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I agree. This happens outside of the hacker world too. In general I find people are very boastful about the fact they don't watch TV.

I agree. Personally I think TV is a useful way of keeping informed about what 'the masses' if you want to call them that, are into.

Removing yourself from what most people do doesn't seem a great thing to do IMHO if you're trying to appeal/sell to those people.

Watching TV makes you more of an armchair hacker.

Actually, I'm getting a lot more done since my wife banned me from watching TV with her, because I get irritated by commercials.