that the ideal price point for screen size per dollar right now is around 70 inches, when I bought mine three years ago I felt it was around 50 inches so I didn't go much (55) bigger. As for your recession argument I would say your point is misplaced, it wasn't large one time purchases that fucked us over, it was unnecessary ongoing expenses that pushed people into bankruptcy. Now if revenge has to finance the TV, that's a whole different can of worms.
What's this? ghetto being a self-important elitist cunt? Holy shit, and it's the same thing he's been doing for years? Next you'll tell me ballsack is a race-hating limpdick, or that Durbanite could find the fault in Emilia Clarke's boobs. I'm half-tempted to go out and buy a stadium-sized HD screen despite putting myself into ruinous debt. Also holy shit I didn't notice on the drive down, but from Mississippi to Ohio the number of asshole idiot drivers doubles by the mile. Oh, and when you're backing a Uhaul up to a loading dock? Watch the dock and ignore the fucking inbred moron who waits until you're 1/8" from the dock before saying stop.
Fuck that noise. I went from living in a 1500sqft house by myself to moving in with my GF and her two kids in a 1100sqft house and it sucks donkey nuts. You can't even fart anywhere in the house without someone hearing you. I put a TV and computer in the garage just so I could get away from people in the house. I now take my shower the night before because both of us trying to get ready in her tiny, one sink bathroom in the morning sucks a Mandingo sized dong.
We just bought a TV recently to replace the 47" fuckup I bought on craigslist over a year ago (I fixed it but then the same presumably faulty part started going out again). For me, the purchase was about not spending over X amount of dollars, but we also didn't want to buy the cheapest brand at the PX because we didn't want to get a faulty TV and then have trouble with the company. So I spent a lot of time looking at floor models and clearance televisions, and through talking to a nice salesguy, found out that he could give 20% off a floor model that wasn't going to be restocked. Aaaand despite all of that, we ended up getting a regular stocked model--a 50" plasma Panasonic Viera. We also got 10% off by opening a CC with the PX. I hate opening a card up with a business to get a discount but it was a large purchase so I thought it was worth it. It's more than I wanted to spend (ended up being $540 for the set) but I'm a cheap asshole, and like D26 mentioned, a good TV is something you keep for a long time so I don't really regret the purchase. For us, 50" is a fine size. We would probably have been fine with something as small as 42" but anything bigger than the 50 would have been absurd. On the other hand, at my sister's house, they have a huge TV room upstairs with tons of comfy couches and cool accessories. I think they have something in the 50s up there but could see them comfortably fitting a 60 some odd inch TV up there and it wouldn't dwarf the room at all. In the end, it's a luxury. It's something that's nice to have if you can afford it, and probably something stupid to buy if it breaks the bank, but there are people with all different incomes and home situations.
JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE. I just had to read through pages of mind-numbing talk about the size of TVs and then someone mentions a good pair of boobs and I have to do all of the work of looking them up? I'm very, VERY, disappointed in all of you. AND THEN they turn out to be a bit underwhelming. NSFW And of course they're Game of Thrones Boobs. Nerds. All of you. GOOD DAY.
Word to the wise: deftones are great on the stereo, and are static diarrhea live. Do NOT see them in concert. White Pony...amazing.
Oh, and if anyone is hungry be sure to read the last two or three pages of the tibette thread. And you're welcome.
Make sure you watch them on nothing bigger than a 37-inch TV, otherwise you're jacking off outside of your means.
Duh. City folk need somewhere to retreat to on the weekends. Lake houses, mountain property, beach houses, hunting cabins, all within less than a few hours' drive, depending on direction.
In canada they call it cottage. "I'm going to cottage this weekend" which means lake house or cabin. I also believe it is synonymous with the word vacation.
Shit didn't mean to start a board fight. All I was wondering was is there any real benefit to a 70 inch tv over a 60. Apparently Im now an asshole consumerist.
I'll clarify: A lot of our friends to the south ask us why up Canadians collectively love camping, cottages, going to the lake every weekend etc. The main reason is lets us take advantage of the nice weather in the best way since we get a maximum 6 months of up here. We have the most area per human on the planet, and it's dead and frozen half the year. Down there, it's year round nice once you get into the area of your country where personal belief bumper stickers are on more cars than they aren't. And don't give me that "It's too hot" shit. None. Hot is better than cold by the length of a galactic quasar. That's why 80% of our population is within 100 miles of your border. And we love your cheese and Blue Moon. But like you said, you use it to escape Urbania and the morons that clog it. That is commonplace too.
Wow I just got a 60" just because I just got very excited. Now I just have to buy a TV. Spoiler I was first talking about my erection.