Is it normal for people to have a t.v. in the back of their car?

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And why do they do it? They can't watch the t.v.... It seems a hazardous thing to do. Yet I can't help but follow these cars with their mobile entertainment. Even if they're playing Dragon Ball Z. I just listen to music, pretend I'm watching a music video and make fun of the person who set up the idiotic scheme. Then they seem to get all freaked out when I follow them and speed off. What kind of person does these things?

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    Fire up the thumbs down button.
    Parents are almost begging their kids to get addicted to screens now, it seems. What the hell happened to parental authority to get those kids to keep quiet? No wonder kids are so misbehaved, they own their parents, not the other way around. Sorry but I can't agree with it. I was an asshole as a kid but when my parents wanted my ass quiet, they didn't need to provide me with incentives to do so.

    We went on plenty of road trips and I was well behaved on all of them. Why? Because my parents made it a point to teach me early that they were in charge and that you don't get rewarded for misbehavior. That's what TV was in my household, a privilage. I didn't get privileges for misbehaving, I got them when I behaved long enough to have earned them. In my household, misbehaving didn't get you shit.

    I respect if parents wish to reward their kids misbehavior or teach them to pay constant attention to screens, but at the same time, I just respectfully disagree.

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  • wigsplitz
    11 years ago

    I hate TV's in cars. You'd miss out on so much, what a waste. Fuck, even reading a damn book would be better if you can't have any fun seeing the sights and shit.

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    • VioletTrees
      11 years ago

      Hmm. I wouldn't want a tv in the car, but some people can't read in the car because of motion sickness.

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  • VioletTrees
    11 years ago

    If by "people" you mean "rich people", then yes. It's for people with kids.

    When I have kids, I don't think I'll want one. When I as growing up, my parents explained all sorts of things to my brother and me when we were in the car, from basic genetics to etymology. It was a really great way to learn and bond, and I have a lot of fond memories.

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  • spinerbrent
    11 years ago

    Once when the tv it was saying they are girl and he believe that but when he get to the room, he have the dong and he shout and scream about the dong.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    it helps families with kids to shut them the fuck up. you put a cartoon on and tehy stop bugging you with stupid questions. So i don't need those, but if I were stupid enough to breed i'd probably get those tvs as well.

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  • NotFloydzie
    11 years ago

    They come in handy if you have a toddler in your family. I have a 5-year-old sister and the only way to calm her down when we're on the road is to put some cartoons and give her some Mango juice.

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  • bananaface
    11 years ago

    I'm not a huge fan of them, tbh:/ I've always thought looking outside the window was way more entertaining. It feels like the people watching are in another world instead of appreciating their own.

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    • NeuroNeptunian
      11 years ago

      Somebody understands!
      I loved just staring out the window, watching the scenery go by. Even at a young age I understood that I could watch TV anytime, but the Georgia Pines I might not see again for many years and I was right. I didn't see them again for about a decade.

      Granted, I didn't have TVs in my car. I brought my gameboy but it didn't get touched.

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  • shade_ilmaendu
    11 years ago

    Well, I generally see families getting cars with TVs in them so the kids have entertainment on long road trips.

    Shouldn't you be keeping your eyes on the road, anyway? O.o Those are there for the benefit of the passengers, it honestly sounds like you're blaming them for *you* being a distracted driver.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Nah, I'm talking about people that have them playing with no passengers. Or people that have a t.v. in place of their back window (not sure how it works, but I've seen it).

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      • wigsplitz
        11 years ago

        They probably run the TV's all the time just to look 'cool' and show off. I mean, come on, what good is having a TV in your car if you don't show it off so everyone knows how awesome you are??

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        • VioletTrees
          11 years ago

          Yes! That way, everybody knows you're the coolest person in that car.

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      • shade_ilmaendu
        11 years ago

        >.O Well that's just kind of weird... especially one in the back window. WTF is the point of that? XD

        I mean I guess I can understand listening to a TV rather than a radio... I'll stick with music for myself. :P

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