Ok, so the Internet is overrun with people complaining, often melodramatically, about Netflix's price increase. "Oohhhh, it's a massive 60% price increase" they say. Yeah, which amounts to $6. SIX BUCKS. Just don't drink your Starbucks today, cheap ass--this is clearly a "first world problem."

Let's think for a moment what Netflix does for your $16 per month:

1. Unlimited online streaming of 18,637 metric tons of TV shows and movies. Seriously, there's a lot. Ok, the movie selection is skewed towards indies and some on the more interesting side (e.g., "Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives," "Slaughtered Vomit Dolls," and so on) but still. I mean, they can't give away the most wanted content for free.

2. Said online streaming can be done from virtually anywhere--your Internet-connected TV, your game console, your fucking TOUCHSCREEN STAR TREK PHONE while you're on the toilet, etc.

3. They will also mail you DVDs... FOR FREE... from the closest distribution center to you, which you can watch at your leisure, with no late fees, and send back to them... ALSO FOR FREE. Doesn't having a nationwide DVD distribution network and the vast amount of postage they have to pay for sound kind of expensive? Yeah, you only get one at a time for $16/mo, but hey, it's pretty posh.

I mean, back in my day, I had to BEG my parents to take me to the local video store, where VHS tapes you had to REWIND cost like $4 to rent for a few days, and if you didn't take them back in time, you'd get charged late fees and half the time the damn things wouldn't work right or whatever. And, if you didn't like the movie, you're screwed. Now, you can just play another one.

So, stop making this sound like it's a huge crisis. Netflix is amazing, pure and simple, and their service is fantastic. For those who want it, the unlimited DVDs option is still a bargain in my opinion, considering the infrastructure that supports it--otherwise, do streaming only. I'd pay double what I pay now if I had to. How much does a DVD cost in the store that you'll probably watch only once, anyway?

One way or another, complaining about Netflix is just what this current, spoiled rotten generation seems to like to do. Don't be like them--recognize that what we have today is super awesome, don't take it for granted, and don't whine about things that aren't worth whining about.