Minimalistic?

My cousin said he's a minimalist. Since I don't know any other person who claims to be a minimal, I'll let you decide. I guess it wasn't as noticeable when he was living in the Silicon Valley and renting a room from his friend. I just thought he doesn't need a lot of amenities, but then he moved to LA a couple of months ago, so get this: He go a 300 sq ft bachelor. A bachelor is an apartment *without* a kitchen. I guess kitchen is not really a necessity for a single guy who never cooks.

 

My cousin asked me to send him a video clip. So to me the best sensible way of sending a video clip over 400 miles is via the internet. Sure, it might takes a while, but who sits there and watches for upload/download anyway? So I asked him. He said he preferred to have a DVD instead. I was shocked that he doesn't have high speed internet. To which his respond was, "You were only half right, I don't have internet, period." His logic was that since he was online from work all day long, he doesn't need to have internet at home. Okay....

 

The DVD posted a second problem. I can either dump the video clip onto a DVD in it original format so it's only viewable via a computer, or spend more time figuring out how to convert it so he can just pop it into a DVD player and watches it on TV. Again, the latter sounds like a better option to me. He said watching it on the computer is "perfect" because "I don't own a DVD player." O.o Now if you remember, only a few months ago, materialistic me was telling hubby how DVD players are just disposable nowadays, because a $70 generic one and a $200 name brand one will both break down at exactly one year's point. My cousin said, "My TV is only 19", what's the point?" And here I have a 43" TV in the living room, a 27" in the bedroom, and still a 27" extra one lying around in the computer room....

 

Then he proceeded to tell me, "I've also unplugged the fridge to keep the apartment cool. Having cold water is not worth the electricity bill.".....

 

So, you tell me, would you call that minimalistic or just extreme frugalness?