How is it possible that someone could have a column for a major newspaper writing such garbage? Was this supposed to be funny? Original? Or is the writer engaging in some odd sort of self-mockery, jokingly saying to the world that, "Look! I can write an entire column and say nothing and present no interesting ideas and get paid for it!" I really don't know, and would appreciate some feedback.

As mom always said... "Why break someone's kneecaps, when messing with someone's head is less likely to get you arrested."

Mom was nuts... a Doctor made her wait three hours once... she stole his office answering machine.

Wow somebody was a little hung over at the sun and pulled out one of the backup stories to make a deadline eh?

That was a waste of time. That was the worst thing written for a major paper ever.

I was expecting some constructive argument to not justify the cost of high-def vs. the image quality. All I got was some bitter old windbag.

What a load of crap.
I read it earlier but didn't want to comment on either the writer or the subby's idiocy thinking that that was even remotely entertaining, since I didn't want to bump it to commented.
But greenlit?
I would have been embarrassed to write something like that for my high school newspaper.

Somebody didn't get that new TV for xmas.

I wouldn't care. I bought the TV for me, if you like it too, great! Otherwise, leave me alone.

Of all the not news reports, this is right up there with the nottest. This is simply playing dumb. And I like it.

weird article, but funny idea.

Sounds like this reporter hates his friends. He must be a fricking blast at parties.

No one's ever going to invite this guy to dinner ever again. What a tool.

I liked this guys other articles better, "Wanna have a good laugh? Kick your friends in the nuts and put shaving cream in all their underwear!" and "Being a bitter old man afraid of technology."

Pocket Ninja: How is it possible that someone could have a column for a major newspaper writing such garbage? Was this supposed to be funny? Original? Or is the writer engaging in some odd sort of self-mockery, jokingly saying to the world that, "Look! I can write an entire column and say nothing and present no interesting ideas and get paid for it!" I really don't know, and would appreciate some feedback.

Ditto.

He sounds like one of those "angry at technology" people. They don't understand it, so they immediately put their non-use habits above technology. One thing is for sure, i'll never go to that guy's house for a superbowl party.

Wow... a column about how to be a complete asshole to someone nice enough to invite you into their home and share their food and entertainment with you.

How American.

/sigh
//American

Amusing tag, my ass. Try Asinine.

my wife sorta did that to my sisters husband, she told him she thought his giant new lcd tv looked kinda pixelated, she didnt realize what a shiatstorm it would cause criticizing a tv fanboys television.

I like the way wide screen tv's can stretch a normal picture and make everyone look fat. That's art, I don't care where you're at.

I thought the column was mildly annoying until I came in here.

Took the wife with me when I went to check the picture quality on our new HDTV; it's not *my* fault that the picture she liked best was 2K more than the one I'd intended to buy!

dancing bear: wide screen tv's can stretch a normal picture

Second thing I turned off after we installed it (after resetting the picture quality from "Vivid" to "Normal"). I'd rather see the bars on the sides than find myself thinking "Hey, Nicole Ritchie's gotten kinda tubby!"

Looks like a bunch of you just bought a HD TV.

Hah!

Wanna waste two pages on a one paragraph joke? Here's what you do

Now that he's finished with that, Kevin Cowherd is writing a column on how to convince your friends you can't tell the difference between Pepsi and Coke.

For added larfs pretend to mistake your friends wife and children for a urinal.

When does his FarkTV show start?

troll.

I wonder if they have his archive from the 80s where he mocked people who bought CD players. "OMG! A semi-early adopter!"

It's amazing the things one can learn from Fark.

#1 How to be a douche

:-)

/ tard

or you can just throw the wii controller through it.

so Kevin Cowherd can't afford a flat screen? Is that what I should gather from this?

Mr. Cowherd obviously missed his calling in life... shoveling cow shiat.

There are clearly a lot of highly defensive HD TV owners here. My TV is a 13" Toshiba I bought for $85. I don't watch much TV, but for my purposes it's great.

"He sounds like one of those "angry at technology" people. They don't understand it, so they immediately put their non-use habits above technology."

He sounds pretty neutral about it actually. He just likes farking with technosexuals.

In my next article I will tell you different ways to yell at kids on your lawn.

I thought it was going to be some McGyver-type prank where you hide a powerful electromagnet under your clothes and use it to distort the picture. Instead, it's some Andy Rooney wannabe whose idea of hilarious hijinks is to say "meh."

The same level of thought with a different subject.

"Here's what you do... you shiat in a bag, light it on fire, set it on his steps, ring the doorbell and walk away. Then you can laugh on the inside knowing he had a flaming back of shiat on his steps. You can even come back and do this again later if you get bored."

Pocket Ninja

How is it possible that someone could have a column for a major newspaper writing such garbage?

WizardX said it best. America: a nation without culture.

/sigh
//American
///Off to watch American Idol!

I think it's hilarious. Anytime you can deflate someone's egotism over something as pointless as television picture quality is a good time.

The premise is reasonably funny, but 2 pages? There's certainly people who will fall into the trap of vigorously defending their new purchase. As someone who is about to purchase a 50+ inch 1080p set, I could care less what someone else thinks.

Wow... and I thought Journalism was dead. I wonder what this guy is going to wear at his Pulitzer acceptance dinner.

this was quite possibly one of the crappiest things I've ever read.

Well done Fark. A new standard is set.

Cue the "I dont even have a TV" Farkers..

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The article sucked, but all the defensive HDTV-owning Farkers in here are pretty amusing.

ObeliskToucher

Watch for burn-in on those vertical bars if you're not stretching your picture. I don't necessarily like seeing everyone stretched, but I'd rather have that than two vertical bars of brightened picture. My father ruined his TV by refusing to 'stretch' the picture. And some TV's 'stretching' technology stretches more at the ends and less in the middle.

What EvilEgg said...

Having DLP myself, I like to pick on the plasma boys... pointing out they're using a 40+ year old technology. :)


/check out this history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_tv
//sad that things take so long to field... CD's invented in the 70's didn't hit the market until late 80's :(

I dunno...I kinda thought it was amusing. And he makes a good point about fanboys of any technology--they always want to show off their toys, and it's kinda funny sometimes to poke at them and not be impressed.

But then again, I like messing with people's heads.

HotWingConspiracy: He sounds pretty neutral about it actually. He just likes farking with technosexuals.


No he went over to someones house and couldn't see the difference and this is how he is trying to cover it.

HD is pretty much the standard now, not just for the "technosexuals".

And really the term you are looking to use would be "technophile".

xooxox: Cue the "I dont even have a TV" Farkers..

*shrug* I'm too poor. I really don't care, either...all I'd use a TV for is playing Dynasty Warriors or something.

Somebody got a +1 on their greenlit list for that.

Seriously.