Comments on: Nope, We Don’t Have Cable

By: ameyer13

ameyer13 — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:02:30 +0000

There was a 7 year stretch of time where I lived in an area where cable was required or watching TV would not be an option. I believe i had a snowy religious channel I could get in with rabbit ears but other than that, nada. years later i look back on that and ask myself how I did it. Currently I do subscribe to satellite service which is actually a lot of fun. There are many options that I had no idea existed until I started working for Dish Network. Really the biggest thing for me is the technology a company and offer, I recently got a Sling Adapter that does not cost me monthly and I can take it anywhere I go on my mobile. The other fantastic feature I’m loving is HD which currently I am also getting free. There really is not a comparison for me and although I was quite proud of my 7 year abstinence, I’m glad I’m media cultured.

By: Ryan @ Planting Dollars

Ryan @ Planting Dollars — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:00:34 +0000

I don’t even have a TV!!

I do go on hulu ocassionally to catch an episode of family guy or it’s always sunny in phildelphia, but other than that I’m on the computer working, outside, or at my 9-5.

In college my roommates always wanted cable and I found myself watching CNN or hours of the history channel and feeling like a pile of crap afterwards. Now, with a low information diet, I feel a lot better. I don’t need to know who shot who across the world in any given day – as self absorbed as that sounds.

I can focus more on my own life and literally be the change I want to see.

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By: AK

AK — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:08:40 +0000

When I was in college, I definitely didn’t have cable and didn’t miss it. I watched my favorite TV shows streaming online, but other than that I was too busy to care. Now that I’m a year out and living in my own apartment, I have to say cable has been a necessity. Living by yourself with no TV is too creepy and boring, and now that my friends aren’t all living within walking distance, I have WAY to much free time when I’m not at work.

By: Living with Balls

Living with Balls — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:32:50 +0000

This would probably work for me if I wasn’t a sports fan. Sports are meant to be watched live. Most of the shows I watch, I DVR as well.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:46 +0000

Yes, yes I do watch television. I don’t know that I’m truly getting it in a way that works best for me, but given that I live with my fiancee and her mother, it’s not entirely up to me, in either event.

By: Mrs. Money

Mrs. Money — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:10:13 +0000

I’m thinking about cutting our cable. We play our Wii more than anything, and the cable costs a crapload of money that I’d rather save. I think it’s awesome you never had it installed!

By: L@spillingbuckets

L@spillingbuckets — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:44:49 +0000

We don’t have cable either. In our apartment they provided basic, here we just have rabbit ears that came with the TV (We still have an old CRT) and a digital converter that was free (except for tax) via the gov’t money.

Hulu, and surfthechannel are my friends. (although with the latter you have to be a little careful)

I don’t miss it at all. But I wouldn’t pay for Hulu. I’d find what I want on youtube or some other free site.

By: Douglas Hofstetter

Douglas Hofstetter — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:19:52 +0000

Dexter for the Win! Yes i as well do not have cable. I watch shows using Hulu, or streaming them from my PS3. When i eventually get my own place i won’t have cable there either.

By: H Lee D

H Lee D — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:44:26 +0000

@Writer’s Coin: It *is* true, but I’ve found that those are people I generally wouldn’t want to be friends with anyway. I don’t want to befriend people who require me to watch TV any more than I want to be friends with people who require me to drink or eat hamburgers. There isn’t anyone else in my social circle who doesn’t watch TV, and it’s not an issue.