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OK that was pretty cool. Props to these guys for taking such simple thoughts/ideas and generating interesting content. Youtubers like this are the modern-day Bi

OK that was pretty cool. Props to these guys for taking such simple thoughts/ideas and generating interesting content. Youtubers like this are the modern-day Bill Nye. The faster we all 'cut the cord' and ditch TV, the faster we can force the return of quality creative content like this. Either because TV dies outright, or networks are monetarily forced to put effort into quality programming again.

criddell 9y ago
Why would I want to cut the cord and ditch TV? Television is awesome. I wish I had time to watch more of it.
- trapperkeeper74 9y ago
  Troll.
  - criddell 9y ago
    How is that a troll or even provocative? Last Sunday was the Game of Thrones finale and there was a lot of excitement over it. That's not because TV sucks and everybody should ditch it. Tonight I'll watch a baseball game on TV. Over the weekend I had it on more than usual because I was watching the Harvey news. Television is wonderful.
    - trapperkeeper74 9y ago
      Either you're hillariously sarcastic or not the sharpest instrument trying to rationalize their undying, partisan team promotion for glowing consumption. Assuming the former: GoT isn't "TV," it's multiplatform, third-party, ad-free, cable HBO. How is: - arranging your life around schedules of broadcasts - sitting through long, pointless ads wasting one's limited life - sitting in one place because a service isn't completely available except within an old, outdated, building subscription service framework - watching local lazy or "must carry" propaganda or in-bubble-centric, watered-down, biased national/cable news that doesn't address real issues (VICE and Democracy Now are good) "wonderful?" Is that anything like Trump "wonderful" or Apple "wonderful" when they charge $750 to "repair" a $0.25 part by throwing away a fixable board.
      - criddell 9y ago
        You have a very narrow definition of what constitutes television. It isn't 1978 anymore.
PhantomGremlin 9y ago
The advantage of television channels and networks is they provide "curation". Someone needs to wade thru the crap and find the "quality programming" you desire. Take the average Nova or Frontline episode. It's not cheap to produce. Do you think people could afford to put the work into making shows like that if all they could count on was the crumbs that Google threw at them from page views on Youtube? And even if the funding could be solved, how would you discover this programming? There are very few HN submissions that ever get much notice. And the HN crowd is not nearly big enough to provide enough Youtube eyeballs to actually fund "real" programming.

criddell 9y ago

Why would I want to cut the cord and ditch TV? Television is awesome. I wish I had time to watch more of it.

trapperkeeper74 9y ago
Troll.
- criddell 9y ago
  How is that a troll or even provocative? Last Sunday was the Game of Thrones finale and there was a lot of excitement over it. That's not because TV sucks and everybody should ditch it. Tonight I'll watch a baseball game on TV. Over the weekend I had it on more than usual because I was watching the Harvey news. Television is wonderful.
  - trapperkeeper74 9y ago
    Either you're hillariously sarcastic or not the sharpest instrument trying to rationalize their undying, partisan team promotion for glowing consumption. Assuming the former: GoT isn't "TV," it's multiplatform, third-party, ad-free, cable HBO. How is: - arranging your life around schedules of broadcasts - sitting through long, pointless ads wasting one's limited life - sitting in one place because a service isn't completely available except within an old, outdated, building subscription service framework - watching local lazy or "must carry" propaganda or in-bubble-centric, watered-down, biased national/cable news that doesn't address real issues (VICE and Democracy Now are good) "wonderful?" Is that anything like Trump "wonderful" or Apple "wonderful" when they charge $750 to "repair" a $0.25 part by throwing away a fixable board.
    - criddell 9y ago
      You have a very narrow definition of what constitutes television. It isn't 1978 anymore.

PhantomGremlin 9y ago

The advantage of television channels and networks is they provide "curation". Someone needs to wade thru the crap and find the "quality programming" you desire. Take the average Nova or Frontline episode. It's not cheap to produce. Do you think people could afford to put the work into making shows like that if all they could count on was the crumbs that Google threw at them from page views on Youtube? And even if the funding could be solved, how would you discover this programming? There are very few HN submissions that ever get much notice. And the HN crowd is not nearly big enough to provide enough Youtube eyeballs to actually fund "real" programming.