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In response to ""but daddy, why can't people just choose what they want to watch, and watch it right away?" -- nm" by Beryllium

I have trouble explaining "live" television vs. live television. The kids ask "Is this happening now?"

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Aug 23 '12, 21:03

And I'm not sure if they mean now-now or now-on-tape.

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When my kids were little they came up with "on channel" to describe the live TV they watched at Grandma's house because they had never known it before - oblique Aug 24, 05:30
Could you try explaining it to NBC? -- nm - the liioulu on a nook for the heck of it Aug 23, 21:08 1
- "Fuck it, honey. I have no idea what's going on." -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 21:33

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