{"id":87,"date":"2011-03-01T07:24:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2011-03-01T07:23:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T12:23:15","slug":"%e2%80%9ccutting%e2%80%9d-the-cable-wherein-%e2%80%9ccutting%e2%80%9d-replaces-the-word-%e2%80%9ccanceling-%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cutting\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the cable, wherein \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cutting\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cleverly replaces the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153canceling.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I made an announcement to my friends and family: WE ARE CANCELING CABLE. This proclamation does a few things &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>(a) It gives an air of sophistication to the proclamationer. It says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watch television because my mind is my most important possession. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m assuming you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel the same, and I accept that, because in addition to having strong opinions on media consumption in this country, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also capable of recognizing that my lifestyle may not be the best choice for you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>(b) It screams, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m technologically savvy!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind of like getting rid of your cable box and purposefully keeping the cable box shelf in your entertainment center empty so someone will ask you about it. Oh, you watch television on a cable box? Huh. Oh, I just have a PC attached to my TV, 500 terabytes of legally obtained television shows, and this virtual reality helmet lets me control it all. No, we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watch King of Queens, the firewall won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allow it. Also, TCP\/IP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, .NZB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, 1080p\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, etc.<\/p>\n<p>(c) It kinda makes the proclamationer sound like a douche.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/netflix-streaming-content-unlimited.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88\" title=\"netflix-streaming-content-unlimited\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/netflix-streaming-content-unlimited-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/netflix-streaming-content-unlimited-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/netflix-streaming-content-unlimited.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-88\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Netflix streaming factory. This woman is ensuring that there are two terrific movies and tv shows available for every 10,000 unwatchable pieces of shit.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My fiance and I had lofty dreams of life without cable. All the shows we wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to watch, all of the conversations about television shows that we could easily dismiss because, ahem, we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t \u00e2\u20ac\u0153do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d television. Plus, every single device in the house can stream Netflix content, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like basically the same as having cable, right? There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Netflix on the XBox, the dusty old Wii, our computers, our phones, the fridge, the iPad, our graphing calculators, our electronic dream journals&#8230; you name it, chances are pretty good that it can stream Netflix content. The problem is that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll think of a movie I want to watch and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll check to see if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s available to stream on Netflix, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Add <strong>T<\/strong><strong>exas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation<\/strong> to your snail mail queue, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get it whenever you decide to return <strong>Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham<\/strong>!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d And you know, I just like the idea of having Netflix\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s copy of <strong>Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham <\/strong>sitting on my shelf? And I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to return it? And by now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve completely forgotten that I wanted to watch the Texas Chainsaw with Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey in the first place, and just watch people falling down flights of stairs on Youtube instead. I understand that I started this paragraph talking about television shows and now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m talking about movies, so please accept my apologies and refer to point (a).<\/p>\n<p>Now Amazon is offering free streaming of select movies and TV shows for Amazon Prime members. I thought this would be perfect! Amazon Prime is the greatest invention of all time, and it changed the way I shop. For example &#8211; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m out of deodorant. Duane-Reed is about four blocks away. Outside. With Amazon Prime I can get a single stick of deodorant delivered to my door, and what the hell, let me just order some cat toys, four USB cable caddies, a USB cable caddy caddy and a few six packs of ginger beer. Yes I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like my order shipped in as many boxes as possible, of course I want it delivered for free. 24-48 hours later it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like goddamn Christmas morning, except I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the only one getting presents, which is the greatest Christmas gift of all. So now Amazon Prime, on top of all of the joy and cat toys that Margot instantly loses as soon as I open the box, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to throw in free movies? This is AMAZI-Oh&#8230; they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all pretty much the same thing as Netflix huh? And I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watch streaming Amazon movies on any of the previous devices I listed to great comedic effect? OK. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s OK Amazon Prime. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still the best at filling my hallway with boxes and bubble wrap, and Netflix can never take that away from you.<\/p>\n<p>After tinkering with streaming sites and illegal downloads and honest-to-god rabbit ears, plus coming to terms with the fact that I begrudgingly like having cable for the odd episode of Intervention and repeats of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XCumH8LRo1A\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Show<\/a> (that I have on DVD but they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all the way over there), we wound up just keeping the stupid cable. I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mention it around my friends and family that were on the receiving end of my bold proclamation. I just throw a blanket over the cable box whenever anyone comes over, that usually does the trick. Now I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to start my own streaming site to compete with Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus and Netflix Pant. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to have every movie on earth, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to have every TV show on earth, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be awesome. Give me a year to get some funding and some servers and check back for a major announcement regarding Super TMH PrimoPlus+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My fiance and I had lofty dreams of life without cable. All the shows we wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to watch, all of the conversations about television shows that we could easily dismiss because, ahem, we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t \u00e2\u20ac\u0153do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d television. Plus, every single device in the house can stream Netflix content, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like basically the same as having cable, right? 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