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The average American home now have 3 TVs

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7 pointsvlad9 comments

I’m part of the 2% of Americans that doesn’t own a TV. I haven’t had one for 7 months now and I don’t miss it.

I just can't help but think of: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/28-not-having-a-t... every time I read that. I gotta admit, I'm 100% guilty of the same, but doesn't mean I can't smile every time I come across it.

I was actually immediately reminded of the Onion article : http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694

Perhaps 2 of those tvs are analog and it might be just a little more than most people want to do to mess with that silly converter box and wires and all that jazz? TV's are disposable now. How many tvs thoroughly != tv watched.

Its like saying "Americans have 3 boxes of kleenex for just one nose!" They're cheap, they're ubiquitous, get over it.

Cheap and ubiquitous, but also those previous "displosable" TVs just aren't getting disposed. It's not so hard to imagine that an "average" home went from a perfectly fine tube TV to an upgraded version to a more recent flat screen. The previous two televisions end up in the garage/kitchen/guest room.

I don't have a DVR and have never been on Hulu. Yet I too watch what I want when I want.

The difference is that if what I want to watch isn't on when I want to watch it, I just turn the TV off. What's so hard about that?

We should be proud to live in a country where the average household can afford three TVs. They're big, complicated, expensive luxury items.

Miracles of modern commerce, overlooked.

I would be more proud of living in a country where people didn't buy things they don't really need.

Not to say that TV is one of those things -- I'm just saying that having the ability to show restraint is a admirable trait.

What's a TV?

No TV here, either. Haven't had one in nine years.

I actually do miss it, for one reason: vegging out is a fundamental human need, and nothing helps you vege out better than a TV.

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