A friend told me I binge shows wrong and it stung at first

Last month my buddy said I was 'speedrunning' The Wire because I kept skipping the intro and looking at my phone during slow scenes. He told me to put the phone in another room and actually watch the acting. I tried it with one episode of the new season of Slow Horses and realized I missed half the plot in other shows. Has anyone else had to unlearn bad watching habits to enjoy a series more?

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sethmartinez8d ago

That "looking at my phone during slow scenes" part hit me hard because I think we all do that now and call it watching TV. We got so used to constant stimulation that we forget good shows need you to sit with the quiet parts. But I notice this same thing everywhere now, people can't wait five seconds for a microwave without grabbing their phone, it's like we forgot how to just let moments breathe.

davis.linda7d ago

Respectfully, microwaves have been around since the 40s, it's not that new.