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Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Sat January 29, 2022 8:14 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Sat January 29, 2022 8:20 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
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 :(

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Sun January 30, 2022 12:26 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Wed February 02, 2022 12:34 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Finished season 5 of Dexter. The last half of the season was better than the first, despite the general level of ridiculousness.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 10:23 pm
by Monkey_Driven
About 2/3 of the way through White Lotus. I'm finding it enjoyable, but the music is very distracting/annoying at times.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 10:36 pm
by JuanHamm
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

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 10:38 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 10:42 pm
by Monkey_Driven
tragabigzanda wrote:Oh I loved the music
The score itself is fine, but it doesn't need to yell at me the entire time.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 10:43 pm
by doug rr
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

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 10:52 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 11:12 pm
by VinylGuy
just saw the first ep of Pam & tommy and i liked it enough...Rogen was good and Stan was hilarious.

Man Lily James is gorgeous.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 11:26 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
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

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 11:27 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 11:31 pm
by Mickey
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

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 11:32 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Thu February 03, 2022 11:34 pm
by Mickey
You'll have to check behind the spoiler tag

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Fri February 04, 2022 12:01 am
by Bammer
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

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Fri February 04, 2022 12:17 am
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Fri February 04, 2022 2:16 am
by Anders
Finally watched McCartney 3, 2, 1. Was quite enjoyable. Very relaxed mood.

Re: What are you currently watching on TV?

Posted: Fri February 04, 2022 2:20 am
by Biff Pocoroba
Letterman on Seth Myer’s show on YouTube. This week is the 40th anniversary of Late Night.