Why I Traded My TV for a Turntable
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Why I Traded My TV for a Turntable
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#2This isn't Nate Silver is it?
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#3I kind of feel the opposite. I'm a music nerd and enjoy listening to records, but I never watch movies or TV. This is the most difficult barrier I have with interacting with people at social events, because people talk about television instead of music. If anyone brings up a popular reference, I likely don't understand it and immediately have to drop out of the conversation. The best way to fix this is to watch just enough of popular TV (skip through movies in 15 minutes just to get the idea, watch the pilot episode of TV shows) while alone to make sure I know at least enough to keep up with friends. It's much easier for other people because they actually enjoy it.
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#4This isn't Nate Silver is it?
No.
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#5I gave up my TV in January.
I don't miss the black mirror when it's turned off.
I don't miss making special space in my house for another screen.
I don't miss Netflix.
It has forced me to be more conscious about what I want to watch, and where and how.
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#6I kind of feel the opposite. I'm a music nerd and enjoy listening to records, but I never watch movies or TV. This is the most difficult barrier I have with interacting with people at social events, because people talk about television instead of music. If anyone brings up a popular reference, I likely don't understand it and immediately have to drop out of the conversation. The best way to fix this is to watch just…
Just talk about other things lol. Watching TV just so you can understand pop culture references sounds pretty depressing.
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#7I kind of feel the opposite. I'm a music nerd and enjoy listening to records, but I never watch movies or TV. This is the most difficult barrier I have with interacting with people at social events, because people talk about television instead of music. If anyone brings up a popular reference, I likely don't understand it and immediately have to drop out of the conversation. The best way to fix this is to watch just…
This is me but with sports.
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#8Cool story, but I don't really love the recent surge I've seen on here of people submitting their own blog posts. (And, as it were, literally every single one of this dude's submissions are posts from his blog.) This shouldn't be another vector for self-promotion, this should be a forum in which the most insightful and/or conversation-generating content is organically sourced and ranked.
My opinion, of course.
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#9My dopamine hit: I read HN instead of checking Reddit, FB, Twitter, etc. I am addicted to HN.
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#10I kind of feel the opposite. I'm a music nerd and enjoy listening to records, but I never watch movies or TV. This is the most difficult barrier I have with interacting with people at social events, because people talk about television instead of music. If anyone brings up a popular reference, I likely don't understand it and immediately have to drop out of the conversation. The best way to fix this is to watch just…
Just talk about other things lol. Watching TV just so you can understand pop culture references sounds pretty depressing.
Unfortunately when meeting new people, you don't always have control of the conversation's direction. Once I know someone, they'll know I don't like talking about it, but having conversations with people I already know is the easy part of life.