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This is a normal post Life is WAY better that way
I watch the odd show I fancy, other than that, you get soo much more done too. And am at least 80% less of an angry person. :D
 (I helped save b3ta! --- ---, Fri 19 Aug 2016, 13:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm so glad I don't have a tv
80% reduction in my anger too, but the remaining 20% is more than enough. When my grandmother came round, she couldn't understand why I wouldn't have a tv unless I couldn't afford one.
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Fri 19 Aug 2016, 17:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^ This
BIG EDIT: I used to have a standard digital TV receiver (and before that, in a previous flat, bog-standard Sky), but even that would result in me staring slack-jawed at whatever E4 or Dave was shoving into my face at 11pm, like re-runs of Friends or some shite like Two Broke Girls, too jaded and Pavlov'd to jack it in. I moved to flat without a working aerial and quickly broke the habit of broadcast TV (the saving of a license fee was nice too). If something interesting comes up there are always ways to stream it, and Netflix tends to throw up some decent stuff - never would have heard of Bojack Horseman, Daredevil or Kimmy Shmidt otherwise. So yeah, fuck TV, it's a lamely dying gazelle in the jaws of on-demand. HTH.

SMALLER EDIT: That said, the BBC has grown a bit of a pair lately. I really enjoyed The Night Manager, The Secret Agent and Versailles, proper-budget HBO-contending stuff. Dunno what they're up to with iPlayer as of September, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 19 Aug 2016, 17:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Have you watched Stranger Things?
I thought it was quite good and I think it's a Netflix show.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Fri 19 Aug 2016, 18:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post I watched the first episode
And despite a kinda milfy Winona (and her big brown beaver), I wasn't hooked. A lot of people seem to be raving about it for its 80's references. Yeah, I was there, I was a similar age to the kids in the programme. I guess I got my fill at the time and the story didn't really grab me. Eh, to each his own..
 (I helped save b3ta! Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 19 Aug 2016, 18:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post I bought a Roku recently and binned my expensive TV package
All I watch is iplayer now, mostly on demand but a bit of broadcast. Dont miss all the other shite at all.

Spent the money I saved on a decent usenet subscription
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Fri 19 Aug 2016, 19:35, , Reply)