Signs that you are comfortably out of the norm.

[The Sapmi]

Is Mario Kart:Super Circuit the best Mario Kart Game? Of course not! But is it my favourite? YEAH!

[USS Monitor]

I only own one because someone gave it to me. It is not hooked up to cable and I don't think I have watched anything on it since March or April.

But it just occurred to me that it might be possible to hook it up to my computer and play YouTube music videos on it. I should try that...

Here in the UK, to own a TV set requires a licence, paid to the Government. On principle, I'm not prepared to pay the Government to use a TV set to watch programming of which almost all is either funded by advertising or through subscriptions to media companies.

If I needed a license to keep my TV, I wouldn't have it. That's nutty.

[Noel]

Is Mario Kart:Super Circuit the best Mario Kart Game? Of course not! But is it my favourite? YEAH!

For me, it's 7. I've never gotten a chance to play the GBA one, but I like how the DS MKs handle controls and courses. GC/Wii Mario Kart feels really heavy and sluggish in comparison.

[The Blaatschapen]

Here in the UK, to own a TV set requires a licence, paid to the Government. On principle, I'm not prepared to pay the Government to use a TV set to watch programming of which almost all is either funded by advertising or through subscriptions to media companies.

If I needed a license to keep my TV, I wouldn't have it. That's nutty.

It gets worse.

In Germany there's also a tv fee, and the German government just assumes that everybody has a tv. So you have to pay it.

And computers/laptops also qualify for it.

So I have no escape here

[Katganistan]

Here in the UK, to own a TV set requires a licence, paid to the Government. On principle, I'm not prepared to pay the Government to use a TV set to watch programming of which almost all is either funded by advertising or through subscriptions to media companies.

If I needed a license to keep my TV, I wouldn't have it. That's nutty.

Really not all that different from paying for the cable or internet, though, if you think about it.

When I was one of those antenna on the roof people I thought it was insane.... now I pay for cable it doesn't sound so crazy.

[Hurdergaryp]

If I needed a license to keep my TV, I wouldn't have it. That's nutty.

It gets worse.

In Germany there's also a tv fee, and the German government just assumes that everybody has a tv. So you have to pay it.

And computers/laptops also qualify for it.

So I have no escape here

That's German efficiency for you. Frohe Weihnachten!

[Salus Maior]

I only own one because someone gave it to me. It is not hooked up to cable and I don't think I have watched anything on it since March or April.

But it just occurred to me that it might be possible to hook it up to my computer and play YouTube music videos on it. I should try that...

Here in the UK, to own a TV set requires a licence, paid to the Government. On principle, I'm not prepared to pay the Government to use a TV set to watch programming of which almost all is either funded by advertising or through subscriptions to media companies.

What logic do they use to justify that?

It's not as if you can use a TV wrongly, you don't need experience or whatever to operate it. Why do you need a license?

[Ethel mermania]

Here in the UK, to own a TV set requires a licence, paid to the Government. On principle, I'm not prepared to pay the Government to use a TV set to watch programming of which almost all is either funded by advertising or through subscriptions to media companies.

What logic do they use to justify that?

It's not as if you can use a TV wrongly, you don't need experience or whatever to operate it. Why do you need a license?

In theory to pay for broadcast, production and transmission costs.

[Hurdergaryp]

What logic do they use to justify that?

It's not as if you can use a TV wrongly, you don't need experience or whatever to operate it. Why do you need a license?

In theory to pay for broadcast, production and transmission costs.

And infrastructure maintenance.