The /r/TVTooHigh subreddit exploded in popularity this week after a Washington Post reporter posted a Twitter thread full of images from the subreddit, setting the internet ablaze as Twitter users pondered what would possess someone to mount their television so high up on the wall that it nearly touches the ceiling. Now the internet can't stop talking about the subreddit, which is filled with mildly infuriating images depicting some of the oddest television mounting choices known to man.
Found a subreddit where they just post photos of TVs that are too high on the wall pic.twitter.com/enSamf8win
The images of these unusually positioned televisions are enough to make anyone's eye twitch (and make their neck hurt). Some of the subreddit's top posts include an image of a TV mounted to the top of a slanted bedroom wall, a television placed so high it's parallel to the second floor of the house, an image of a relative watching TV in his preferred TV-watching position, a photo of a technician installing a TV set above a doorway in a large foyer, and the pièce de résistance: an interior photo of a posh home in a wealthy neighborhood, with a television set mounted to the ceiling of the living room.
When faced with posts like these, subreddit members often jump to place blame on the technician who installed the television. After all, what kind of professional would mount a TV to the ceiling (or mere centimeters below it), especially knowing how much strain this positioning can put on the necks of customers who spend a lot of time in front of the television. While inexperience, negligence, or just plain laziness can certainly play a part in especially poor installation jobs, it turns out that more often than not, the customer is
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