TV Society

I got a call while I'm on vacation from my internet service provider offering me a good deal on TV service. I told him I don't have tv service and he laughed at me. Full on cackled. "Well when you do sign up...blah blah blah" Why is it a given that I'll soon get cable vision? 

That night I was watching a few consecutive episodes of Bones on Netflix. After a couple, before it started the next episode, it asked me if I was still watching, and I had to click "yes" for it to continue. Because if I was binge watching and I fell asleep, it would turn off for me. How curteous! 

In unrelated news, I have a couple concerns about our societies reliance on TV...