Kill your television... kill other people's televisions...

[flexagon]

Ha ha ha! We have a houseguest and he's brought this delicious keychain into our lives. Apparently they're all kinds of fun.

For those too lazy to click, imagine a tiny remote control that does nothing but turn off televisions -- small and unobtrusive enough to take into all your favorite restaurants, laundromats, airports, et they-seem-to-be-everywhere cetera. We've ordered two of them already. Heh heh. :)

HLM and our houseguest suggest that I start a tv-free community on LJ. Possibly worth trying, though a) it probably wouldn't take off and b) I'd hate for it to turn into another stupid rant community.

UPDATE: a comment on my community_quest post informs me that televisionfree already exists -- and by the way, it doesn't look especially ranty. I think I'm off the hook.

Comments

Re: Honestly, not trying to start a fight, but...

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Hey - had a comment sitting waiting to be posted, so I didn't see this before I put mine - just a quick note: I don't think J was saying that there is nothing to talk about on the topic other than rants (at least that's not what I'm saying), just that practical experience tells us that x_free tends to end up as a ranty sort of place. But if you wield your iron fist then it could spark some very interesting discussions (as is this one we're currently having).

As for using the clicker...well, if no one is watching the tv then it should be easy enough to ask the wait staff to turn it off, no? I can see using it if the waitstaff isn't around and there really isn't anyone watching, but sometimes it can be hard to tell who is watching.

Re: Honestly, not trying to start a fight, but...

[flexagon]

I would totally wield my iron fist. I don't like rant communities and if I found myself owning one I'd probably stop reading it.

Reply to the rest is on another comment thread, for those who are reading this in not-real time...