Watching a show on my phone at the airport made me feel old

I mean, I was stuck at O'Hare for like 4 hours last year, and I just pulled up a show on my phone. It hit me that I used to have to plan my whole trip around catching a specific episode on a hotel TV. Now I can just watch anything, anywhere. It's cool, but it kinda takes the fun out of the wait, you know? Does anyone else miss the old way of having to find a show?

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lilya763mo ago

Yeah, that's the thing, convenience is great until your battery dies.

margareto263mo ago

My friend said the same thing about missing the hotel TV hunt. Then his phone died on a long train ride and he was stuck staring at a faded ad for an hour. He downloaded three streaming apps before his next trip.

karenh563mo ago

Honestly I used to feel the same way about missing that old hotel TV scramble. Tbh getting stuck somewhere with nothing to watch on my own device changed my mind real quick. Ngl the novelty of hunting for a show wore off after a few boring layovers with zero signal. Now I just want my stuff ready to go when I'm stuck in a plastic chair for hours.

skyler_jackson2727d ago

My buddy @lilya76 actually learned this the hard way last winter. He was all about the whole "romance of dead zones" thing, swore by finding weird local channels and old DVDs. Then he got stuck at a tiny airport in Nebraska for six hours, phone at 15%, and the only thing on the hotel lobby TV was a loop of a guy selling used cars. He told me he was so bored he almost watched the whole thing twice. Now he's got a whole folder of downloaded shows and a backup battery pack. Funny how one bad experience can flip your whole outlook on something.