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I enjoy being a...

…Luddite.

“Everyone who is going to pay for TV already pays for it,” said Todd Mitchell, an industry analyst at Kaufman Brothers Equity Research. “The only people without it are Luddites and people too old to appreciate it.”

Or am I in the “too old to appreciate it” category?

We do have the most basic of basic cable at our apartment, but I’ve gone years at a time without. In the most-recent subscription, I’ve not yet sat down in front of the TV with the intention of watching anything; I’ve always had something else I would rather be spending my time on. So I suppose that puts me in the “Luddite” category.

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Posted by pjm on March 31, 2005 10:28 AM |

Comments

  1. i think florida should seced and become its own little mini-nation.

  2. i’ve been without tv for nearly 7 months and don’t really miss it at all. and i was addicted— ADDICTED— to “survivor.” so, i’m a “survivor” survivor. but i do think i would actually benefit language-wise with french tv. a collegue recently lent me their old tv but i get no reception in my stone house dwelling. i’m feeling a post coming.

  3. nice photos of the flowers. write me.

Posted by: nikki c | March 31, 2005 12:40 PM

Nahh, you’re hardly a luddite. That analyst is a dope. I would be willing to bet there are far more people without paid TV than he would like to think - not everyone spends their time as couch potatoes!

I pay for cable now, but only because the household had it when I moved in. Do I watch it? Rarely. I set the DVR to tape a few things weekly but, for the most part, the TV stays off and I go back and watch those shows 3 or 4 at a time when I have a spare afternoon.

Posted by: Miss Injury | March 31, 2005 1:26 PM

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