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Warren DeMontague

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1. I can't watch crappy tv. Life is too short.
Sat May 19, 2012, 05:03 PM
May 2012

I think it's worth examining these things in that context, though.. like, "what if that was reversed? It wouldn't be acceptable".

I'm reminded of threads on the old DU, stories (I'm paraphrasing) where some guy got his dick stuck in a utility drawer or (worse) was mutilated in that area by his wife or girlfriend, and there would be a lineup of gleeful chortling until someone, invariably, would remind everyone that this was a real human being who experienced something terrible.

And yeah, I mean, I can understand the impulse to laugh at first at a guy getting his dick stuck in a utility drawer. I'm not a saint.

The other thing, I guess there's not a lot you can do about it with your situation, but man, there is so much good quality tv out there, now. It's a shame you can't get her to watch some other stuff. For your own sake as well as hers.

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My aged mom watches a lot of shitty tv. [View all] Warren Stupidity May 2012 OP
I can't watch crappy tv. Life is too short. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #1
Like I said, it ain't my choice. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #2
Well, you have my sympathy. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #3
This is an excellent point. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #4
To the moon, Alice libodem May 2012 #5
it's evolving Kaleva May 2012 #6
No different than a lot of things on TV ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #7
I don't think many here feels threatened, insulted or even degraded by such characterizations Kaleva May 2012 #8
While I agree, if we applied the same level of analysis as is done by the word warriors Warren Stupidity May 2012 #9
"It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt." lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #10
Is your 2nd paragraph a Mad Men reference? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #12
Yeah.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #13
It's also pretty standard for a wife to refer to her husband as an idiot 4th law of robotics May 2012 #11
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