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You Dirty Flicker!

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Silvery, Nov 16, 2010.

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Do you have a dirty secret?

  1. Yes, I'm a Filthy Flicker

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  2. How very dare you suggest such a thing madam!

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  1. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    Rob and I don't watch a huge amount of TV but when we do and the ads come on he grabs the remote and flicks through all the channels. It means that we generally miss the start of the second part of whatever we were watching!

    So, are you a flicker?
     
    Silvery, Nov 16, 2010
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    I flick every chance I get. I hate watching commercials, and thanks to technology, I don't have to!
     
    LKD, Nov 16, 2010
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  3. joacqin

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    I am.
     
    joacqin, Nov 16, 2010
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  4. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Most everything I watch is now recorded on my DVR, so I FF through commercials. No need to flick.
     
    Blackthorne TA, Nov 17, 2010
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  5. T2Bruno

    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I very rarely watch tv. On the rare occasion I watch tv I am usually drinking so I use commercial breaks to releave myself (or refill).
     
    T2Bruno, Nov 17, 2010
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    It's been years since I last watched TV... unless if it was showing in the cafeteria whenever I dine there. I'm just a movie person, don't care much about TV unless it's some big news.
     
    nior, Nov 17, 2010
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  7. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I record everything on MySky so I can always fast forward through ad breaks. No flicking required.
     
    Harbourboy, Nov 17, 2010
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  8. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    The only thing I watch on telly is sports. Otherwise I catch it on SkyPlayer or BBC iPlayer or something.
     
    Barmy Army, Nov 17, 2010
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    I usually turn off the TV during a commercial break, or I go make coffee/tea, or I go relieve myself.

    If only the commercials were interesting or diverse. But when you've heard the same salesman spew the same blatant nonsense about a useless product three or four times in as many commercial breaks, you've basically seen them all.
     
    Montresor, Nov 17, 2010
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    I usually record programs and FF the commercials (if there are any). If not, then I'm a flicker. Too bad many channels tend to have commercial breaks at the same time.
     
    Kullervo, Nov 17, 2010
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  11. Caradhras

    Caradhras I may be bad... but I feel gooood! Veteran

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    I don't own a TV set and I don't watch TV on my computer. Actually I only watch it when I'm with my family or my friends and I've found out that I can't stand ads so I grab the remote and hit the mute button. Whenever I change channels I'm appalled by the mind numbing idiocy of television programs... At least in the UK you've got the BBC, over here French channels are just appallingly drab.

    The one thing I like is watching old well known shows in languages I don't speak (or speak badly). There's nothing like watching Starsky & Hutch or Derrick in Italian.
     
    Caradhras, Nov 17, 2010
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  12. Shoshino

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    With Sky+ adverts are a thing of the past

    live TV just feels weird now
     
    Shoshino, Nov 17, 2010
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  13. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    I'm only watching the news on the intertubes, live feed and all that good stuff. So no. Besides I'm busy studying, reading and learning stuff.
     
    Ofelix, Nov 18, 2010
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    I haven't flicked for ages since I don't have a telly anymore.

    Any other sort of flicking is negotiable.
     
    Iku-Turso, Nov 19, 2010
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  15. Triactus

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    I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. When I do, I usually either stay on the channel or flick a bit and come back once in a while to see if my show has started.

    I remember my parents' TV when I was living there. You could have a little screen in the corner where you could see the channel you were watching while you flicker. So if the show started, you pressed a button and you're back to it. Probably been invented by an exasperated woman. :)
     
    Triactus, Nov 19, 2010
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  16. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Taluntain, Dec 29, 2010
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    DVR whenever I can help it, so commercials last no more than 20 seconds. Like Tal, PiP when I can't, so I know when to go back to the original show. Sometimes, I might use commercial time to browse websites on my laptop, if I'm not particularly interested in the show, and just passing the time. But I NEVER just sit and stare at commercials.
     
    Marceror, Dec 29, 2010
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    No and no. It drives me nuts when someone starts "channel surfing".
    Not that I watch much TV anyways.
     
    Stefanina, Jan 21, 2011
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  19. Blades of Vanatar

    Blades of Vanatar Vanatar will rise again Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Yes, but only to aggravate the wife.:D
     
    Blades of Vanatar, Jan 21, 2011
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    Everything

    and I mean everything is possible and is allowed possible. Dirty is only the manifestation of our interpretation of dirt. Opinions vary, my good people.
     
    Alorekent, Feb 2, 2011
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