Also, as an aside, why is it so fashionable anyway? I think it's multifaceted and varies from person to person. I gave up cable for the same reason that a lot

Also, as an aside, why is it so fashionable anyway? I think it's multifaceted and varies from person to person. I gave up cable for the same reason that a lot of people give up drinking... I couldn't handle it responsibly. I hit bottom, thinking "I've only seen this episode of 'Friends' a few times already, I'll watch this". So in order to keep from feeling like the TV is the default center of my life, I had to remove it.