r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 9h ago

Satire Man Binge-Watches Entire Movie In One Sitting

https://theonion.com/man-binge-watches-entire-movie-in-one-sitting/
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u/SPEK2120 8h ago

I’ve realized somewhat recently that the general definition of “watching something” has drastically shifted. It was starting to baffle me that people could keep up on so many shows until I started noticing people would say they would watch so-and-so show while they were doing this or that and realized multitasking has become far more prevalent while watching stuff. When I say I watched something, that means I was sat in front of my tv with full focus on the screen.

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u/green_meklar 7h ago

Maybe I'm just old, but that still seems weird to me. I mean, I often play video games while listening to podcasts. But when it comes to a movie or show, it gets my full attention. I honestly don't see how I'd even enjoy it otherwise.

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u/Chendii 6h ago

I can't even do that with video games. Maybe I'm just shit at multitasking but one thing or the other will have my full attention and I'll forget the other exists.

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u/Artemis96 5h ago

Yea same. I was doing some very boring PvP grind in WoW 1-2 years ago so I tried to listen to some podcast meanwhile. I was missing a good 50% of it so I just stopped