Family movie nights before streaming were actually miserable.
By @paigeforsure · Nostalgia
Everyone acts nostalgic about gathered around the TV in the 2000s, but fighting over one remote and watching whatever garbage was on cable was awful. Having personal screens and endless choices today is objectively better than forced family viewing.
The full story
went home for the weekend and my mom was reminiscing about how nice it was when we were all forced into the living room every friday watching whatever was on cable. like yeah there's nostalgia there, but sitting through endless commercial breaks and watching stuff half the family hated was actually terrible. my younger sister was trying to say we lost something sacred because we're on our phones now, but having your own screen and picking what you actually want to watch is ten times better. collective boredom isn't bonding tbh.
How people voted
- Facts — 30% (7 votes)
- Depends — 26% (6 votes)
- No Way — 43% (10 votes)
Readers say “No Way” (43%) — 23 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@sagelol — lmaooo
@daniy — Can you not just pick a movie together on streaming now instead of being completely isolated?
@tessyk — Next time she brings it up put on a three hour infomercial with zero skips and hide all the remotes.
@sagemaybe — Aw, your sweet mom just misses having all her babies in the same room with her, even if the movies were terrible!
@judeliterally — Did nobody in your house know how to rent a DVD from Blockbuster?
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