Yeah, of i can watch YouTube, then it’s easy.
But going with the spirit of the thing, i would find it burdensome. I basically only watch tv and movies socially. And sometimes on airplanes, but mostly socially. I didn’t sit down and think, “I’d like to watch as movie, what will it be?” I say, “hey, let’s get the family together on Christmas and watch a movie”, or, “want to watch Netflix with me this evening?”
Are you missing a “not” in there?
As so often with the two of us, I could have written
Which means to me that the loss of that would be not burdensome. In fact it’d be almost unnoticed.
It would be burdensome, because i use TV and movies as a way to socialize. My family has watched a movie together on Christmas it Christmas eve every year since 1 was about 10. I get together with a friend every week to watch TV together. (Although lately we’ve mostly been watching YouTube cooking shows. Lots of good YouTube content.)
I suppose i could find other stuff to do. But the fact that there’s plenty of old shows to watch is almost irrelevant.
Gotcha.
As I said, there is sure to be a television show or movie in the future that everyone has seen and is talking about. Think of Star Wars in 1977 or Lost or Game of Thrones as the shows were airing. You’re going to be completely out of the conversation.
I’m probably going to be anyway, and have been out of those conversations for most of my life.
The people I spend time with generally have additional topics of conversation.
I think most people have more than one thing to talk about.
True.
I would be fine with about 6-7 shows and about 10 favorite movies. I had the TV to myself for the first time in forever the last few days. With 5 streaming services, I still ended up re-watching episodes of HBO’s Rome for the ~50th time. I think the last two seasons Game of Thrones ruined new TV shows for me.
“Let’s say a decree came down saying that you (you, personally as a test or law or punishment or rule or… SOME kind of magical reason) are not allowed to EVER watch any movie or tv show beyond THIS POINT, today’s date of June 23rd, 2025”
Tonight on ABC’s Movie of the Week: Cliff Robertson stars in Edward Everett Hale’s A Man Without a Popular Culture. Condemned to live aboard Navy vessels, never to have access to Streaming Services, YouTube, or even DailyMotion with all the f***ing ad breaks; all for having uttered in a moment of intemperance: Damn the brainrot and churn! I wish I may never hear of the Netflix login tudum again!
Doomed with only a shelf of the Harvard Classics for company, and their comic book adaptations
Wow. I never saw that Classics Illustrated, though I read a lot of them when I was in elementary school. Cool! (Have read the story, though.)