I'm sick of television

Ok, why do you think this lovely family is so happy in this picture?

Mom beat that nasty bout of swine flu?
Dad found another job after being laid off?
Fido's having puppies??

Nope you're all wrong, this family just got a converter box so that they can continue watching TV!!!! But sadly, many will no longer be able to watch their prized television sets because of the digital switcharoo. Jesus H. Christ people it's just TV and there's a simple solution to your life ending predicament to boot! If this family would buy a $44.44 converter box their worries would go away and they could continue watching Rosanne. But wait, there's more! The government is giving away coupons to take $40.00 off the asking price of the converter, not even the esteemed Billy Mays could do that. Rabbit ears and hugging your family members is a thing of the past, get with the times. Speaking of times, this story came right out of the New York Times and apparently "10 percent of the 114 million households that have television sets are either completely or partly unprepared." What's partly unprepared? Like owning the box and being too lazy or dumb to set it up? Man I feel for the people who aren't prepared slash don't have 4 buckaroos to spare. Waking up one morning and seeing that there's nothing on TV. Oh wait, that's me every morning on my perfect comcast setup with 800 channels. Go read a book you loons.