# Weird, Interesting or Embarrassing Roommate Stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interesting-or-embarrassing-roommate-stories/951207 "2021-09-23T17:37:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interesting-or-embarrassing-roommate-stories/951207/81 "2021-10-22T13:50:18Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > My then-BF had a room-mate, a young student type, who had many, um, _interesting_ ideas. One of them was that TV was actually made by little people living inside the set. He was completely serious about it and became very upset when people laughed at him. Curious: did he believe that the people he saw onscreen were the same ones living in the set? (There would have to have been an impossible number of people in the set, even allowing for their tiny size.) Or did he accept that the people onscreen were pixels but just thought the system was controlled by the little people inside? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interesting-or-embarrassing-roommate-stories/951207/82 "2021-10-24T21:07:46Z")
Sorry, far too long ago for me to remember the details. I’m fairly sure I did ask, but don’t remember the answer. He was very unwell (I didn’t know how unwell until that conversation) and probably didn’t explain what he meant in a way that would make sense to anyone who didn’t live in his head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interesting-or-embarrassing-roommate-stories/951207.md?page=4)