Lovelyish

I grew up with cable, but I do not have it now. It’s so expensive and I’m a broke college student. In a college town, not having cable is pretty common. 

Definitly not. It’s a disturbance and is more harm than good. Those who disagree probably are hurting the most ^_^

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I never watch TV.

I only need basic cable, not any of those extras. As long as I can get MTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, Oxygen, VH1, and BET I’m all set. I can never find anything that interests me on the extra channels.

I don’t own a TV

I grew up having cable, but we don’t have it now.  We cancelled our home phone and cable TV to save money.  When our finances improved, we didn’t go back.  We have high speed internet and a Netflix subscription, which mostly fulfills our entertainment needs.  I thought it would be hard to give up, but it wasn’t at all.  Instead of watching Food Network and Style TV, I now cook or bake instead, or read, surf the internet, etc.  It is most definitely not a necessity for us now.

It IS bloody expensive, but I can afford it. I have never, ever in my life been without cable, so I have no idea what it would be like to watch television with the ‘rabbit ears’.

The main reason cable is so expensive up here would be the lack of competition. My cable provider has no competition, thus a veritable monopoly has been created. The Space Channel, dumbfucks that they are, decided to take on my cable company who is also my ISP provider, had their asses handed to them when they were complaining to them about the so-called ‘trolling’ I was supposedly doing on their site. My ISP told them in no uncertain terms to ‘go fuck yourselves and leave our customers alone’. I loved it.

@babybug329@xanga – Uh, how are the high-speed internet and Neflix any different from cable? Both of those run over cable lines, surely, therefore you still have cable.

I grew up with four TV channels…we only got more than that about five months ago when they turned off analogue TV signal in our area of England, and we either had to pay to get FreeSat (not the same as cable – you pay £60 for a digital receiver and that’s it, but gives us 100 odd channels) or have no TV. I don’t really watch it much, though. I generally use YouTube and Netflix, or online catch-up services. There’s no need to pay for Cable on top of that.

@LegionOfLucifer@xanga - Technically we do, but I am sure the OP was referring to cable TV service.  Having internet and Netflix is less expensive then having cable TV service AND high speed internet because I was unwilling to part with Internet.  However, I wouldn’t compare cable TV service with Netflix because Netflix is slow to add new episodes of shows and movies, and not all shows/programs are available.

it’s not a necessity, it’s a luxury. however, i DO have cable… i’m in grad school and it keeps me sane. $50 for entertainment for the month vs. going out to bars, movies, dave & busters etc. is a cheaper and better alternative. 

I grew up without cable on and off. When my parents got a raise we left the food stamps and my parents decided to splurge a bit and get cable. I loved cartoons, I still do today. I’m like you – I watch cartoons and shows directed at kids because they’re just fun. I watch Johnny Bravo and Hey Arnold! and all the old cartoons. Walking Dead is a series I adore and couldn’t live without (no pun intended). Discovery, History, I love, love, love learning and I’m not a fan of reading. After I moved out I realized it was expensive, but I can afford it. If I didn’t have it I’d be fine, but it is nice having it. It’s not a necessity, it’s just a nice treat. 

It’s not a necessity if you’re busy with life or have something like Hulu or Netflix.

My family has never had cable. We have TVs, though, for watching movies. If I want to watch a show, I just google it and watch it for free. The bills are only $30.

I’m living with my parents for the moment and they have cable so I use it while I can. Cause low-cost cellphones plans and internet are all I’m gonna have once I move out. I don’t even watch most the shows on tv. At least 90% of it is total shit.

Nah. I was never too interested in T.V.

I lived my first 20 years of my life without cable. My brother was the only one in the family that watched tv and he was content with just regular tv. But I moved into an apartment this school year and my roommates and I pitched in for cable.. trust me, once you get cable, you can NEVER go back. now i don’t watch tv at all unless there’s cable lol

I grew up without cable and got used to having cable living in the dorms in college.  My apartment has cable because I like all the sports channels…  It’s baseball season and I get antsy if I have a day off from work and can’t watch a Texas Rangers game…  So, it’s either go to the ballpark or watch it live on FSSW or ESPN.  Also, if I fall asleep watching the Food Network, I have really yummy dreams.

We don’t even have a TV. I grew up without a TV, so obviously not a necessity. When I was a waitress my roommates and I split a cable bill, and that was nice at the time, I guess. But once my son was born I was living on my own and it was too expensive (and I didn’t have  TV), and then I never missed it…and now I don’t plan to have it ever again. I don’t see any reason to. I hate all the commercials, it’s expensive, and honestly, I get way too into watching it and get lazy and bum around. It’s better for me not to have it, hehe.
 My fiance does want it though, to watch soccer and his telenovelas (no joke). I guess for the Olympics it would be fun. Rabbit ear antennae around here don’t pick up ANYTHING. 

