Should kids have TVs in their rooms?

• justincredible

  

  OSH;1263427 wrote:I didn't and I turned out better.

  Than?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1263448 wrote:Than?

  
  Aaron Harang
• Manhattan Buckeye

  My first one was at age 13, and that was more for the Atari 2600 than TV. We lived in the boonies so we didn't have cable, just NBC, ABC, CBS, and PBS on the rabbit ears. I don't think I ever watched television, just used it for the games.
• Fly4Fun

  

  I didn't, but even if I did I wouldn't have been home to ever really use it. Was too busy with sports and other activities. Only time I ever watched TV was during the summer after morning practice before the rest of my friends were up for the day.
• like_that

  

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1263088 wrote:I have a curious question, S&L got an infraction for using the same acronym that ETB used. Does that mean ETB gets one. I didnt agree with the one S&L got but am just curious.

  Was this question answered?
• like_that

  

  To answer the question I had a TV in my room since I was about in 2nd grade. Once I got to college I never had a TV in my room (not counting dorm life). My parents made sure to kick me outside. I typically only watched TV in my room at night when I was going to sleep. It also was a good way to discover porn on those fuzzy channels.
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  like_that;1263567 wrote:Was this question answered?

  to my knowledge i never received an answer...
• vball10set

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1263657 wrote:to my knowledge i never received an answer...

  BMZ, I looked through this thread and didn't see anything--just curious as to what acronym he used
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  vball10set;1263663 wrote:BMZ, I looked through this thread and didn't see anything--just curious as to what acronym he used

  He originally used it in the how many inches of tvs thread before this all got seperated and moved over to this new thread...
• ernest_t_bass

  

  TTT
• O-Trap

  

  ernest_t_bass;1807484 wrote:TTT

  WTF?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  O-Trap;1807500 wrote:WTF?

  Lol. Clicked on an old infraction I received, so I bumped the thread for old times sake
• Automatik

  

  I had one as a kid, I don't now.
  
  But I grew up in a different time, you had to force me to come back inside, didn't matter the season. Too many shiftless layabouts these days (kids and parents).
• Laley23

  

  Automatik;1807511 wrote:I had one as a kid, I don't now.
  
  But I grew up in a different time, you had to force me to come back inside, didn't matter the season. Too many shiftless layabouts these days (kids and parents).

  I played basketball in the driveway until all hours of the night. Even in snow and ice cover, just threw on some gloves that I could still dribble and shoot in.
• Automatik

  

  Yeah, it's fucked now. I can't speak for everywhere, but my hometown area has gone to shit. It's a ghost town, even during the summer. We'd be a group of 10+ kids on bikes wreaking havoc until our parents yanked us back inside.
• salto

  

  ernest_t_bass;1262957 wrote:Nice parenting.

  If you are a good parent, your child would be allowed to have a tv in their room.
• thavoice

  Laley23;1807513 wrote:I played basketball in the driveway until all hours of the night. Even in snow and ice cover, just threw on some gloves that I could still dribble and shoot in.

  Hell yeah! I even remember taking a hammer to ice to get it playable!
  
  Neighborhood kids, about a dozen, are pretty good about still getting outside all summer long. I am very fortunate to live in a town where the school, and park, are almost centerstage. If you live within the village limits, you are at MOST 1.25 miles away from both so parents let their kids almost run free during the summer and riding to school.
  
  
  As far as TV in your rooms....nowadays...eh. "back in my day" we had just the antennae so we had maybe 5-6 channels so it wasn't nearly as raunchy as TV is today
• O-Trap

  

  thavoice;1807569 wrote:Hell yeah! I even remember taking a hammer to ice to get it playable!
  
  Neighborhood kids, about a dozen, are pretty good about still getting outside all summer long. I am very fortunate to live in a town where the school, and park, are almost centerstage. If you live within the village limits, you are at MOST 1.25 miles away from both so parents let their kids almost run free during the summer and riding to school.
  
  
  As far as TV in your rooms....nowadays...eh. "back in my day" we had just the antennae so we had maybe 5-6 channels so it wasn't nearly as raunchy as TV is today

  I can't imagine a television would get much use in a lot of kids' bedrooms with the current state of social media, gaming, and everything else that takes place on a phone or a laptop. And I hardly think most parents will prevent their children from having THOSE things in their rooms.
• thavoice

  O-Trap;1807577 wrote:I can't imagine a television would get much use in a lot of kids' bedrooms with the current state of social media, gaming, and everything else that takes place on a phone or a laptop. And I hardly think most parents will prevent their children from having THOSE things in their rooms.

  yeah, you are right.
  
  I remember I was stoked when I got a TV in my room as a kid. It was black and white. The schools were selling their's and we got one for the bedrooms. Best thing about it was staying up late on Friday nights for Friday Night Video's and watching the Alcoa Fantastic Finishes that Monday Night Football had during a commercial I think at the 2 min warning.
  
  
  Man I m old
• like_that

  

  Tiger2003;1262961 wrote:Fuck you lets not even go there.

  LOL, remember this fucking guy? The steelers, phillies, osu, and lakers/heat (i forget which one, but it was a good NBA at the time) fan.
• like_that

  

  Pick6;1263217 wrote:I had a TV in my room. Me and my girlfriend would "watch TV" all the time in there. Actually we didnt watch TV...pretty much just banged.

  LOL, remember this guy too? Pwned in the Cavs and Browns thread so he pouted like a little bitch and left the site.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;1807600 wrote:LOL, remember this guy too? Pwned in the Cavs and Browns thread so he pouted like a little bitch and left the site.

  lol he was such an asshat. So many butthurt bitch boyz in the past who always thought their shit didn't think/hot taeks were the gospel. Disagree with them even a little and they'd fill out a hurt feelz report.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1263088 wrote:I have a curious question, S&L got an infraction for using the same acronym that ETB used. Does that mean ETB gets one. I didnt agree with the one S&L got but am just curious.

  lol remember pointless and targeting infractions? Such BS
• friendfromlowry

  like_that;1807600 wrote:LOL, remember this guy too? Pwned in the Cavs and Browns thread so he pouted like a little bitch and left the site.

  I went back and reread this thread last night and had to SMH at his post. "hey we talkin about TV's in your kids rooms? How about I remind everyone I've had sex before!"
• Heretic

  

  friendfromlowry;1807608 wrote:I went back and reread this thread last night and had to SMH at his post. "hey we talkin about TV's in your kids rooms? How about I remind everyone I've had sex before!"

  He came up with "netflix and chill" before anyone else. He just called it "watch TV" instead. And then explained the joke, because saying that he and his girlfriend "watch TV" was way too subtle. PROTIP: NEVER explain the joke. SMH is right.