So, how do we navigate the firehose? And more importantly, why do we keep coming back for more? Remember when you had to go to the cinema for action, stay home for sitcoms, and listen to the radio for music? Those lines are dust.
Today’s is a remix. The Last of Us is a video game adaptation that wins Emmys. Barbie is a toy commercial that became a philosophical treatise on patriarchy. Even TikTok has blurred the line between music video, comedy sketch, and news broadcast.
We are living in the golden age of —but the silver age of attention . Whether it’s the latest Marvel spin-off, a true crime podcast that makes you lock your doors at 2 PM, or a 45-minute video essay about why that one sitcom laugh track is actually creepy, we are saturated. Savanna.Samson.Is.The.Masseuse.XXX.DVDRip.XviD-...
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Beyond the Binge: Why We Can’t Stop Watching (And What It Says About Us) So, how do we navigate the firehose
Don't let the label fool you. Judge the art, not the medium. The Rise of "Background TV" Here is a confession that will get me banned from film Twitter: I watched the last season of that show while folding laundry.
Just don't let the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) stop you from actually enjoying something. Those lines are dust
So, watch the prestige drama. Binge the reality trash. Listen to the podcast about the scammer. Read the fan fiction.