Hey silver_tears.....

Dollars or pounds?

You can get it for free with ads. The ads are obnoxious though. And you only get the full mobile apps with the subscription.

Dollars.

That's not terrible, I hate Youtube ads, so I would spring for the subscription. I dunno, I just kind of go on and off music, it's like a weird quirk of mine.

When I first got spotify free trial I was seriously hooked.

Playlists and radio and searching it was awesome.

Similar for me, and for long stretches of time. Well any media really, like I'll just stop with movies for 6 months at a time....or TV Shows, or books or whatever. But Spotify has been worth it for me so far anyways.

Yeah, I don't actually watch any tv and haven't for years. People think that's so weird.

Do you watch shows by other means? Or just no TV shows at all?

Originally posted by Bardock42
Do you watch shows by other means? Or just no TV shows at all?

Sometimes I get the urge to stream something. Like I watched Penny Dreadful online while it was on. For the most part though, I don't watch much. It's rare for me to be interested in something on tv. The reason I watched Penny Dreadful was because I love period pieces.

I have zero interest in watching OITNB for example even though everyone raves about it.

Oh god OITNB is so freaking good.

And the intro song is amazing...

But well, you can't force people to make the right decisions (i.e. watch OITNB rn)

Breaking Bad is good. ermm

Yeah yeah, and it's empowering to women etc. Is it weird that I like shows that don't go on forever? Like I like things that have a few season expiration date instead of going on for like 20 years.

Originally posted by silver_tears
Yeah yeah, and it's empowering to women etc. Is it weird that I like shows that don't go on forever? Like I like things that have a few season expiration date instead of going on for like 20 years.

No, I think a lot of people appreciate TV Shows that have clear story arcs and come to a close in a reasonable time. Like Breaking Bad for example.

Orange is the New Black only has 2 seasons so far though. Not a huge investment, and it's really great. And it is empowering to women and in particular women of color. And it has possibly the best, most diverse female cast in anything ever. And it's hilarious.

Originally posted by Bardock42
No, I think a lot of people appreciate TV Shows that have clear story arcs and come to a close in a reasonable time. Like Breaking Bad for example.

Orange is the New Black only has 2 seasons so far though. Not a huge investment, and it's really great. And it is empowering to women and in particular women of color. And it has possibly the best, most diverse female cast in anything ever. And it's hilarious.

Yup exactly, it gets a little out of hand sometimes and the quality suffers.

Yeah so I've been reading. It's funny because I don't watch it, but I read a lot of essays about what it means to diversity etc.

Yeah, in particular when there was a clear arc and then they drag it on one or two additional seasons. That's just sad to watch then.

And it has a really positive portrayal of a transgender woman as well. It's so good, ide. But you don't have to watch and read and listen to everything that's great...

What annoys me about TV shows, particularly US ones is that they wrap things up in the first 20 minutes, go really slow and boring, then they add drama and intensity at the end for a cliff hanger.

I'd rather the slow stuff at the beginning, intensity in the middle, then a conclusion at the end of each episode. Not this cliffhanger crap.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Yeah, in particular when there was a clear arc and then they drag it on one or two additional seasons. That's just sad to watch then.

And it has a really positive portrayal of a transgender woman as well. It's so good, ide. But you don't have to watch and read and listen to everything that's great...

Or like the same couples keep getting together, yawn.

I might get around to it sometime, but I guess I don't watch tv and when I'm on my laptop I'm doing a million things at once and don't stream much.

The older I get the harder a time I have keep my attention focused on something for longish periods of time. I get distracted easily.

Hmm, yeah, I can't focus on just one thing either. I watch things on our TV (to which I have connected a computer), while going on the Internet usually.

My brother is nuts, he'll be watching tv, playing on his xbox and going on his laptop at the same time. That's like crazy, I would go mental 😐

Playing Xbox and going actively on the Internet is tough. Depending on the game of course. I often just follow group conversations and play games.

Do you play any games?