# I pit my roomie for unsubscribing from pay cable without consulting me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roomie-for-unsubscribing-from-pay-cable-without-consulting-me/620301>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 29, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roomie-for-unsubscribing-from-pay-cable-without-consulting-me/620301 "2012-04-29T05:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roomie-for-unsubscribing-from-pay-cable-without-consulting-me/620301/21 "2012-05-01T20:42:24Z")

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I don’t get it. You claim he turned off the cable. You also stated you would have said,

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> FTR I would’ve said “No f-ing way.”

had he discussed turning it off with you.  
That seems to me like you would have been willing to assume the entire cable bill yourself. Why not have it turned on in your name then?

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roomie-for-unsubscribing-from-pay-cable-without-consulting-me/620301/22 "2012-05-02T01:38:28Z")

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> [@Hello\_Again](#):
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> Supporting someone’s apparent desire to be an isolated shut-in? Something tells me he wouldn’t be up for it.

Nah, he’d have him pumping iron and picking parking lot fights, which honestly sounds like a good idea in this case.

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