#1118; Reintroducing Randomness

Comic Transcripts

[[Two friends stand in front of a computer, discussing entertainment.]]
Critic: All entertainment is on-demand, now.
Friend: I won’t watch ANYTHING unless it’s been vetted and reviewed and thumbsed-up for me!

Friend: I got limited TIME in my life!
Friend: There’s a million new things every day and I don’t want to waste a SECOND on something I may not like or haven’t already read SEVERAL glowing reviews for.

Critic: I guess if you want to spend your time in a homogenous MEDIA SILO
Friend: You know what they CALL a silo that’s been artfully crafted into JEWEL-LIKE FACETS of QUALITY and MEANING?
Friend: THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

Critic: Fine. But you’re isolating yourself from serendipity.
Critic: Remember flipping channels at random? You’d SEE something, and STOP, and end up having an experience you couldn’t have predicted or planned?

Critic: Unexpected influences make you more interesting.
Critic: Limiting your media intake to the MASTER APPROVED LIST will make you BORING.
Friend: So, what’s your suggested fix?

[[A large logo displays “Netflix Shuffle”, along with a shuffle icon (two arrows crossing).]]

{{header: sit and watch WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: necessary features of Netflix Shuffle: 1. playback starts at a random point in the program, then continues unabated until shuffled again; 2. each random stream generates a permalink so you can tweet “OMG everyone tune in to netflix.com/live/398j3r RIGHT NOW”}}

#1118; Reintroducing Randomness transcribed by in

Critic: Unexpected influences make you more interesting.
Critic: Limiting your media intake to the MASTER APPROVED LIST will make you BORING.
Friend: So, what’s your suggested fix?

[[A large logo displays “Netflix Shuffle”, along with a shuffle icon (two arrows crossing).]]

#1118; Reintroducing Randomness transcribed by in

[[Two friends stand in front of a computer, discussing entertainment.]]
Critic: All entertainment is on-demand, now.
Friend: I won't watch ANYTHING unless it's been vetted and reviewed and thumbsed-up for me!

Friend: I got limited TIME in my life!
Friend: There's a million new things every day and I don't want to waste a SECOND on something I may not like or haven't already read SEVERAL glowing reviews for.

Critic: I guess if you want to spend your time in a homogenous MEDIA SILO
Friend: You know what they CALL a silo that's been artfully crafted into JEWEL-LIKE FACETS of QUALITY and MEANING?
Friend: THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

Critic: Fine. But you're isolating yourself from serendipity.
Critic: Remember flipping channels at random? You'd SEE something, and STOP, and end up having an experience you couldn't have predicted or planned?

Critic: Unexpected influences make you more interesting.
Critic: Limiting your media intake to the MASTER APPROVED LIST will make you BORING.
Friend: So, what's your suggested fix?

[[A large logo displays "Netflix Shuffle", along with a shuffle icon (two arrows crossing).]]

{{header: sit and watch WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: necessary features of Netflix Shuffle: 1. playback starts at a random point in the program, then continues unabated until shuffled again; 2. each random stream generates a permalink so you can tweet "OMG everyone tune in to netflix.com/live/398j3r RIGHT NOW"}}

necessary features of Netflix Shuffle: 1. playback starts at a random point in the program, then continues unabated until shuffled again; 2. each random stream generates a permalink so you can tweet ''OMG everyone tune in to netflix.com/live/398j3r RIGHT NOW''