TV will be the doom of us all

ChrisM - 2008-08-08 12:36 PM

so you canceled something he was recording and you were pissed?  He was in the other room, why didn't you ask him if you could stop recording?  What am I missing here?

ninecrushes - 2008-08-08 12:29 PM Maybe I should quit my day job and sit on the couch at home, watch TV, and become a fata$$.

ninecrushes - 2008-08-08 9:29 AM So, last night I came home and unline other nights where I just don't care for it or have time (or the tv set's actually free), I sit down and watch television. My roommates have some stupid setup where we basically have a computer hooked up to the tv and can download stuff and watch it on the tv. It also enables us to record shows and save them on a harddrive. This being said, there's only one tuner, and when something is recording, we basically can't watch anything else. Anyway, so I turn on the television and see that something's recording. Oh, someone's recording So You Think You Can Dance. Eh, it's probably my roommate who freaking literally records every single freaking thing. So I cancel the recording and think nothing of it and channel surf for a while. A couple of minutes later (probably after he heard me flipping the channels) he comes out of his room and stands there looking at the TV, obviously confused and somewhat pissed and asks me if I stopped his recording. I politely go back and continue the recording and am thus forced to watch on our other tv set, uncoveniently located in the other room where it's not as easy to watch tv and eat dinner. Like, honestly, I know he had the f***ing time to watch it in the first place (he sat down and started watching after I went to the other room), but was probably being lazy and wanted to skip all the commercials. But seriously, is this what our world has come to? Maybe I should quit my day job and sit on the couch at home, watch TV, and become a fata$$. I watch 2 hours MAX TV PER WEEK. I just don't care for all the stupid retarded shows these days. I know most people on this board don't have much time to watch TV with all the training and such. Oh, to add more background to the situation; the reason why I watch on that TV so much to begin with is b/c back at our old place, my roommates would ALWAYS be playing Halo on the other TV. You guys with families are lucky you don't have to put up with this $h!t. End of rant.

puellasolis - 2008-08-08 9:53 AM Dude, if you'd seen the conflict that my family (four kids, two tvs, everyone wanting to watch something different) got into over tv, you might reconsider that last bit about families being lucky. At least you're dealing with an adult instead of a cranky 8 year-old.

ninecrushes - 2008-08-08 11:29 AM

Like, honestly, I know he had the f***ing time to watch it in the first place (he sat down and started watching after I went to the other room), but was probably being lazy and wanted to skip all the commercials.

newleaf - 2008-08-08 9:41 AM

Or, next time, you could ask him if the recording was important before canceling it. 

ninecrushes - 2008-08-08 3:08 PM Yes, I realize my fault in not doing this. But as I stated above, he's the type to record 15 different shows in one week, hence my assumption it wasn't important. You try having a roommate who sits around at home all day watching tv.

coachese - 2008-08-08 9:52 AM

I wouldn't worry about it. By the sound of it, you won't be living there much longer anyway. I DO however, LOVE how you managed to impress upon us that you don't have much time for TV what "with all the training and such"

Opus - 2008-08-08 9:39 AM

I'm guessing that you're missing the part about suppressed resentment and extremely poor communication.

puellasolis - 2008-08-08 9:53 AM

Dude, if you'd seen the conflict that my family (four kids, two tvs, everyone wanting to watch something different) got into over tv, you might reconsider that last bit about families being lucky. At least you're dealing with an adult instead of a cranky 8 year-old.

ChrisM - 2008-08-08 9:36 AM

so you canceled something he was recording and you were pissed?  He was in the other room, why didn't you ask him if you could stop recording?  What am I missing here?

maxmattmick - 2008-08-08 3:42 PM

Opus... you're always good for some great laughs...

just made my friday...