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It's 10am. You've a home day and no streaming services or internet. What are you watching?
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Babalugats feddit.uk Babalugats@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-04-16
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A day off college or work or whatever, for whatever reason. You peel yourself out of bed at 10am and turn on the TV.
You have no internet, no *streaming services or DVDs/videos etc.

What are you going to watch on the TV for the next 5 hours?

*Streaming services include subscription services like Netflix, Hulu etc.
Home servers like Jellyfish, Plex etc.,
Satellite pay-to-watch movies or TV e.g. sky movie box office.

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Gnugit aussie.zone Gnugit@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-07-03
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Nothing, I'm going fishing instead.

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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#3 · Quote Reply

Hit the random button on Jellyfin 5 times and watch a film.

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AnchoriteMagus lemmy.world AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-28
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That would mean subjecting myself to normal broadcast television with commercials. I'd rather perform home dentistry on myself.

I'll go touch some grass instead. It's only 5 hours, it's not going to kill anyone to be away from a screen for half a day.

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one_old_coder piefed.social one_old_coder@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-08
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That would mean subjecting myself to normal broadcast television with commercials. I'd rather perform home dentistry on myself. I'll go touch some grass instead. It's only 5 hours, it's not going to kill anyone to be away from a screen for half a day.

Same here. I stopped watching TV because it has everything that I hate: ads and shitty content that I do not control.

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
Joined: 2025-09-27
#6 · Quote Reply

The inside of my eyelids

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lost_faith lemmy.ca lost_faith@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-02-13
#7 · Quote Reply

Break out some books, or if it is 15C or higher, I'd go outside for walkies.

Had my full answer before I read the body which started with - Fullscreen my offline media, close my eyes and click a random folder, then watch it

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tetris11 feddit.uk tetris11@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-17
#8 · Quote Reply

The inside of my eyelids

*whisper* I push my fingers into my -

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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
Joined: 2024-09-25
#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

I don't have a TV.

Also my streaming service runs on a server in my living room, so it doesn't need internet as long as I'm home.

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yeah feddit.uk yeah@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-27
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Hit the random button on Jellyfin 5 times and watch a film.

there's a random button? 👀 nice info, brb expediting my migration to jellyfin.

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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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Break out some books, or if it is 15C or higher, I'd go outside for walkies. Had my full answer before I read the body which started with - Fullscreen my offline media, close my eyes and click a random folder, then watch it

.ʞlɐʍ ɐ ɹoɟ ploɔ ʎʇɹǝɹd s'ʇɐɥ⊥

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lost_faith lemmy.ca lost_faith@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-02-13
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.ʞlɐʍ ɐ ɹoɟ ploɔ ʎʇɹǝɹd s'ʇɐɥ⊥

Not when you consider I walk to work everyday and several of them were -30C, 15C is downright balmy shorts weather, but I'm Canadian so I am a little crazy

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Starya67 lemmy.world starlinguk@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#13 · Quote Reply

I'm reading a book called Flowers over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti. Don't have a TV, I only use streaming.

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-13
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I have been waching broadcast tv and I keep it on in the background all day. 10am hour is I dream of genie. then its back to news for 2 hours and then ice road truckers for two hours.

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Babalugats feddit.uk Babalugats@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-04-16
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I don't have a TV. Also my streaming service runs on a server in my living room, so it doesn't need internet as long as I'm home.

But that wasn't the question...

I was trying to find out what was on TV and what station at that time, that anyone would consider worth watching..

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Babalugats feddit.uk Babalugats@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-04-16
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I have been waching broadcast tv and I keep it on in the background all day. 10am hour is I dream of genie. then its back to news for 2 hours and then ice road truckers for two hours.

Didn't realise I dream of Jeannie was on anywhere

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-13
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Didn't realise I dream of Jeannie was on anywhere

at 11am that station follows it with be witched.

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stringere sh.itjust.works stringere@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-15
#18 · Quote Reply

One of my aquariums.

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stringere sh.itjust.works stringere@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-15
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That would mean subjecting myself to normal broadcast television with commercials. I'd rather perform home dentistry on myself. I'll go touch some grass instead. It's only 5 hours, it's not going to kill anyone to be away from a screen for half a day.

Well... If you were a 911 dispatcher and on-shift...

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Harmonics041 feddit.uk Harmonics041@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-02-12
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Stuff off my media server

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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-01-08
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Not when you consider I walk to work everyday and several of them were -30C, 15C is downright balmy shorts weather, but I'm Canadian so I am a little crazy

Damn. I miss having the cold tolerance of being from Seattle. I used to walk miles in the rain with no jacket. Then I spent a few years in California for university and my constitution adapted to that permanently for some fucking reason - now I live in the UK and everyone's all smirking when I need a big coat. Goddamnit, I'm shaking like a shitting dog and it's not even 0C!

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Patch feddit.uk Patch@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-17
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I don't have a TV. Also my streaming service runs on a server in my living room, so it doesn't need internet as long as I'm home.

I do have a telly, but it's not hooked up to any aerial or anything; it's purely used for streaming or DVDs.

I haven't watched straight up broadcast TV in literally years. Maybe 2016?

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