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u/BroadReverse Needs a Flair Mar 29 '26
So I had this girl over. Everything was going good until she asked if we could watch something. I said yeah, I got movies. She said "Netflix?" and I laughed because obviously I don't use that DRM trash. I pirate everything.
She got real quiet when I said that and kind of made a sour face when I pulled out the HDMI cable(?) I tried to hook my laptop up to the TV but the HDMI wouldn't work. I told her it's because X11 is fighting with my Nvidia drivers, which is Nvidia's fault, not mine. She was already on her phone scrolling TikTok while I was typing commands.
After like 10 minutes I got the screen working but then there was no sound. I had to open PulseAudio Volume Control and mess with the outputs. She asked if we could just use her phone and I said no, I don't want to watch garbage on an Iphone.
Finally I gave up and said fine, we can use Netflix. I subscribed, logged in and it just gave me a black screen with an error about Widevine. She started laughing at her phone and typing fast. Then she got a call. Some dude's voice. She talked to him for like five minutes right in front of me, all giggly. Hung up and said "Oh my god, my brother's car broke down, I gotta go help him."
I said "I can fix it, I know cars" but she was already putting her shoes on. She left super fast.
I don't get it. She was really into me before the movie thing. I texted her today asking when she wants to hang out again but she left me on read. What did I even subscribe Netflix for???