Well yeah- I’m not gonna say you lack common sense if you’ve got a good reason for not understanding

Only if they think being autistic is a bad thing, which I don’t because I’m not unintelligent and immature. And I didn’t call you autistic- I politely asked if you were, or otherwise neurodivergent as autism is obviously not the only condition that can cause people to struggle to read between the lines and pick up on context and pragmatic clues, nor do all autistic people struggle with those things

Edit: and to clarify, I asked you so that I could be respectful if you were. If you were then I would understand better why you didn’t get what OP obviously meant to refer to. If you weren’t, then you’re just an idiot that lacks common sense

But you never even answered? I’m guessing if you’re using a word like “normie” you’re probably not though and now I’m thinking you took the question as an insult. There’s nothing wrong with being neurodivergent- it’s not an insult

I wasn’t referring to you, but it was just another factor that occurred to me just as I was writing my reply to you

But they are aware of the concept even if they haven’t used it themselves, no?

I also had no idea that America didn’t have any freeview TV any more- that’s crazy! TIL

I have a hard time understanding what’s edgy about trying to be mindful and respectful of others who maybe don’t process information the same as most people do

There you go then haha and to be fair, I suppose if someone’s neurodivergent (e.g. autistic) and struggle with taking things too literally and putting together context and pragmatic factors it would also be reasonable for them not to understand what was meant. I’m not diagnosed as autistic but do have some similar symptoms so I can understand it’s not easy for everyone to understand things that aren’t explicitly said

How was that edgy?

With all due respect, are you autistic or otherwise neurodivergent by any chance?

It’s obvious to anyone with common sense

Don’t be ridiculous. Nobody says “I’ve been streaming X programme on Netflix”. You say “I’ve been watching X programme”. It was patently obvious that they meant a totally coincidental synchronisation

I mean, that much was obvious from the start. It’s surprising to me how many people in these comments apparently explicitly need the disclaimer that OP was not talking about live TV. I know there are stupid people, but how stupid do they think OP could really be?

No, it’s quite clear what they meant. Everyone banging on about live TV (except for those who are obviously joking and teasing) is either being deliberately obtuse, pedantic, or just plain stupid

I’n confused by your comment and going by your upvoted it’s obviously my issue so ELIA5: if you exist at a time when you can go on reddit, it’s not possible for you to have lived and died before live broadcast TV was invented, no?

Most people have a home (though it’s not actually necessary- i’ll elaborate later) and most already have everything ready to go- just need the telly itself, some of which you can buy extremely cheap second-hand; way cheaper than you could ever get a computer that can cope with streaming for. Obviously there’s the TV licence which is expensive but just don’t pay it like a lot of people don’t and watch freeview. People who have to live in hotels (i.e. council placements) or shelters are much more likely to have access to a TV than a computer. I know lots of people who don’t have a computer/ wifi at home but not a single person that doesn’t have a telly. Obviously I’m speaking from the perspective of a developed country, though. I’m sure things are different in less developed countries and even in other developed countries.