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WotD: Binge-watch
Tell me you haven’t done it, and I’ll call you a liar.
Binge-watching is one of our favourite pastimes.
Streaming online video services such as Amazon Video, Netflix, and Hulu have made it easier to choose what we watch and when.
They didn’t invent binge-watching, though.
To binge-watch means to watch multiple episodes or perhaps even a full season of a television program in one sitting.
Since cable TV packages were created, people have been spending entire afternoons, evenings, or both sitting in front of the TV watching multiple episodes or perhaps even complete seasons of a television program in one sitting.
I can remember spending bitterly cold winter afternoons when the temperature was -10℃ with a windchill -22℃ binge-watching Matlock or Murder, She Wrote episodes on cable TV.
Even now, here in Japan, they have CSI: Los Vegas matsuris on TV, and you can binge-watch reruns for 24 hours straight.
If you ask me, Las Vegas was the best CSI series.
CSI: Miami was exotic at first, but then it just got laughable with beautiful women dressed all in white, wearing stiletto heels, showing up to investigate a crime scene with blood spattered all around.
It wasn’t real.
These days, binge-watching is a common way to de-stress and immerse yourself in another world.
If you want something to watch, I recommend Game of Thrones.
Until I signed up for Amazon Prime last year, I could not watch GoT.
As soon as I signed up, I binge-watched seven seasons in about six weeks.
Since then, of course, I binge-watched season eight as soon as it was available.
Now you know how I spend rainy Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
You must ensure that you have completed all your exercises and homework before sitting in front of the computer or TV.
Remember, too, if you’re going to binge-watch, you have to pace yourself.
Take pee breaks in between episodes and prepare healthy snacks.
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