WHAT’S WRONG WITH AMERICA, PART 17 ———— by Steve Nadis
From what I know (which is essentially nothing), Netflix is a well-run company: You order the movies online and they arrive in the mail precisely on schedule. Yet I think Netflix is emblematic of a worrisome trend in this great land–people doing their shopping by computer (amazon.com being another example), without getting out to see and interact with other people. Eventually, this has to take a toll on our society, to the extent there is any society left.
That said, I must make a painful confession: I subscribe to NetFlix, despite the fact that I think it’s part (admittedly a small part) of what’s wrong with America. How did this come about? I got sucked in with a free one-month offer. By the end of the first month, I hadn’t had time to watch the free movies, so I ended up paying for one month. By the time that month had elapsed, I still hadn’t finished watching the movies. So it continues. But this month I vow to turn the movies in before the due date, whether I watch them or not, so that I can do my part in saving America, assuming it’s not too late. If it is too late, I apologize for my role in contributing to this sad decline.
Posted by in 16:54:53
Still not laughing.
Nor should you. This one was filed under "armchair editorializing," which has little, if anything, to do with humor in the traditional sense.
Will you boys quit your squabbling? It’s getting awfully tiresome.
C’mon, Lindsey, Snark and his alter ego are the best part of this blog!
movies! Heck I want groceries delivered and fresh milk….
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Snake, I havent had much success here interacting with people even when I do go out. If they aren’t on a cell phone call, they are wearing an iPod.
You raise a good point, Doc, as usual. I guess I shouldn’t have said “interacting with other people.” What I meant to say was “watching other people interact.”
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