"Cutting the cord" is a phrase that makes me want to vomit

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When people use the phrase "cutting the cord" in reference to anything but childbirth, it makes me violently angry. Watching TV is not such a big problem that it requires you to cut anything to make your life livable again. TV is glorious and anyone who says anything else is wrong.
That being said, I'm going to cancel cable as soon as I watch all of my recorded Olympics programming. And I'm not doing it to cut ties with society or to stop watching TV. It's just that 90% of the shows I watch are available on Hulu, Netflix, or CBS All Access anyway, so it's kind of pointless.

But the phrase is the real problem. Without being overtly negative, the assumption is that I'm somehow tied down to my TV, which hasn't been true since before DVRs were invented. In fact, cancelling cable will tie me more to my TV because if I want to watch something and actually participate on Twitter, I have no choice but to watch it live - and actually live, not like I start watching at 8:30 so I can fast forward through the commercials. "Cutting the cord" will actually force me to watch commercials.

Speaking of commercials, Hulu is genius. I thought at first that seeing the exact same commercial four times during an hour show was obnoxious and stupid, but apparently the product placement actually worked on me. It's how I discovered Skippy peanut butter ball snacks and I am grateful for it. It also brought me to Difficult People, which I contend is the best Hulu original ever and one of my favorite shows.

Other news is I'm currently in season four of Gilmore Girls as I wanted to make sure I was all caught up before the new episodes drop in November. I've already seen the whole series multiple times, but it's good to be fresh in your mind. I hope it doesn't disappoint. What I mean is that I hope it isn't as disappointing as the Sex and the City movie versus the show. Crossing fingers!

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