Thread 150213851

It makes me sad that cable TV is dying out, since this means people won’t watch the same cartoons or share the same cultural references, making it harder for everyone to connect and make friends, especially children.

I’d say good riddance to cable, but streaming and corporatized YouTube are so much worse.

>>150213893
Would you support bringing cable back?

>>150213851 (OP)
Rocko

>>150213851 (OP)
Seems like uber popular stuff manages to bridge that gap anyway, every kid knows what TADC or skibidi toilet is, but anything that even slightly niche is totally fucked.

>>150214469
I don't know what Skibidi Toilet is.

>>150213851 (OP)
Every kid on earth until the end of civilization will watch the first 3 seasons of SpongeBob

>>150215240
How can you be so sure of that?

>>150215168
A lot of people do.

>>150215250
How CAN'T you?

>>150215250
spongebob is the biggest cartoon character of all time and has been for about 2 decades. And unlike the simpsons, no imitator could stand the test of time.

the biggest proble with cable, is that most channels became one show only.

>>150217227
Like Teen Titans Go?

>>150213851 (OP)
Yeah, it is pretty sad... :(

Now kids are stuck with YouTube content slop

>>150213851 (OP)
I think Rocko's shirt is pretty cool

>>150213851 (OP)
>Shit service with commercials you CANNOT SKIP is dying out
and this is a bad thing?

>>150220889
Any new cartoon can't be accidentally stumbled upon when channel-surfing. Now they HAVE to benefit from proper advertising because potential viewers need to actively go out of their way to pull up the specific program on the specific streaming service that houses it. Many shows that aren't overnight sensations get overshadowed much easier that way.

>>150214359
's Modern Life

people have been saying it for the past 20 years, but cable shouldve went towards an a la carte model

>>150222216
>Oh no, you have to actually look for new cartoons instead of just lotto coming across them while surfing through advertisements!
You poor baby.
I feel bad that decision making and the most minute form of effort is being enforced on you.

>>150213893
As the old joke used to go: "A million channels and nothing's on". Only it's not a joke anymore.

>>150223300
wazzat mean

>>150223346
Do you not see how this isn't just a matter of personal choice but something that effects the larger ecosystem?

>>150213851 (OP)
What? People now all over the world watch whatever shit is trending on Netflix.

>>150224643
you only pay for the channels you want instead of one fuckhuge package

>>150225097
On one hand that'd immediately bankrupt everything in Hollywood except Disney, on the other hand it'd force studios to make great stuff instead of coasting off of news & sports

>>150225097
Ah, okay.

>>150216193
Well I don't.

>>150213851 (OP)
Cable TV has had it coming for a long time now

Cable could survive with some changes to the abhorrent commercials and prices, but the execs clearly want it to die.

>>150213851 (OP)
I understand the feeling too, of rushing back home from school in order to catch a show you really liked on TV, and discussing it with your friends on the other day...

In a way, this will remain in essence, since kids and teens can watch, for example, a trendy youtube cartoon series and discuss it with their friends, or maybe watch some ongoing series on a streaming service, and discuss it on the next day.

Sometimes things change, but sometimes not that much.

>>150213851 (OP)
That sound very grim. But I blamed the corrupt entertainment industry for ruined our system.

>>150227896
Cable's doing alright outside of cartoons and sitcoms

>>150213851 (OP)
Rocko's Modern Life would've failed with flying colours had it premiered in this godawful streaming era. How could we have let it come to this...

>>150213851 (OP)
People where forced to watch good things, now we're forced to watch trash chosen by faggots and their favorite e-celeb

Execs have canceled good shows since the days of Police Squad! and showed zero remorse. The loss of television falls squarely at their feet. Kids would still want to watch good shows but all they get are SpongeBob and Teen Titans Go! Anything else gets 8 episodes every 3 years, how else are they going to be entertained?

