With a (new) little one at home now, I find myself watching a lot more television. This is not much of a surprise; I did the same with the previous ones.
What is different is how much has changed since then.
I watch a lot more stuff online now, and now that I can stream films via Netflix, I can now watch them on my PC, as well as my TV.
It is a little weird to go back and watch things I'd previously seen on regular TV and watch them through a service. Of course with the little one, one never gets through anything in one shot. He has to wake up, need to be changed, need to be fed, need to be burped, need to be set back to sleep, etc. This becomes quite the production such that it's hard to maintain one's focus on anything really for longer than 30 minutes.
Somehow I survive though.
My real gripe with Netflix however is all the crap they try push on me. I mean really - there's a great deal of it that's just ... well, crap. So I spend an inordinate amount of time sifting through endless lists of TV shows and movies that their software indicates would be something I'm interested in.
95-99% of the time, it's not the case - it's just wasting my time.
Don't get me wrong - I certainly prefer Netflix over say other say others who just treat you like a fucking number, and not a human being. I just wish they thought of my predicament more and really designed their solution to really select options that are really interesting for me.
What is different is how much has changed since then.
I watch a lot more stuff online now, and now that I can stream films via Netflix, I can now watch them on my PC, as well as my TV.
It is a little weird to go back and watch things I'd previously seen on regular TV and watch them through a service. Of course with the little one, one never gets through anything in one shot. He has to wake up, need to be changed, need to be fed, need to be burped, need to be set back to sleep, etc. This becomes quite the production such that it's hard to maintain one's focus on anything really for longer than 30 minutes.
Somehow I survive though.
My real gripe with Netflix however is all the crap they try push on me. I mean really - there's a great deal of it that's just ... well, crap. So I spend an inordinate amount of time sifting through endless lists of TV shows and movies that their software indicates would be something I'm interested in.
95-99% of the time, it's not the case - it's just wasting my time.
Don't get me wrong - I certainly prefer Netflix over say other say others who just treat you like a fucking number, and not a human being. I just wish they thought of my predicament more and really designed their solution to really select options that are really interesting for me.
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