Cable?

I have been debating on whether or not to get cable in my apartment. My roommate rarely watches TV, and I only watch it if its readily available. In other words, neither of us is in any hurry to fork out the montly cash for television that we will only watch occasionally. However, at some point in time I know we will want to have people over for parties or dinner or random visits. And in this day and age, people don't like to sit and talk. But I do! I mean, I know at times awkward silence can fill a TV-less room, but there are so many other things to do! We can play games, tell jokes, tell ghost stories, sleep, swap baseball cards, knit, crochet... ok I'm joking on most of these things. But where have we come as a society that we can't tolerate an hour or two of talking without the crutch of a television? I think I'm going to give this a shot. My vote is no on cable!