>>150223300
>>150225097
It was largely like this in the past. You had the basic package, but to get extra channels you paid more. HBO, Starz, Cinemax (Skinemax hehe) all were separate subscriptions too
That being said, it wasn't ala carte, really more stacked costs like ordering at Chipotle

>>150213851 (OP)
It makes me sad, too... :(

>>150213851 (OP)
Damn, why his shoes so MASSIVE?

>>150232893
you know what they say about wallabys with big feet....

>>150233660
Go on...

>>150213851 (OP)
i don't know why but i feel like in the future, all the TV stations will be bought out by hobbyist enthusiasts turning tv into essentially UHF community access channels.

>>150231083
Adult Swim is especially guilty of this. One eight episode season every two years. The only outlier is Rick and Morty and now Smiling Friends as S3 comes out next month.

>>150224909
Oh boy, I can't wait to break bread with jeets and spics about the latest Netflixslop.
Golly gee I just love the global market.

>people won’t watch the same cartoons or share the same cultural references, making it harder for everyone to connect and make friends, especially children
All part of the plan

>>150213851 (OP)
I stopped using cable tv around 15 years ago. In hindsight cable tv was a fucking scam, you were paying for bundles of channels you never had any intention to watch.
>>150213893
> corporatized YouTube are so much worse.
It really isn't. I'd prefer much of the history/nature channels on Youtube well over to the lowest common denominator shit you'd see on tv.

>>150213851 (OP)
>since this means people won’t watch the same cartoons or share the same cultural references, making it harder for everyone to connect and make friends, especially children.
Not sure what you're talking about, my nephew and his friends share and talk about shit that they both experienced. Popular stuff tends to cause kids to gravitate to it.

>>150213851 (OP)
man Canadian cartoon channels are FUCKED.

https://imissbionix.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/ytv-to-lose-nickelodeon-content-in-september/

https://imissbionix.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/wildbrain-to-shutter-family-channel-and-sister-channels/

>>150213851 (OP)
I hate his stupid overbite. Ever heard of a DENTIST?

>>150213851 (OP)
Netflix ruined EVERYTHING

>>150236841
uh-oh...

>>150213851 (OP)
why is he so unc alluring

>>150215240
Not anymore. These days there's a generation arguing that early Spongebob is bad and new Spongebob is better. The ones that go around calling people who say otherwise "Spongeboomers".

>>150242197
>there's a generation
Yes there is. A new generation. With a bright and (might I add) YOUNG future!! We are the kids of the 2020's and youuuuu will neva-eva-eva keep us down!!! We're gonna rise up and resist!!! A total rebel revolutionnnnnnn we're gonna save the day, hooray!!!!!!!!!!!

>>150213893
Fpbp
I started watching less of the telmundvision over 10 years ago when they started shoving faggot shit down our throats. By 2020, I stopped watching entirely because it was nothing but black folks everywhere on every ad & every program. All the pro-faggot & pro-black shit made me want throw out my own TV. If I like something, I'll pirate it. If the creators behind that something, I'll obtain physical media of that something.

Not your personal charity.

>>150242603
They have all of these great shows to choose from and they picked Skibidi Toilet (Half Life)

I miss recording the shit I liked and catching stuff I missed on the on demand section while it lasted

>>150213851 (OP)
Aside from better shows, what does /co/ miss most about old cable?

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>>150242164
I beg your pardon?

>>150213851 (OP)
built for frog women

It’s a morbid thought that the cable industry complex would be living after me, so I’d be nice to witness the end of it in my lifetime

i think the transition to hd dealt a big blow to cable
suddenly 60+ years of content was off the table for airing because the best quality they could get was a decaying VHS, and advertisers werent having it

>>150230042
Only because of people who are old as fuck and a smallish housewife demographic
Give it 10-20 more years and Cable will literally be kill

>>150249827
Shame you'll never witness the end of these though

>>150251010
They thought Big Mouth was popular enough to be on this list?

>>150251010
>>150251081
kinda grim Spongebob is the only actual kids show here as well

>>150213851 (OP)
We could have it all.