TiVo Making Us Slackers

TiVo'ed. TiVo. TiVo'd. DVR. Or, whatever you want to call it. It beats the VCR all to heck but it sure has taken a toll on the TV watching in our household.
When we had VCRs, (which rarely ever worked right and he said that mine had ugly lines through the picture), we would maybe record something important. I have to say that we really didn't use the VCR thing to it's full potential the whole time that it sat on the shelf with the TV. We did once or twice record a race if we weren't going to be home; but I have to say that I was always the "glass is half empty girl" and I would doubt if it even recorded right. And then, just to be sure I would start recording and then stop it after 30 seconds or so and play it back to make sure that it really recorded. The saga went on and on….looping over and over. Until we finally stopped using it and I sent my VCR to the Goodwill and his went into the closet.
But, as a result of getting TiVo'd, we've become a video slackers. Perhaps the problem wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't so little time in a day to record 'everything' that we think we will watch. That darn TiVo is programmed to automatically record the shows no matter what day or time they air, and since the option of scanning the program guide for the next week is there, we have endless possibilities to ponder.
Then, there is the commercial thing. We have always found that commercials are a waste of time; they're just fillers. But, now with TiVo, we have become accustomed to not watching any. If we do have to watch any, it is quite painful.
We have had so many things recorded by TiVo that they start erasing. Does that say something about how we are choosing to use our time?
And, to think that we want to record 2 things and then watch another show? I think we're pushing the envelope on this and really asking to get blood from that infamous turnip.
Oh, well, I guess the shows that I set to record last week will be deleting soon. I better run and watch them quick instead of doing homework.
Toodles