Me to my normie friends and family: "Never connect your TV to the internet."

Them: "But then how will I get Netflix?"

Me: "Get an Apple TV and connect it to the internet. Then connect that to your TV with an HDMI cable."

Them: "I don't need an Apple TV. I just bought a TV!"

Me: "Apple TV is not a TV. It's a little box."

Them: "Then why does Apple call it a TV?"

Me (snarky): "I told Steve Jobs not to call it a TV but he did it anyway."

Them: "This is all too confusing. Just buy the things and hook it up. Here's my credit card."

Me: "OK"

Them (one month later): "Hey our new TV is working great!"

Me: "Good!"

Them: "Except it shows us an unskippable ad whenever we turn it on, and the ad seems to know a lot about us."

Me: "Um...that shouldn't be happening."

<investigation begins>

Me: "This TV knows your wifi password!"

Them: "Oh yeah! After you left last month the TV asked us if we wanted to 'finish the setup process'. So we did what it told us and now it's happy. Aren't you proud of us for figuring that out all on our own?"

Me (to myself): choose words carefully before speaking, self