The point from OP is that he asked for a feature that allow to use steam on TV and he answered he doesn't "watch TV" what has nothing to do with play. That's what I guess OP tried to remark.

But we can see he use no console, so he doesn't use the TV for play and he also isn't interested on doing so with his PC. That's what OP didn't achieve to get from the conversation.

So -1 point for indirect answer for friend. -1 point for OP for not understanding the answer. +1 point for friend as he passes of TV, +1 point because he passes of sofa to play. WINNER: FRIEND +1 vs -1.

Au contraire, mon frere

I sense the OP made a puzzle out of this...

steam gifts just turned to be a psychology forum, i hate this posts on foruns not designed to talk about this stuff

edit: your friend is right, i also avoid the tv.... i am a little like your friend, he just needs a girlfriend and money and he will be happy

There are some weird people out there.

Buy em 5 rolls of toilet paper and then make TOILET PAPER PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How to deal with contrarians? Agree with them.

I can see why you have a problem with that. There are probably times when you don't want to talk to him because you know he's just going to say something negative.

Without really knowing your friend, I can only say that it seems like he's either in love with the sound of his own voice, as it were, or he just doesn't feel like people are listening to him so he's desperately throwing his opinions out there. It could also be a superiority complex and being critical of other things is how he feeds it. In the long run it'd be best to find out why he does what he does. That'd make it easier to figure out how to handle him.

1) You started the conversation
2) He might find it annoying or has no interest in it.
3) Maybe he is very optimistic about flowers OR shit OR death. It's just that stupid TV talk he is sick of.
4) Yet again, you started the conversation. Not him. He simply replied.

Your friend right..besides the 90s were the best, after 2000 everything went downhill, Kardashins and crap reality tv over. So yea nothing on tv worth turning it on anymore that you couldn't find online. Agree with others, it was just an opinion anyway lol.

I know a couple of people like that. It's pretty frustrating when everything you say to them is met with negativity. As one example, no big deal, sometimes people just won't agree with you, like everyone else pointed out. But when it's literally everything you talk about, it sure makes it difficult to have a conversation.

Ironically the thinking on their side of things appears to be the same as many of the replies being posted in this thread - that it's just about having a different opinion and that ought to be okay. The problem is that they tend to end up living in a tiny little world constrained by these boundaries that don't really exist, and only apply to them.

The fact that the person doesn't watch TV isn't the problem in itself - although it should be obvious that if they refuse to watch anything, they won't find any shows they like. That wasn't even the topic, though! They were talking about Steam Big Picture, not someone's view on how TV sucks.

Unfortunately I have to deal with that kind of person everyday. My bro almost always thinks negatively to almost everything I ask. Sometimes it seriously pisses me off.

So... What you're asking is... Have I ever met anyone who doesn't like to watch tv? Or am I missing something here?

There isn't any problem with him stating his mind, in fact good for him for saying what he thinks instead of trying to like people; perhaps that's YOUR problem, and not his.

I could do a further analysis, but it would probably be pointless.

Quick question: Where is your "friend" located. Because he went and explained, in a very logical way, why he doesn't have a TV "here".

As a reply to your comment, he was stating that it's pointless as he doesn't even use a TV. Rather than give a critical analysis of why it might benefit another life, he put it into how it affects him. Which seems about right considering you made an off hand comment about the Big Picture before asking him a completely unrelated question. You've suddenly dropped him into a position where he must answer both within the "acceptable" time frame.

Anyway, you'd need a better example to show that your friend is pessimistic.

I don't get it.