I don’t watch shows anymore I just watch serpadesign feed his frogs on YouTube x

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    And then for one, “yeah I like that show!”

    “Oh do you remember when x did y?”

    …No, I forgot everything that happened a week later.

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      I’m so glad it isn’t just me. I’ve been concerned I might have memory issues because this happens in my life so much.

      For real, how do people remember such details from the shows they watch.

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        Might just be interest. I can’t remember yesterday, but I remember every bit of Halo lore that I’ve read.

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        I don’t even mean because it’s episodic, it just pops right back out of my brain. Just about to finish watching all of succession, an episode a day, and couldn’t tell you half of what happened unless you remind me.

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        That’s the worst for me. If I binge it just goes into the big Binge Pot of Media Memories in my head. If I watch it daily or weekly, then I’m thinking about it and talking about it, ie interacting with the material, as it’s coming out.

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    Also Mr. Robot and Foundation and Good Omens and Fleabag and the new Beavis and Butthead and Station Eleven and Doctor Who is about to get good again and Irma Vep was great but I don’t think that one’s coming back

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    I don’t wanna overanalyze the meme, but it is irritating when you can’t have a conversation with someone without their whole identity being based on whatever they’ve recently watched. Then if you haven’t seen it, them uncreatively explaining the plot to you.

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        Growing up in the years before and during Cable television, I am positive television was the most talked about topic over any and all aside from basic hello.

        And if you didn’t have cable, well you’d get filled in on whatever, but were oddly OK with it.

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          It makes sense, people connect through shared experiences, and TV is an easy way to do that.

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            Not a cell phone in sight. People just out there living their lives. Occasionally dropping dead of tuberculosis. The good ol’ days.

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        It’s a shared experience, like the weather. Usually in person with somebody who experiences the same weather, but comparing/contrasting weather with friends across the country (US, so that can be pretty far) works sometimes too.

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    I honestly believe half of these shows are fake and you can’t change my mind

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      I’ve seen half the shows listed and they’re all pretty decent. And this is from someone who just cycles one subscription and watches whatever looks interesting on the current subscription.

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    I’ve taken to calling this kind of media “Mandatory Adult Television.” I think the first of its species was Lost; there were predecessors with some similar traits like The X Files or The Sopranos, heavily serialized adult content television that was very popular water cooler talk, but Lost was the first one I remember as segmenting the population into those who follow he show, and those who don’t. Game of Thrones was THE big one. You either watched Game of Thrones or you weren’t allowed to socialize as an adult. “Hey, did you see Game of Thrones last night?” “No, I don’t watch that show.” “Oh. Bye.” For nearly a decade. No one wants to talk about that show anymore. Same with Lost.

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        I like to pretend like I know what they’re talking about and see how far I can get before they catch on.

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      I didn’t watch Game of Thrones, and I didn’t feel like I needed to. What between everyone talking about it, it was hard to miss what was happening.

      I do like that it introduced so many people to fantasy!

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        What, in your mind, is “fantasy?” Because for a genre whose name implies imagination and creativeness, it seems pretty pigeonholed into the European medieval folklore/fairy tale aesthetic somewhere between King Arthur and JRR Tolkien.

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          I’d agree with that, and most people will probably never venture outside of the hole you’ve described. For my money it’s a book that has to do with fantastical elements that can’t easily be lumped into science-fiction.

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    As someone who very rarely watches series, this really hits home. I just rarely have the patience to do so, and because of that I also don’t have any streaming subscriptions. I’d rather play games, because the interaction makes them a lot more rewarding to me. To each their own though, other people don’t play games so they’ll have the same problem with me

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      I can agree, I also am interested in more niche things that mainstream shows, so any title in the meme is totally unknown to me

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    Fellas, is it a crime to want to share something you enjoy? As long as you aren’t demonizing people who haven’t seen it, who cares?

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      It’s not about demonizing the person sharing. It’s about the feeling of being overwhelmed because there’s so much shit you haven’t seen and will never see. You will never have enough time to get through that list and that can feel bad.

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        Yeah that’s about it. I also think it’s about the dawning realisation that this medium or format of storytelling has become increasingly commercialised; and that in spite of the vast hours of content available, there is paradoxically less genuine narrative than ever.

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      That’s basically what my partner and I do with Bob’s Burgers. I want to watch new things but I basically have to wait for days where she’s not there lol.

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    The Last of Us and The Boys.

    Haven’t seen anything (or even heard of a lot) of the others. Not that they are bad shows. I just like to waste my time in other activities.

    Like video games. Not shows, but still wasting time.

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      Video games feel different. Like I feel like I’ve accomplished something good for myself after playing a game. Shows just make me restless for the most part.

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        People are so different, I feel exactly the opposite. There’s a bunch of games I’d want to play, but most of the time when I’m about to start playing, I’m just overcome with the feeling of “What’s the point? It’s just a waste of time”. When I’m watching a show I’m processing a shit-ton of stuff, emotions, life, depression. Games are just “for fun”. I just don’t seem to get the same out of games no matter how “deep” or whatever they are. I accomplish something in a game, 99% of the time I just feel “Well, I could’ve used all that time and energy doing something real and now I just wasted all that time for some virtual character in a virtual world.”.

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          Wow yeah we really are total opposites!

          Objectively I know I’m not accomplishing anything real when I play a game, but they still capture my “whole brain” like what you describe when watching a show.

          I wonder where the difference comes from. Maybe I’m just more fidgety, so having something tactile to work on while watching the screen does it for me. :P

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        I’ve thought about that. Games, especially ones with development like RPGs, provide that sense of accomplishment that life rarely gives or doesn’t give clearly. Promotions at work might be years apart, buying a house, etc but I can feel like I got something done on a daily basis in games, plus I get a little chime sound and a popup when I do!

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          I think the (mostly) simplified morality is appealing too. Like in an RPG I know exactly what the right thing to do is, it’s the one that’s clearly marked at the “good” dialogue choice.

          Whereas in real life it’s like… am I doing the right thing? Should I be an engineer and donate to good causes, or should I be actively contributing to good causes and choose to earn less money? Should I become an eco-terrorist?? Lol stuff like that

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    Imo we should limit these to one every 5 years.

    I’m just now watching the 20 year old tv show “the wire” and its better than the 3 of these I have watched.

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      Oh man, I’m just starting that one myself. West Wing. Sopranos. For some reason, if you can get past the old-person video quality, 20 years ago was peak TV. Gen-X is mostly a waste of oxygen and natural resources, but their art (TV, music) was a Renaissance era.

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        No! That’s not true! We’ve just kept the best shows from that era! For every “The Wire” there were a dozen other terrible shows airing at the same time. It’s true that there were fewer shows on TV so there were less to pick from but believe me, in another 10 years people are going to only point to “Breaking Bad” and other shows (Sherlock? Mr. ROBOT? Dexter? Game of thrones minus the last season? we can’t say for sure right now) as amazing and they’ll say “damn, 20 years ago was peak TV.”

        I will say though, it’s impressive that HBO is really the only production company to consistently produce the best TV.

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        I’d argue about the waste of oxygen thing, but my gen x coworker says she mostly identifies with boomers.

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      Two more than me. I did start watching Westworld but it was too gruesome. It’s a shame that programs with good storylines have to ruin it with too much gratuity.

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        I see where you’re coming from. But for Westworld the gratuity is sort of fundamental to the theme and plot of the show.

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        What’s gratuity in this context? English is my second language and an the dictionary nor online searches for things like “gratuity in tv shows” were of much help. I saw most of one episode; do you mean the soft porn?