AT&T Annoying "you kids have it good" ads

...you don't mean these, do you, AdN?

Yeah I've always hated these.  The one by the pool is especially irritating:  



What parents in their right minds would let their kids set the flat screen TV anywhere near the pool???  One big splash in that direction and the TV's fried. 

Also, the older kid's annoying "No sir-ee bob" makes me want to take the air pump out of her hands, shove it in her mouth, blow her up like a balloon, then watch her sputter away though the air as she deflates.

^^ It's not that hard.  Just take the friggin' console away.  If they don't like it, then tough. 

Then again, video games are worse than crack for some of them.  Did you hear about the kid who killed his mom because she took his playstation away, then tried to cremate her body in the oven?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/kendall-anderson-16-killed-mom-claw-hammer-playstation-court-article-1.139414

I think it's easier said than done.  They can just go over a friend's house.  Plus, with schools requiring kids to do such things as make Powerpoint presentations for their reports, it's difficult to know that that's what your kid's doing every minute he's at the computer.

When I was growing up, in the 50s, my parents told me how great I had it compared to them.  When my kids were growing up in the 80s, I had to tell them how great I had it compared to them.  When I was very young we could play in the neighborhood without supervision, we had basball and football games without adult coaches and refs.  I had to explain that liberals had ruined our once great country and now it was no longer safe to let children out of our sight.  I'd like to see a commercial like that for once.

Jimbo wrote: Take your stupid, thick-headed rightwing dogma to the political forum & quit stinking up commercial threads with it.

The picture caption thread isn't political either.

I actually used these commercials as a reason when I got my AT&T phone unlocked to use with a different service.

What gets me about devices like this U-Verse is that technology keeps finding ways to record more and more shows, while television quality is on the continual decline. I sometimes wonder whether there's even 4 decent shows worthy to be recorded ALTOGETHER, much less in the same timeslot.

What would you even record today? Hmm... let's see, let's record Jersey Shore, Keeping up with the Kardashians.... maybe a little Honey Boo Boo? *barfs*

DKS wrote: Jimbo wrote: Who even has tabletop computers anymore except for stodgy old fogies who are too chintzy to go out & spend 350 bucks on a nice, modern laptop???? Oh wait..... sorry 'bout that!!! I forgot..... Well, for gaming and watching videos(2 things I do regularly on my PC), I would much rather have a big full size PC screen than a little laptop screen.

I was fortunate to grow up in the 50s-60s. I know that poverty, racism, and child abuse are not recent inventions. I had a father with a decent job and a mother who was an excellent housewife. She homeschooled me to the point where I was at third grade level when I entered school at first grade. Nowdays this situation is rare. As a child we had television from 1957 on. when I came home from school I could watch television if I wanted to until my parent's favorite programs were aired. I remember choosing to play outside with my friends. If it was not a school day I had to come inside at about noon for lunch but otherwise I was allowed to run free. My friends and I were allowed to play in the fields that surrounded our homes or travel about 1/2 mile to the creek to catch crayfish, frogs, or snakes. I used to catch little grasshoppers and "gift" them to huge garden spiders. My Grandchildren Are very into physical reality not video game "reality"  I wish that todays children could experience those times. My Grandchildren are fortunately very into actual sports and playing outdoors. Yes. Those were probably the "good old days".

Snesgamer wrote: What would you even record today? Hmm... let's see, let's record Jersey Shore, Keeping up with the Kardashians.... maybe a little Honey Boo Boo? *barfs*