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LiveFromNewYork95 t1_j6f5pcj wrote

Reply to comment by pm_me_reason_to_livx in There should be a setting to watch TV shows that aired in the same block together by AvailableUpstairs912

I think people just want TV to have some character again. Streaming has taken A LOT of the fun out of watching TV. Sure it's super easy, like ordering everything you need on Amazon but that doesn't mean people don't miss the days of hanging out at the mall

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ex0thermist t1_j6hkrzp wrote

There was a website I've seen posted somewhere, but I've totally forgotten what it was called, that simulates a TV from like the early 90s or something like that, where it just plays and plays in real time, commercials and all, and there's a visual manifestation of an old TV itself surrounding the video- you click on the knob to change channels.

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LiveFromNewYork95 t1_j6hyumq wrote

I've seen that, it's pretty fun but it's pretty much just a Youtube clip machine, they don't have full episodes unless it's actually uploaded to Youtube. So it's cool to "flip through" and feel like you found and old episode of The Simpson halfway through but really it's a 2 minute clip that's gonna keep replaying.

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AvailableUpstairs912 OP t1_j6ifdas wrote

I watch family guy, american dad and futurama reruns every night with ads, and I hulu. Im just used to ads

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LiveFromNewYork95 t1_j6ii4d1 wrote

I'm still a cable person, I grew up with commericals, they just have never bothered me. Again it's just how I grew up, ads are when you ran to the bathroom, got a snack, got stuff done.

And I know there's people that feel that they shouldn't have to pay for ads or that by having ads it turns the whole show into ads but I have way more important stuff to stress about than that so I've never gotten much into it.

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