streaming
Streaming is the celebrated ritual of delivering video and audio across the vast ocean of the internet, only to bind viewers in a vicious loop of bandwidth throttles and buffering. Promised high-definition splendor shatters at the first sign of limited throughput, as unbidden loading screens rob users of their time. Providers extol it as a 'seamless experience', yet recipients are tossed into a storm of ads and mid-play interruptions. We, the enthralled masses, find ourselves imprisoned in a kingdom of content, where entertainment is a test of endurance and patience becomes the ultimate commodity.