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poolek
join:2003-11-04
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not what I'm seeing

My experience is the exact opposite. The folks I know that don't have cable/pay TV tend to be higher income. The least economically advantaged folks I know tend to be the ones with the priciest cable packages (and biggest TVs, for that matter).

I'm sure there's an interesting cause/effect debate in there somewhere....
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said by poolek:

he least economically advantaged folks I know tend to be the ones with the priciest cable packages (and biggest TVs, for that matter).

I'm sure there's an interesting cause/effect debate in there somewhere....
It's the $30K millionaire syndrome. The less they make, the more they try to flaunt it.

In the case of TV, if you're well-off you also tend to not be parked on your ass with a cable TV remote embedded in your hand flipping channels all day, so a lower-class-style video addiction less likely.

Most people don't realize they're being played like a crack addict.