I'm officially part of the "I dont have cable" club!
 

Well after finally having finished school, Im moving out on my own tomorrow and starting my job soon after. After 23 years of having the tel-avision with my family and with my roommates during school, I'm proud to say no more http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/smiley.gif. Never really watched it these last few years, but itll be refreshing to not even have to even bother with the thing

Congrats AndreaGail, on these big changes in your life, in the right direction. It's exciting, indeed. You won't miss the TV. I tossed a TV overboard once, it felt great. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/smiley.gif

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Did the same thing after figuring out how to unlock satellites.

Once I saw behind "the curtain", I realized what a massive rip off it all was.

Would have probably cost me $1000/month to get to that level, and it was still a huge pile of shit.

5 going on 6 years later...don't really miss anything, saved myself a bunch of cash, and my IQ has risen by leaps and bounds.

Good for you! My husband stopped watching it long before i did but after a while I realized we were spending $100 a month just to leave it on for the dog during the day. What a colossal waste of money and brain cells!

Thank you for the inspiration AndreaGail. I get cable bundled with my internet service, but I have been thinking for months now about getting rid of it. Most of what I watch I can get with an antenna on my roof and an $8 a month subscription with Netflix. So the cable is going to bite the dust. I thought of getting Satellite service instead, but that is pretty much the same 500 channels of mindless drivel that Cable is. Unplugging the tube is the first step in unplugging from the evil system.

Hatha

Congrats on finishing school, moving out, and landing the job, AndreaGail! Bonus: getting away from television!

5+ years here. after you don't have it for awhile, and then you're sitting in the dentist's office or wherever and it's on, you're immediately conscious of how it sucks you in and begins to program you, even after a few minutes.

Welcome to the club!

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Your IQ probably went up a few points.

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Congratulations on completing your advanced schooling! Sounds like you analyzed things well and planned accordingly. What career path have you chosen that has the rosey job opportunities for you that you sound confident you will land?

+1 Andrea Gail!


beefsteak

Exactly. And I can't believe how loud the GAY agenda has become.

Heed my warning, bitchezzzzz. If you keep watching that shit, you're gonna turn into a packer fan. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/shocked.gif

i guess i've been a member of that club without knowing it !

i talked to some telecom companies about ditching my current phone provider.

it's amazing what they charge - especially when you consider that Moore's law applies to telecom as well as computers.

computers are getting cheaper - why isn't phone service ?


of course, even if it was free, cable TV would be too expensive.


do they have ads on cable TV ?

Thanks everyone! yeah its definitely a liberating feeling, and itll keep some extra money in my wallet. I always am amused by the fact that people have those 500 channel mega packages and complain that there is nothing on (they are probably the same people that complain that there is nothing to eat when their fridge is full). In both cases they are probably sifting through junk

If you havent seen the history channel for a few years you wouldnt recognize it now it is ALL reality TV. There is a pawn show, alien show, trucker show, swamp people show, and to top it off a show following "pickers" involving two jews traveling through America ripping old retired folks off of their Americana for bottom of the barrel prices. No modern marvels, how it was made, etc anymore

Hey Beefsteak thanks, it will be a job in accounting, I start monday

congrats andrea. one of my maxims as to why the country is so screwed up is that most people "can't do 5th grade math." kudos to not being one of them anymore! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/cheesy.gif

It was definitely a shock seeing how much they were asking for just the basic cable when I was going to get my internet all set up. Everywhere I lived for school had offered "free" cable as a perk for living at the apartments so I never even gave it a thought of how much it might cost

If I had a dollar for every time I saw people break out their calculators for a simple 7 x 6 math equation haha. and these were the "smart" people

my grandpa was an actuary so at a very young age he always enjoyed testing me on math equations, so now I can do most equations in my head

Almost 15 years cable free, and since I'm in the boonies I almost can't get internet. I have to use a MIFI which means limited streaming so no Netflix or Youtube either. From the outside looking in, the programing is obvious. Last night I was over at the neighbor's house and she had the TeeVee on for no one. Just background noise. I went in the house to grab a beer and there was a comedy show playing. The comedian's backdrop was a wall with graffiti all over it. The most prominent peice of "art", one that showed from every angle, was a large eye.

Hey, sevens are hard! Oh, do I wish I was kidding. I write very sophisticated algorithms on a daily basis, but those 7's and 8's timetables still give me grief.

When I called to canel it they try (of course) to find a way for you to keep it, the cheapest they "could" get it was $60 a month. There is absolutely nothing on tv that is worth $60 a month.

Congrats on your new job and good luck!

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