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A Short Lecture
Selecting Something To Watch
In this modern age of ours, we are blessed with an abundance of television and online programming. It seems that everywhere you turn, there is a new streaming or cable service offering new programs. That being said, you may not want to turn much, because most of that stuff costs money. Experts tell me it will nickle and dime you to death, but they won’t say where to find these nickle and dime services, so instead I have to pay anywhere from $20 to $60 per month, each! Experts are highly overrated.
The first question you must ask yourself before selecting a program to watch is “Do I have snacks and a beverage?” The next question is always “What happened to the damned remote?” The third question is then “What do I watch?”, unless you have pets, in which case it’s “Why is that dog/cat in my favorite chair?”, moving the what to watch question to 4th place.
Today, you can find a channel or service for every subject. Do you like old movies? There are a couple of channels for that. Horror? Yes, although you may want to watch that channel during the day if you are of a nervous nature. Cooking, gardening, new movies, dramatic shows, science fiction…they all have at least one channel. But wait! Even if you choose your channel and show, you need to decide HOW you will watch it.
We are in the 21st century now, and just watching one episode is considered very old fashioned. Actually, I would not mind an Old Fashioned right now. This lecturing is thirsty work. But I digress. No, the latest way to watch a series is to “binge” it. Now, in my youth, a binge was what Uncle Fred went on every payday, although some of us called it a “bender”. Now, however, binging means to watch an entire series one episode after another until you have seen all of it.
Personally, I’m luck if I can watch a half hour show without going to the bathroom 2 or 3 times, so trying to watch several episodes of a series about housewives in outer space or crimebusting police in 1880 Madrid would be a series of 5 minute interruptions every 10 minutes. I’m not sure I have enough lifespan for a 14 episode series, although if it were crimebusting housewives in 1880 outer space, I’d give it a try.
So to wrap this up with a big red bow, and possibly a nice card, I suggest that you watch whatever appeals to you, but only one episode at a time. It will save you from rewinding to remember what you just watched and your Pause button will last much longer.
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