# My Tivo thinks I like mexican porno

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 18, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443 "2004-11-18T12:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/1 "2004-11-18T12:17:47Z")

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I honestly don’t know where it got that idea.  
But oooh aren’t they sweet?

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**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/2 "2004-11-18T13:02:38Z")

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That’s nothing. My toaster thinks I like smouldering lumps of carbon, my shower thinks I’m into hypothermia, and my car thinks I enjoy vigorous exercise.

Your TiVo, on the other hand, is a sophisticated piece of technology (allow me to repeat that magic word: _technology_) that was designed expressly to record, remember and ultimately anticipate your preferences in an arena (televised entertainment) that has over the decades been market-researched and focus-grouped to the limits of mathematical precision. Odds are, it spends a lot more time on the task of choosing programming, at heaven knows how many billions of calculations per second, than you do.

What I’m saying is, it’s probably right. After all, you don’t second guess your pocket calculator or digital watch even if you might have _guessed_ a different answer or _felt like_ it was not that late. And that’s pretty primitive compared to the _technology_ represented by TiVo.

So you should just go with it. Enjoy the frolics of our southwestern neighbors, perhaps with a nice snack. If you ask nicely, your refrigerator may suggest something tasty that you never knew you wanted.

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**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/3 "2004-11-18T13:35:11Z")

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> [@Eleusis](#):
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> But oooh aren’t they sweet?

TiVos or Mexicans?

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/4 "2004-11-18T13:56:40Z")

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There’s very likely a line of code in the Tivo program-choosing module that loosely translates to “Hey! Who DOESN’T like mexican porn?”.

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/5 "2004-11-18T14:19:27Z")

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A friend of mine has a TiVo. He recorded \<i\>The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy\</i\> and some more adult-oriented anime, and it continued to record anything aimed at children. Then again, he also recorded a lot of movies of all different genres. It recorded show tunes and bad sitcoms for him. I’m not entirely sure how the categories work on TiVo, but I guess they’re unable to distinguish between cartoons that are okay for kids and animated stuff intended for adults. It’s got a “stupid American factor” built in. Joy.

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**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/6 "2004-11-18T14:29:07Z")

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> [@nocturnal\_tick](#):
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> TiVos or Mexicans?

You mean we have to choose now? Aw, man.

Okay, TiVos.

No, Mexicans.

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/7 "2004-11-18T14:34:48Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> There’s very likely a line of code in the Tivo program-choosing module that loosely translates to “Hey! Who DOESN’T like mexican porn?”.

```auto

if((genre == PORN) && (ethnicity == MEXICAN))
{
 record();
}

```

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/8 "2004-11-18T14:54:38Z")

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Hey, who _doesn’t_ like Mexican porn?

And who knew there was Mexican porn?

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/9 "2004-11-18T14:56:15Z")

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I, for one, welcome our TiVo overlords.

or should it be \* I, for Juan, welcome…\* oh, never mind.

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/10 "2004-11-18T15:06:03Z")

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Well, y’know, this Niblets Green Giant Mexi-corn is tasty stuff, what with the little bits of green and red bell pepper and all. And it’s festive, too. Really brightens up a meal. So I can see why your TiVo thinks you like it. What’s \*not \* to like about Mexican corn?

What?

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/11 "2004-11-18T15:07:08Z")

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You think you’ve got problems? Check out [this guy](http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/living/4662397.htm?1c)😃

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**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/12 "2004-11-18T15:10:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> or should it be I, for Juan, welcome… oh, never mind.

Excuse me while I clean up my monitor. And that tea was good, too.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/13 "2004-11-18T15:14:22Z")

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Bow-pollo-bow-bow! 😃

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**Author:** ![confessorknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@confessorknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/confessorknight)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/14 "2004-11-18T15:20:22Z")

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Am the only one whose getting a registration screen for **Tapioca**'s link?  
anybody care to summarise the contents?

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/15 "2004-11-18T15:32:07Z")

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you can find the article by googling “My TiVo thinks I’m gay” and clicking on the “cached” page.

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> Iwanyk, 32, first suspected that his TiVo thought he was gay, because it inexplicably kept recording programs with gay themes. A film studio executive in Los Angeles and the self-described “straightest guy on earth,” he tried to tame TiVo’s gay fixation by recording war movies and other “guy stuff.”
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> “The problem was, I overcompensated,” he says. “It started giving me documentaries on Joseph Goebbels and Adolf Eichmann. It stopped thinking I was gay and decided I was a crazy guy reminiscing about the Third Reich.”

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**Author:** ![Zog\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/16 "2004-11-18T15:38:17Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> or should it be \* I, for Juan, welcome…\* oh, never mind.

_Yo soy Juan, bienvienido a TiVo jefes_

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**Author:** ![confessorknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@confessorknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/confessorknight)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/17 "2004-11-18T15:43:43Z")

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Ah, got it now. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/18 "2004-11-18T16:47:46Z")

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I definitely do not want technology that tries to read my mind. I want technology that does what I tell it to. Is that too \*&^%$# much to ask?

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**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/19 "2004-11-18T16:51:41Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> I definitely do not want technology that tries to read my mind. I want technology that does what I tell it to. Is that too \*&^%$# much to ask?

I think what you mean to say is, “I, for Juan, welcome our TiVo overlords.” I’ve filled out your application and submitted it for you. You _do_ like Mexican porn, right?

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tivo-thinks-i-like-mexican-porno/275443/20 "2004-11-18T17:22:03Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> I definitely do not want technology that tries to read my mind. I want technology that does what I tell it to. Is that too \*&^%$# much to ask?

Ah, \*&^%$#. Mexican porn for you!

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