The night I realized I was watching shows on 1.5x speed for no reason

I was 3 episodes into a new drama that everyone raves about and I couldn't remember a single character's name. My partner asked me what happened and I just drew a blank. Then I noticed I had the playback speed cranked to 1.5x out of habit from binging boring stuff. Has anyone else accidentally ruined a good show by rushing through it without noticing?

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adams.harper1d ago

Wait, are you saying you actually watched a whole drama on 1.5x by accident? I always thought people who did that were just impatient or trying to flex how much content they could burn through. But now I get it, you just got stuck in a bad habit from slogging through boring stuff. That kind of autopilot mode is real and it sucks when you realize you missed the whole point of something good because of it. I used to think speeding up shows was just a preference thing, but now I see it can totally ruin the experience without you even noticing.

robert_hayes1d ago

and that reminds me of the time I spent a whole weekend binging a k-drama on 2x speed because I thought the subtitles were just slow. turns out the actors were actually saying something important and I just got the gist of it from context clues. by the time I realized my mistake I'd already finished the season and couldn't even remember half the plot points.