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Please do not watch the inauguration... (Original Post) N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2017 OP
I wouldn't watch it for anything. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #1
Same here. I'll read about his Brownshirt mob beatings later. I hope HRC's outfit upstages Melania's TheBlackAdder Jan 2017 #43
Yeah, good luck with that. vi5 Jan 2017 #2
It won't be on any of the TVs in my home. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #3
Not a chance Bettie Jan 2017 #4
lol... you didn't even need to say "PLEASE"! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #5
Unless you are a Nielsen family, nothing you do affects the ratings. FSogol Jan 2017 #6
That's no longer true! Those with Dish network now have their data counted as well Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #24
Don't worry. I wasn't planning on it anyway. Arkansas Granny Jan 2017 #7
No way in hell am I watching this sham. Good reminder for all of us. Missn-Hitch Jan 2017 #8
Anybody that does watch it has a much stronger stomach than I do. world wide wally Jan 2017 #9
I'm going to watch the Yakety Sax Benny Hill themed cut later. hunter Jan 2017 #10
Not watching it is definitely on my agenda for that day. Island Blue Jan 2017 #11
I'd like to see how many give him the finger. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #12
Wasn't planning on watching it titaniumsalute Jan 2017 #13
All TVs in this house will be draped in black. femmocrat Jan 2017 #14
If you are a Neilsen house or have Dish network, have it on but tuned to something else. Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #23
We have DirecTV. femmocrat Jan 2017 #42
That's what we have too, haven't found where our data is being used yet Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #47
How will it affect itcfish Jan 2017 #15
There's not enough money to bribe me into Greybnk48 Jan 2017 #16
I am going to watch... HipChick Jan 2017 #17
This inauguration is supposedly choreographed so Trump won't see that. hunter Jan 2017 #36
I'll be looking for feeds of the protests unless they jam them from getting out. We live more and RKP5637 Jan 2017 #56
he will see it eventually MFM008 Jan 2017 #57
So no DU **Live Inauguration Thread**? pinboy3niner Jan 2017 #18
Well... 2naSalit Jan 2017 #59
It would be a purgative and emetic, for sure Hekate Jan 2017 #63
Yes, Lucy re-runs sound just fine Zambero Jan 2017 #19
Going to watch jehop61 Jan 2017 #20
Same here... pipi_k Jan 2017 #40
Wouldn't watch MFM008 Jan 2017 #21
I wouldn't watch it if you tied me to a chair and held my eyes open Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #22
I'll be in downtown DC, making my feelings known. Explicitly. 11 Bravo Jan 2017 #25
Why would I waste my time? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 #26
No need to worry about that JPPaverage Jan 2017 #27
Depressing: more anti-inauguration action than there was to keep him from being elected... MadDAsHell Jan 2017 #28
No sweat..... chillfactor Jan 2017 #29
I'm not watching. Ilsa Jan 2017 #30
Have no intention of watching. If Trump falls down, losses his top hat or really screws up, it'll Hoyt Jan 2017 #31
Hopefully my husband will be released from the hospital that day nt maryellen99 Jan 2017 #32
I'll be working that day, so I won't be watching. muntrv Jan 2017 #33
That's like asking me edhopper Jan 2017 #34
I have no intention of watching it meadowlark5 Jan 2017 #35
I will be watching a movie at a theater Gothmog Jan 2017 #37
I WILL be watching! Runningdawg Jan 2017 #38
Take some anti-motion sickness pills beforehand ailsagirl Jan 2017 #49
Good one! ConnorMarc Jan 2017 #67
My worst nightmare is Obama accompanying Trump down those stairs at the inaugural eleny Jan 2017 #39
I have no intention of doing anything...... Amaril Jan 2017 #41
No problem there. easttexaslefty Jan 2017 #44
What a charade ailsagirl Jan 2017 #50
No worries there. Solly Mack Jan 2017 #45
I am told that even better than turning off the TV is turning on something that Squinch Jan 2017 #46
Not for a million dollars ailsagirl Jan 2017 #48
We'll be watching the International channels GP6971 Jan 2017 #51
I would rather chew aluminum foil bluecollar2 Jan 2017 #52
Count me in or out...whatever you call it. I definititely won't watch! Auntie Bush Jan 2017 #53
No problem. No way would I watch this catastrophe willingly. nancy1942 Jan 2017 #54
Say yes to the dress gwheezie Jan 2017 #55
There is absolutely no way I would ever ever ever ever consider watching that bullshit onecaliberal Jan 2017 #58
I'm going completely silent - all electronic devices will be off for 24 hours underthematrix Jan 2017 #60
I have decided I am only watching the protests mvd Jan 2017 #61
Didn't you already post this last week? I wouldn't watch DT for the world. Hekate Jan 2017 #62
Never planned to... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #64
The only way I'll know what happened is on our local news half hour news. Stellar Jan 2017 #65
No one know what you're watching. cwydro Jan 2017 #66
 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
2. Yeah, good luck with that.
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 01:15 PM
Jan 2017

You'll have the same ameteur media experts on here who think that them watching MOrning Joe and reporting back here on every utterance makes them some kind of public servant.

FSogol

(45,488 posts)
6. Unless you are a Nielsen family, nothing you do affects the ratings.
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 01:20 PM
Jan 2017


Don't watch or record it because the corrupt GOP and their man-baby candidate aren't worth watching.

