What are you currently watching on TV?

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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:if you can get over the general premises of the show, then maybe it's better? but i don't see how someone could accept at face value some of the core plot points
:thumbsup:

I should probably just finish Lost.
just do a Danny McBride tv show binge!
If only I had HBO :(
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Finished season 5 of Dexter. The last half of the season was better than the first, despite the general level of ridiculousness.
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About 2/3 of the way through White Lotus. I'm finding it enjoyable, but the music is very distracting/annoying at times.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:if you can get over the general premises of the show, then maybe it's better? but i don't see how someone could accept at face value some of the core plot points
:thumbsup:

I should probably just finish Lost.
just do a Danny McBride tv show binge!
If only I had HBO :(
Get HBO Max you goober
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Oh I loved the music
The score itself is fine, but it doesn't need to yell at me the entire time.
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JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:if you can get over the general premises of the show, then maybe it's better? but i don't see how someone could accept at face value some of the core plot points
:thumbsup:

I should probably just finish Lost.
just do a Danny McBride tv show binge!
If only I had HBO :(
Get HBO Max you goober
no car or hbo...man
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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just saw the first ep of Pam & tommy and i liked it enough...Rogen was good and Stan was hilarious.

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tragabigzanda wrote:TL:DR MD thinks Polynesian music is too “ethnic.”
I think you meant “ITT”

His post wasn’t long enough for tl;dr
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:TL:DR MD thinks Polynesian music is too “ethnic.”
I think you meant “ITT”

His post wasn’t long enough for tl;dr
What’s the official minimum length?
Longer than an article from the Salt Lake City Tribune
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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You'll have to check behind the spoiler tag
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:TL:DR MD thinks Polynesian music is too “ethnic.”
I think you meant “ITT”

His post wasn’t long enough for tl;dr
What’s the official minimum length?
18 syllables
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Finally watched McCartney 3, 2, 1. Was quite enjoyable. Very relaxed mood.
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Letterman on Seth Myer’s show on YouTube. This week is the 40th anniversary of Late Night.
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