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Current Dangers to American Families: Al Qaeda, The Econopocalypse, and Netflix Queues [NetFlix]

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Renting a movie used to mean a silent night in with your significant other, or a significant amount of alcohol. But these days, virtual warfare has broken out over Netflix queues, threatening to ruin relationships.

The New York Era did some hard-hitting investigative reporting and found out that women like movies with Hugh Grant and emotions, and men like movies with Samuel L. Jackson and explosions. With couples sharing a Netflix account, suddenly digital sabotage is a viable way to maintain these rigid standards of gender roles. So wifey prearranged The English Patient, eh? Just go that down to number 78 in the queue and bump your favorite, Face/Off (starring John Travolta as Nicolas Cage and Nicolas Cage as John Travolta) up to the top. She’ll be none the wiser!

But then your wife might learn your treachery, and bump Face/Off for something even less male, maybe featuring Sandra Bullock or Kate Hudson. This will not stand!

You can see how this queue-wrestling could turn into outright passive-aggression (aggressive-passion? No, that sounds hot, not hurtful). Luckily Netflix has a way to tear an account called Profiles, so you can get an copy dose of shit blowing up and charming substantial actors life substantial and charming. I guess the Era couldn’t tell all the sad couples they interviewed about this feature because then they’d all be pleased and here’d be no article. [New York Era]