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I hit 200 hours on a single show and it kinda scared me
I was checking my streaming stats last night and saw I had watched 200 hours of the same show over the last 8 months. That's like 8 full days of my life just sitting there watching one series. I started it in January just to have background noise while I cleaned, but then I got hooked on the character arcs and kept going. Now I'm wondering if I should finish the last season or take a break. Has anyone else hit a crazy hour count on a show and had to step back?
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keith_henderson6d ago
Damn, 200 hours is wild but honestly I'm curious - what was the show? Some of them you can pretty much zone out and still follow, but if you're getting that deep into character arcs, it might be time to let it breathe for a bit. Did you even realize how much time was passing or did the stat just blindside you?
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the_diana6d ago
My friend Sarah hit 350 hours on The Office last year and had to quit cold turkey because she started quoting it in real conversations. @wadeyoung maybe your podcast host is right because she told me she has coworkers who watch the same shows on loop for years without blinking. She finally stopped when she realized she could predict every single line of dialogue in the diaper commercial episode. Sometimes you just need to let a show sit and get some fresh air for a while.
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