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Used to be you’d decide to go skating and miss an episode of your favorite show and you’d just have to infer what happened from the “previously…” or ask someone who didn’t go skating. Now there’s no sense of urgency to stay home and watch so I end up buffering whole seasons of my favorite show waiting for a perfect time to watch them all but they’re piling up like homework so I just abandon the tv menu and stare at my phone.
May 5, 2025
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Streaming is too convenient for its own good, except for all the ways in which it has become inconvenient. I have no idea where to find the stuff I want to watch, and when I do find it, I don't pay any attention to it because it's too easy to whack it on my second screen and just play Balatro instead. I watched seven episodes of The X Files last night and I can describe plot points from maybe 3 of them.
I have decided to fix this because I miss actually having Opinions about things, doing close readings, and, most importantly - appreciating the fashion statements of my favourite characters. I made a list of shows I would really like to watch - or rewatch - and I've committed to collecting them all on either DVD or BluRay. When I want to watch something, I will put a DVD on with my Playstation 2, put my phone and laptop away, and just WATCH IT, no distractions. Maybe a notebook if I want to get Analytical about it.
The first of the DVDs arrived today because I good deal on it, so today feels properly like the first step of this journey to take back my attention span. I am reinventing movie night for myself!!!!
Apr 7, 2025
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📺(I mean I know it still exists but) there was something kinda fun about running into an FX movie marathon or a 90s cartoon rerun in the middle of the day on the weekend at, like, your grandma’s house and just locking in with your sibs. I know a lot of it was slop TV but streaming is as bad if not worse now and there’s TOO much choice. Maybe it’s silly to romanticize but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jan 19, 2025
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I quit smoking cigarettes so I needed something else to stand around outside doing. So far I’m not very good at it but it’s really put into perspective what a waste of money cigarettes are.
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I have an acquaintance whose personality I have always found grating and today I finally realized exactly what it is that I dislike so much: they pride themselves on being an ideal consumer. They get chuffed as fuck at how well marketing works on them to the point of being borderline braggadocious about how quickly and deliberately they react to advertising; even when they’ve been duped or scammed they admire the way they’ve been fooled.
It’s so cartoonishly American, they’re like a funhouse mirror that accentuates by own stupid fatso traits and stokes my most antisocial impulses. They say you should “let people enjoy things” but there’s got to be a healthier middle ground where my friend stops enjoying adding to their credit card debt to see every Ryan Reynolds movie in IMAX and I stop enjoying hating them for it.
Apr 7, 2025