[El_Diablo]

QUOTE (agent17 @ Wednesday, Jul 11 2012, 22:42)

TV is a dying medium

uhhh, not really.

[Jay]

QUOTE (El_Diablo @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 12:58)

QUOTE (Chunkyman @ Wednesday, Jul 11 2012, 20:13) QUOTE (Futurama_Freak1 @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 03:09) What the f*ck does "beefing" mean? I was about to post this as well, I've never heard this term before... were you guys born yesterday?

It's a purely American term. You'd get angry if we talked exclusively in Australian slang and assumed you were an idiot for not knowing what it meant.

[Tyler]

QUOTE (Jay @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 00:29)

It's a purely American term. You'd get angry if we talked exclusively in Australian slang and assumed you were an idiot for not knowing what it meant.

You mean like Frosters ? I'm privy to your barbie jargon, Jay. Don't think this is my first Australian rodeo.

[cp1dell]

It seems every month this kind of thing happens with DirectTV. It's really annoying.

[Waddy]

Seriously, what does beefing mean?

[El_Diablo]

QUOTE (Jay @ Wednesday, Jul 11 2012, 23:29)

It's a purely American term.

well sort of.
it's derived from 18th century English. it would have carried the same meaning in the United States as in England and English speaking parts of Europe.

maybe we can excuse Futurama_Freak1 if he's from Australia.
but I coulda' sworn that Chunkyman was an American. so no excuse for him

[Greenline]

QUOTE (Waddy @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 11:34)

Seriously, what does beefing mean?

Kinda like fighting or disagreeing... It's being used in Germany too.

[El_Diablo]

yes, it means to quarrel or fight.
could be a verbal disagreement or physical fighting.

you would say "I've got a real beef with that guy" or "those 2 have quite a beef with one another."

and then the phrase you hear most often is "squash the beef."
this basically means "put an end to the dispute."

when the 2 sides are ready to reconcile, the beef is squashed.

[marmoo]

QUOTE (El_Diablo @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 08:34)

yes, it means to quarrel or fight. could be a verbal disagreement or physical fighting. you would say "I've got a real beef with that guy" or "those 2 have quite a beef with one another." and then the phrase you hear most often is "squash the beef." this basically means "put an end to the dispute." when the 2 sides are ready to reconcile, the beef is squashed.

finally we get an answer.
Bit like pulling teeth

[EscoLehGo]

I didn't read the article but f*ck Viacom, they ruined the very brief golden age of YouTube.

[finn4life]

Kinda random question, how does cable tv work in America?
Basically here we have like 12-13 free channels, 4-5 are mostly news and other political stuff, then there are 3 channels that have all the popular stuff (NCIS, Bones, CSI, ect ect) and they have sub-channels that show repeats of the same shows 90% of the time.

Then for $100 a month you can get a lot of the American channels, which are all sh*t repeats of everything anyway so it's a waste of money.
How does cable work in comparison?

[El_Diablo]

QUOTE (marmoo @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 04:46)

finally we get an answer. Bit like pulling teeth

you could have used Google and gotten your answer immediately

[jackass2009]

Looks like I'm getting a new TV provider!

[darthYENIK]

QUOTE (Mockage @ Wednesday, Jul 11 2012, 20:39)

I hope DISH network (cable I use) doesn't get in this. Although my parents are talking about switching to FiOS though. Eh, switch to online TV or something. Although, the channels that have been taken down are trying to fight back and get in (lol facebook posts) though I don't think that'll happen.

Dish doesn't have any issues with Direct, but they don't carry AMC anymore. I was going to Direct, but now it's a no go, only for Comedy Central.

TV is going to sh*t. Not in quality of programming, but because, once again, old fart capitalist don't want to risk their profit to try new business models. And every year each side, the providers and networks, want more, because the inevitability of their obsolescence due to alternatives such as the internet, Netflix, and Hulu, is starting to become more and more apparent. It's sad and somewhat pathetic when you think about it.

[lil weasel]

For a little humour. TV programing was Created, now it is suffering from Evolution?

[TheKnownUnknown]

Thank You Based God for Charter/

[ryuclan]

QUOTE (TheKnownUnknown @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 23:17)

Thank You Based God for Charter/

jesus christ i f*cking hate this place...

[TheKnownUnknown]

QUOTE (ryuclan @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 16:06)

QUOTE (TheKnownUnknown @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 23:17) Thank You Based God for Charter/ jesus christ i f*cking hate this place...

And why is that?

[Mockage]

QUOTE (darthYENIK @ Thursday, Jul 12 2012, 16:26)

QUOTE (Mockage @ Wednesday, Jul 11 2012, 20:39) I hope DISH network (cable I use) doesn't get in this. Although my parents are talking about switching to FiOS though. Eh, switch to online TV or something. Although, the channels that have been taken down are trying to fight back and get in (lol facebook posts) though I don't think that'll happen. TV is going to sh*t.

f*ck, have you seen how MTV has gone to sh*ts in the past years?

[Tyler]

Just to clarify, television stations are going to sh*t. Television shows couldn't be doing better.