I've now realized the biggest problem with watching little to no TV (for at least 10 yrs...)

[NRaleighLiberal]

Crossword puzzles. References to TV shows, pop culture, etc - utterly stumped on those clues unless I read about it here, on Twitter, etc.

Other than that....pure joy!

[arcane1]

1. That happens to me when I attend comedy shows and don't get half the jokes

A small price to pay

[Scuba]

2. Yep, and I'm generally lost for one category on Jeopardy.

[HopeHoops]

3. Yeah. I gave up TV in '82. I had no idea who Snooki was for a long time. I wish I still didn't.

[Populist_Prole]

4. I'm regarded as either a stick in the mud, or an aloof bastard by many who try to talk me up on TV

They're wrong on the former, dead-on with the latter.

[SoDesuKa]

5. Quiet Satisfaction

I get quiet satisfaction from knowing I've never even once watched some really popular TV shows. Not once! The list is quite extensive, and includes a number of so-called cultural icons. I do know that Snooki is a character from some program about the Jersey shore and is considered a bad influence on children, especially girls. I also know that "Friends" and "Cheers" are two different programs but I've never watched either one.
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[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. I never watched Friends or Cheers or Seinfeld either.

Lots of shows.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

7. That's true...

I have watched very little TV except for a few shows over the past decade and I am continually stumped at references to them on Facebook, in popular culture, in discussions, etc

[SoDesuKa]

8. Somebody Should Post These References on the Internet

Just think of all the bother it would save the non-TV watching population if someone were to post a synopsis of what a popular show is all about. I think Seinfeld works in a diner, or he eats in one. I happen to know that because I used to pass it on Broadway and 114th Street and I'd see tourists posing in front of it. But I don't know what Seinfeld does for a living or what provides the basis of the comedy on the show.

Cheers is set in a bar, and I assume it's a standard laugh-track comedy about the characters and the events of their lives. I don't know what Friends is about except that presumably the characters are all friends. One of the actresses from that show is always on the cover of the weekly tabloids, possibly because she has an active press agent.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. My longtime job was writing about network TV shows, so I don't have that issue...

I had to watch TV, LOL. It's taken me awhile, but I no longer relate issues IRL to situations on TV shows...