I went seven years without watching any tv at my house. That was because my dad unplugged it and wouldn’t let anyone watch as some form of extreme punishment. During this period, there were some occasions where I’d watch stuff on someone else’s tv while I babysat and they had cable, but I never found anything interesting to watch. My family currently has Dish Network or something, but I never watch tv nor do I have any interest in watching. There are shows I like to keep up with, but I watch them all online.

Absolutely not. I don’t have it now. If you really want to watch newer TV shows, you could buy a Hulu Plus subscriptions. 

At home my father is a cable technician, so they get it for free. 

All I need is netflix and the Internet. 

I don’t have cable….. I don’t need it, either. TV shows these days suck anyways. And if there’s something I’m just dying to see, (which is rare) the internet is amazing, and has things I can watch it on. 

No cable for me! Netflix and HuLu all the way!

We don’t have any television channels. I’d like to be able to get just Discovery, Nat Geo, Science, and a handful of others. But since that isn’t an option, I’ll stick with my video games and movies.
We do have internet, but we don’t actually own a computer. I’m borrowing my sister’s laptop until she moves out of our parents’ house. My husband has a little tower thing that allows him to work from home but you can’t do anything else on it.

I have a tv, but ever since they switched antenna from analog to digital I don’t even get regular channels, and mostly use it to play my PS2 on. Yeah, I’m stuck in technological dark ages. I finally just got an iPhone yesterday, and feel like a tool now haha. I do have to say though, the internet is definitely a necessity.

I had cable growing up. My husband and I rarely watched TV when we lived with our parents so we opted not to get it when we moved in together. Its stupid to pay for something when you aren’t going to use it all the time.

Rabbit ears here.
Although I do have a computer hooked up to every tv in the house to watch stuff online.

I used to think it was weird when my friend (I was 15) never had cable. But.. Now that I am 22, and living on my own…. That shits expensive! I would definitley get it again if I had the extra money for it, but for the time being, the internet is just fine for me, and my movies. I couldn’t live without internet though, thats for sure!

I grew up with cable, but I’m not too crazy about TV. It’s a nice, mindless way to pass time when I’m tired. Now that I’m in Hong Kong, I have all of 4 channels that work … if the antennae is cooperating. I actually haven’t turned the TV on for months and that doesn’t bother me in the slightest so I guess the answer is no – cable’s not a necessity!

Watch tv on your laptop. So no. Simple!

We have satellite at my parents house but I rarely watch it. I rarely watch TV period. Only for GMA and the traffic reports in the mornings. But, I used to watch it all the time. I’ll either watch Netflix or read a book. Or go outside for a walk.

I grew up with cable, but when I got my first apartment a year and a half ago (because my college only allows you to live in the dorms for two years) I got an antenna. One because I couldn’t ask my parents to pay for my cable. Second because while I lived in the dorms, I never watched the TV and only Hulu. I do watch my TV a lot because it is in my room, but all the shows I watch are on network channels anyway. Sometimes I miss Comedy Central, I guess, and during the Super Bowl, I would do anything to see the Puppy Bowl. But it’s not worth it. I’ve looked at cable packages, and to even get any of the few channels I want I’d have to get one of the bigger, more expensive packages.

It also helps that I learned recently how easy it is to watch non-hulu.com TV shows elsewhere on the internet.

There’s hardly anything on tv, especially with all these channels with numbers I can’t memorize on cable. We convinced our dad a few times that we don’t watch tv as much. I’m happy with netflix . 

Don’t necessarily believe it’s a necessity but it is annoying when you get, “hey did you see the latest episode of _____?” Then I look dumb doing the “bunny ears” sign with my fingers and get that same look I imagine you did. >.<

I grew up with cable, had free cable in my dorm rooms in college, and somehow managed to have cable during the rest of undergrad. When my husband and I were first married we were able to afford cable. During the last three years we have had cable on and off due to finances. We currently just downgraded our cable again (second time in 3 months) to just the basic channels. If we could we would just get antenna TV where we live right now we would get rid of cable all together. We do have Netflix which is great, we don’t mind paying the 20 bucks a month for that. Cable is just too expensive and we don’t even watch it when we do have it, we watch Netflix instead.

Doing stuff outside and enjoying the fresh air is more stimulating.

I’d pretty much only get it because sports streaming is unreliable and spotty. Other than that, I can watch everything else online.