Today, I found out my mom is getting rid of cable TV. My dad and I bought her a 700 dollar plasma screen TV for Christmas. FML
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Today, I spent over $2,000 on a big flatscreen TV. My dad insisted I let him mount it on the wall instead of paying someone to do it. All seemed fine, until the TV came loose and smashed onto the floor. My dad refuses to accept responsibility, and says I should've had a professional install it instead. FML
Today, I had to help my grandma because her TV suddenly stopped working. She has cable as well as satellite, so she figured she didn't need the satellite receiver anymore. Apparently the best way to do get rid of it was to cut all the cables connected to the TV. FML
Today, I finally got a cable box for my TV. When I was connecting the cable, my tv fell and shattered the screen. FML
Today, I bought my mother an expensive TV she had been looking at. After I bought it, she continued browsing for more stuff. I told her I couldn't afford the extra items. She got mad and called me "selfish". FML
Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. FML
Today, I purchased a brand new television. Not long after the professional who hung it on my wall left, it came crashing down on my hardwood floor. I'm now left with a busted TV, a tear in my living room wall, and a severely drained bank account. FML
Today, my mom and I went to Best Buy for some Christmas shopping. She picked up some presents for me and told me not to look at what she was buying. When we got to the register, she didn't have enough money, and I ended up having to buy my own presents. FML
Today, I bought myself a brand-new 52" flatscreen. It was only in my house for 2 hours before my toddler had a tantrum, threw a toy right into the screen and wrecked it beyond repair. I paid to have a nice TV for 2 hours. FML
Today, my dad turned off our cable. The reason? His favorite character from The Walking Dead died. FML
Today, I discovered my mom has been using my credit card to buy everyone's Christmas presents. FML
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Sargasm 4
Too bad you can only watch cable TV on a $700 plasma screen TV. Wouldn't it be great if you could use some form of external device, like a DVD or Blu-ray player, to watch movies on it? It would also be nice if you could subscribe to some form of service, like Netflix, that delivered those movies to your house. Alas, you definitely can't do any of that with a $700 plasma screen TV. Just go ahead and return it; it's completely useless now.
stevets01 6
Yeah right you guys just wanted to justify buying it for yourselves.
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Comments (78)
thesunshotme 0
Why? Why would she possibly do that? D:
nando92 0
Do they even still make plasma TVs? Im pretty sure they stopped because LCD is 100x better and cheaper
mps1969 8
Plasma is way better than LCD but more expensive you want good and have the cash get the new Led TV .
Link11206 0
stinchbird... i think I love you.
NoStudy 0
Not really... Plasma has better black levels and usually faster refresh rates, but not in the case of the (expensive) 120hz LCDs or LEDs. Plasmas are just more expensive and the quality difference isn't as apparent anymore.
stevets01 6
Yeah right you guys just wanted to justify buying it for yourselves.
Mattfail 0
So true number two. And OP, it could be that she doesn't want to lose FOX, so she's gonna switch over to another cable provider
GenevieveL 0
Exactly what I was going to say #2. OP, YDI for buying her a television when she obviously does not care one bit about it.
Nakedsquirrel 5
A TV isn't worthless just because it no longer displays most shitty network programming on it. There's other forms of media, you know.
BeeSkwaird 0
Exactly. I loathe TV, but love DVD.
bailo 0
who the **** needs a 700 dollar plasma screen tv?
KarelessKitten 0
lmao i hope you kept the receipt. ur guys tho. i'm sure you'll either find a use for it somewhere else or someone to buy it off you.
rlet 1
well now you can complement your gift with satellite service such as HD DirecTV so she can enjoy movies with a better quality picture
jessxoxo28 5
thats crazy!!!!
Sargasm 4
Too bad you can only watch cable TV on a $700 plasma screen TV. Wouldn't it be great if you could use some form of external device, like a DVD or Blu-ray player, to watch movies on it? It would also be nice if you could subscribe to some form of service, like Netflix, that delivered those movies to your house. Alas, you definitely can't do any of that with a $700 plasma screen TV. Just go ahead and return it; it's completely useless now.
crackberrie 0
this.. and also, she can just get cable again once she realizes u guys got her a tv for christmas
drag224 0
agreed with #8
CASSIDIZZLE95 0