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Fox stations are the strip malls of television

AnonusAnonus
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It's true. And not even somewhat aged old strip malls. Like brand new ones you're supposed to love despite their lack of earthiness.

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  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
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    Brand-new strip malls that are half-empty because the management keeps kicking out stores that aren't doing Wal-Mart or Target business (even if they're just normal storefronts).
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
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    that's more the network itself, but still
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    edited 2015-11-05 01:23:03
    kill living beings
    does anyone like strip malls? I'm confused

    like a particular mall
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    Walnut Plaza is a strip mall that's sorta near where I live and the only place for like 20 miles in any direction where you can sorta buy groceries so I'm pretty happy that it's there.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    brand new strip malls are bland and generic

    fox is not bland and generic; it is actively bad
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Well, Fox News is. There are local news stations under the Fox header that don't suck at all.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I'm thinking about how they run those godawful cheap courtroom shows all day
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    queenpoison said:

    Walnut Plaza is a strip mall that's sorta near where I live and the only place for like 20 miles in any direction where you can sorta buy groceries so I'm pretty happy that it's there.

    i mean you're like hey good a store, you're not like damn, i LOVE the paneling
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    glennmagusharvey said:

    brand new strip malls are bland and generic

    fox is not bland and generic; it is actively bad

    local fox stations are bland and generic.  it's their cable offerings that are actively bad
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    what would be the fox news of urban planning
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Calica said:

    glennmagusharvey said:

    brand new strip malls are bland and generic

    fox is not bland and generic; it is actively bad

    local fox stations are bland and generic.  it's their cable offerings that are actively bad
    God, it was utter hell when FX reran King of the Hill

    I loathed FX's animated in-program ads WITH SOUND EFFECTS
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Thank god Adult Swim took it away from them
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Calica said:

    what would be the fox news of urban planning

    that police station in a village of 200 people that has like 6 police cruisers and constantly tickets anyone speeding in their village where the speed limit on the highway drops from 55 to 25
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    true
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    You can tell I'm from Ohio because small towns are "villages" to me
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    . . . 200 people would be a heck of a small "town"
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    The way it works in Ohio:

    < 5000 residents = "village"

    ≥ 5000 residents = "city"

    This means we have some comically small "cities", because "town" has no legal meaning here
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    ah

    over here "village" implies it's not really big enough to be a town and "city" is a legal term that usually implies it has a cathedral
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Most importantly: What is the Citizen Kane of Fox News?
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    meaning there's no necessary difference in scale between a city and a town, though of course cities tend to be larger because the larger the town the greater the likelihood of there being a cathedral
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Village has a less clearly defined meaning here, but it is generally an inherited term of sorts, like Cheltenham Village which I lived very close to.
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
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    and for extra fun, it works differently in every state. 

    in Virginia, for example, a town can have its own government,but is still part of the county surrounding it; a city is totally independent and essentially functions as a county in all but name.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i also live close to Cheltenham (Town)
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    village in my mind implies like

    shacks
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    "Village" brings to mind images of 19th-century buildings for me, but that's because most municipalities small enough to get that designations are old railroad towns and such that were built many years ago.

    Occasionally you get suburbs full of modern housing developments that are "villages" but not as often.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    image

    This is the kind of scenery that comes to mind for me when you say 'village'.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    image
    image

    This is what comes to mind for me
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Central Avenue said:

    "Village" brings to mind images of 19th-century buildings for me, but that's because most municipalities small enough to get that designations are old railroad towns and such that were built many years ago.


    Occasionally you get suburbs full of modern housing developments that are "villages" but not as often.
    I think there is a notorious senior living community in Florida called "The Villages" which is best know for being master-planned to hell and back and being horribly, horribly conservative
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    tbf what i posted is a deliberately picturesque photo

    i live in a "village" and it doesn't look like that, at least not around our way because it's mostly housing estate
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Tachyon said:

    image

    This is the kind of scenery that comes to mind for me when you say 'village'.

    Same.

    The Village doesn't really look like that, but it's been 350-plus years.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    edited 2015-11-05 02:28:36
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Village.

    (yes it was the first village that came into my head)
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    i think of the "bring out your dead" scene, but with the village people singing YMCA
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