The New TV Dinner

We, as a civilization, have reached a new low.

It seems that the dreams of TV-addicts everywhere are now being answered by TiVo and Domino’s Pizza.  On November 16, TiVo rolled out a new widget for TiVo S2/3/HD users.  What’s it do?  It allows you to order pizza from the comfort of your couch.  No need to bother standing up, walking over to the phone and actually talking to a human.  No no, now it’s just you & your remote control.  Tape an envelope with cash to the door, and then you won’t even need to talk to the delivery guy either.  Perfect for the agoraphobe!

Good grief.  I love my TiVo as much as the next guy, perhaps even more.  I regularly pull shows off of it, tivodecode and transcode/repackage for viewing elsewhere, or for archival.  That’s almost certainly more than average, though ordering dinner via the TiVo?  A bit much.

And besides, Domino’s?  Yuck.

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