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How can you tell if someone has "cut the cord" from TV? (Original Post) Dream Girl Aug 2021 OP
They seem a little smug, as if they are better somehow. Srkdqltr Aug 2021 #1
Yes they do! Smugness and virtue signaling. Dream Girl Aug 2021 #2
Maybe you can tell if they don't make endless posts PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #3
An absence of evidence is evidence? LanternWaste Aug 2021 #8
Good Lord yes. I second this nomination. NT cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #12
All they talk about are three Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #4
I don't watch TV ... Earth-shine Aug 2021 #5
I've always favored "Don't ask, don't tell" where TV viewing is concerned. Binkie The Clown Aug 2021 #6
That's a good policy! Dream Girl Aug 2021 #7
I did it! jcgoldie Aug 2021 #9
Well, Dreamgirl, you can add them into this joke: SCantiGOP Aug 2021 #10
Heh Dream Girl Aug 2021 #11
Cord cutters don't know what the hell you are talking about... hunter Aug 2021 #13

Srkdqltr

(6,333 posts)
1. They seem a little smug, as if they are better somehow.
Tue Aug 17, 2021, 02:01 PM
Aug 2021

They like to say how they dont have TV but they know all about everything.

SCantiGOP

(13,874 posts)
10. Well, Dreamgirl, you can add them into this joke:
Tue Aug 17, 2021, 06:19 PM
Aug 2021

An atheist, a vegetarian and someone who never watches TV walk into a bar.
We know this because they all work it into the conversation in the first 2 minutes.

hunter

(38,334 posts)
13. Cord cutters don't know what the hell you are talking about...
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 09:40 AM
Aug 2021

... when you complain about some especially annoying television commercial that's apparently on every channel, every hour, seven days a week.

Of course we tell people in the first two minutes, usually after their television-based conversation starter falls flat.

Some Random Acquaintance: "OMG! Did you see the news?"

Hunter: "Um, no."

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