Getting Rid of My TV

Has the Internet made the old-fashioned idiot box obsolete? There's only one way to find out: get rid of it

There is a certain kind of person who takes pleasure in announcing that he doesn't own a TV. By doing so he implies that his personal life is so rich--so much richer than yours--that he doesn't have to entertain himself into oblivion every night, secretly fantasizing that he is the only man who could bring stability to Liz Lemon's turbulent romantic life on 30 Rock. I am such a person. I do not own a TV.

I can get away with not having a TV partly because my personal life is so amazingly rich and satisfying but mostly because I have...

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