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ClickClick5 wrote:Herm...seems like unnecessary complaining.
"I wanted the iPhone 5s and they got me the 5! WORST PARENTS EVAR!!!11"
Usacomp2k3 wrote:So why are they bad parents? Because they don't want pay more for something they're not going to get any benefit out of?
adampk17 wrote:Man, you are just not getting the reception here that I bet you were hoping for.
I enjoyed reading your post and I can sympathize with your frustration. But yeah, different people, different priorities.
GeForce6200 wrote:
Scrotos wrote:My next project will be to get them to move from their old CRT to some type of HDTV so they can watch General Hospital on something more than a 27" TV at the other end of a 25' room.
They ain't poor or technophobes, they are just lazy!
NovusBogus wrote:fiber advocates need to keep in mind that most consumers aren't data gluttons and making single and double digit connection speeds more affordable will do a lot more good than making fast lines faster.
Chrispy_ wrote:NovusBogus wrote:fiber advocates need to keep in mind that most consumers aren't data gluttons and making single and double digit connection speeds more affordable will do a lot more good than making fast lines faster.
Hi!
You have won this thread.
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Concupiscence wrote:Scrotos wrote:My next project will be to get them to move from their old CRT to some type of HDTV so they can watch General Hospital on something more than a 27" TV at the other end of a 25' room.
They ain't poor or technophobes, they are just lazy!
See above. According to Wikipedia General Hospital's production shifted to 720p in 2009, but I'm pretty sure your folks aren't watching it to be visually dazzled. Let them watch the show as they like. Also let them know that you'll be delighted to help them purchase a nice new HDTV when their current TV finally dies of old age - they'll be much more likely to take you up on your offer if you're not hectoring them until that day comes. The last thing you want is to repeatedly offer, be rebuffed, have it become a point of contention in your relationship, and then watch in horror as they go buy something awful just so they don't have to deal with swallowing their pride around you.
Scrotos wrote:I'm actually surprised how many people took this so seriously, lamenting about entitlement and first world problems. It's as though they took personal offence at my lighthearted frustration at my parents using fiber for TELEPHONE SERVICE ONLY.
I mean, come on, this is a technical crowd here. Doesn't that elicit a groan from anyone else who read that? Seriously? I'm not soliciting people to denounce my parents, just the "what the heck?!?" situation.
...and until they use the fiber they already have for something more than just voice delivery, they will remain the worst people EVER.