Binged an 80 episode drama in 5 days using the 2x trick

I kept stalling on a long series because every episode felt like a drag. So I tried playing them at 1.5x speed on my laptop in Columbus and suddenly the filler scenes stopped killing my mood. That let me finish 80 episodes of a Korean drama in 5 days instead of 3 weeks. The key was speeding up only the parts where characters stare at each other, not the action scenes. Now I wonder if everyone else watches slow shows like this or just quits halfway through. Has anyone else found a speed setting that makes long series actually bingeable?

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the_kevin1mo ago

You ever try slowing it back down to 1x just to see how weird everyone talks? I did that after a few episodes and it felt like they were moving through molasses. For me, the trick is keeping it at 1.25x max, because past that the emotional scenes lose all their punch. Also, I found that turning off the subtitles and just listening at 1.5x works better, since you stop reading every word and just follow the story shape. It takes maybe half an episode to adjust, but then the filler basically vanishes.