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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

• Make your career and personal relationships so fulfilling that the mere idea of needing to watch movies and TV shows for entertainment starts to seem utterly ridiculous.

Damn, I thought this was a satire magazine, not a spitting-straight-facts magazine.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

I mean, this is kind of the case for me, except I would replace "fulfilling" with "overwhelming".

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

$15+ a month for one streaming service with some content

$10 or less a month for VPN to access ALL CONTENT

The choice is obvious here 😂

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Living in a country that doesn't give a fuck:

+100% content
+50% healthcare
+90% safety from mass shootings
–40% salary
–60% job opportunities
–30% cost of living

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

🏴‍☠️

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t have a conjoined twin to mooch off of, sadly.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 5 points 2 months ago

Well maybe it's time you changed that.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can't tell if people are using the headline as a jumping off point or the whole thread just... ate the onion. (Nick Offerman eating onion)

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I keep 3 active. And only buy others a month at a time when something I wanna watch goes up.

I'll grab disney for a month to watch the new season of Doctor Who. Or a month of Max when House of the Dragon drops. Watch what I wanna watch. Plus a movie or two I had forgotten about.

Just subscribe then cancel about 10 mins later. Use it for the month and it's gone.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

the hardest part about sourcing my own iso's is when Im talking to someone about a show or movie and they ask me what service it's on and I have no idea or even a clue on how many different streaming services there are now

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Be like me and just say BitTorrent.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I don't understand how people get addicted to these video streaming services. Every streaming service I've subscribed to is shit.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

i do one at a time for a month or two and switch, but it's been nearly two years since i have subbed to anything (streaming or cable--which is ridiculously overpriced these days).

i just watch the stuff i already have here and i'm in no danger of 'running out' of things to watch anytime soon.