Island Blue

(5,817 posts)
11. Not watching it is definitely on my agenda for that day.
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 01:46 PM
Jan 2017

I have better things to do like clean litter boxes and remove ear wax.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
23. If you are a Neilsen house or have Dish network, have it on but tuned to something else.
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 02:59 PM
Jan 2017

Neilsen utilizes Dish data as well.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
47. That's what we have too, haven't found where our data is being used yet
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:48 PM
Jan 2017

but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it soon.

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
16. There's not enough money to bribe me into
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 02:25 PM
Jan 2017

watching that travesty. I'll wait for news highlights the next day.

hunter

(38,317 posts)
36. This inauguration is supposedly choreographed so Trump won't see that.
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:47 PM
Jan 2017

I expect the m$m will ignore protests too.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
56. I'll be looking for feeds of the protests unless they jam them from getting out. We live more and
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 01:00 AM
Jan 2017

more in an oppressive society. I doubt much will be shown of protests by M$M.

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
59. Well...
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 01:45 AM
Jan 2017

I'm sure someone will post one but I plan on cleaning the bathroom after puking then bed rest until something changes the trajectory of life in my world. Since it's already -20F here now, it will be a warmer day during the fake inauguration so I can't say anything about hell freezing over (meaning DC since I live in a place that truly is paradise, even at -40F which does happen on occasion.

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
20. Going to watch
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 02:44 PM
Jan 2017

in hopes there will be massive peaceful protests that I can cheer on. Love to watch his embarrassed mug.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
40. Same here...
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jan 2017

If something....interesting....happens, I want to see it firsthand.




If I get tired of hearing his obnoxious voice, I'll just turn off the sound.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
22. I wouldn't watch it if you tied me to a chair and held my eyes open
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 02:57 PM
Jan 2017

with it playing on the tv.

The ceiling, floor, and everything to the right and left of the television would be thoroughly inspected though.

JPPaverage

(508 posts)
27. No need to worry about that
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:04 PM
Jan 2017

I think I'd rather stick hot needles in my eyes rather than subject them to that...abomination that will happen on Jan. 20.

 

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)
28. Depressing: more anti-inauguration action than there was to keep him from being elected...
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:11 PM
Jan 2017

in the first place.

How about next time we get this level of enthusiasm BEFORE we lose??

chillfactor

(7,576 posts)
29. No sweat.....
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:12 PM
Jan 2017

I am going to watch movies that day....no interest in watching dum-dum take office. More fun things to do that day.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
31. Have no intention of watching. If Trump falls down, losses his top hat or really screws up, it'll
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:17 PM
Jan 2017

be on constant replay to enjoy. My guess is the Inauguration will be more like a funeral -- with a bunch of cheering white wing racist lining the street -- than a celebration for most of us.

maryellen99

(3,789 posts)
32. Hopefully my husband will be released from the hospital that day nt
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:17 PM
Jan 2017

We cut out cable due to cost and due to cable normalizing Trump.

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
35. I have no intention of watching it
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:24 PM
Jan 2017

I have also stopped giving my viewership to pretty much every single tv news show. It is so thoroughly disgusting. Doing what they did for the past year, overlooking important things the public should know, spinning crap to make Trump look decent, sensationalizing everything for ratings.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
39. My worst nightmare is Obama accompanying Trump down those stairs at the inaugural
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 04:23 PM
Jan 2017

When I watched Trump on the news riding down his golden escalator I had the morbid belief that he could win the nomination and go on to become president.

The fact that he will now be installed as the next CIC haunts me.

Amaril

(1,267 posts)
41. I have no intention of doing anything......
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 04:29 PM
Jan 2017

.....over the next 4 years that acknowledges cheezy-poof as POTUS, and that includes watching him lie through his teeth as he swears to uphold & defend the Constitution.

Squinch

(50,955 posts)
46. I am told that even better than turning off the TV is turning on something that
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 08:43 PM
Jan 2017

has nothing to do with the inauguration. That way his percentage of actual watchers is that much lower.

I won't be home, but I plan to leave my TV on, tuned to the all murders all the time channel.

GP6971

(31,168 posts)
51. We'll be watching the International channels
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 12:00 AM
Jan 2017

Plus I'm going to disconnect the TV at work so it won't work.

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
52. I would rather chew aluminum foil
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 12:09 AM
Jan 2017

And rub my head with a cheese grater than spend any time watching Skidmark get sworn in...

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
60. I'm going completely silent - all electronic devices will be off for 24 hours
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:06 AM
Jan 2017

I'm mourning the loss of our democracy, which i will start fighting to get back Jan 21st 12:01 am

mvd

(65,174 posts)
61. I have decided I am only watching the protests
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:11 AM
Jan 2017

At first I wanted to watch as a watchdog of sorts, but really no use. You can't believe anything he says.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
62. Didn't you already post this last week? I wouldn't watch DT for the world.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:31 AM
Jan 2017

I have so many other interesting things to do: scrub the floors, pare my nails, pull weeds in the front yerd, clean up after the dog in the back yard...

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
64. Never planned to...
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:45 AM
Jan 2017

I'm mildly interested in how small the crowd will be, but I figure I'll see pics of it later.

Fuck him.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
66. No one know what you're watching.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 04:14 AM
Jan 2017

Unless you're a Neilson house.

These threads are so silly .

I can't imagine any of us watching anyway.

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