One
of the most fascinating things I have notice about the word binging has changed
substantially through the years. We used to always think that binging just meant
eating a lot of food or drinking a lot alcohol but now with the arrival of
Netflix, VUDU and Hulu; the term binging has a whole new meaning. Of course
being a person with Asperger's syndrome having been diagnosed with OCD you
would think that this is something that I would have a really hard time with.
The truth is I actually have a really hard time being able to sit down and do
this binging that most people do when it comes to television shows. I guess at this point I need to stop for moment and define my terms in the word binging now means to literally sit through an entire series of TV shows for either a
season or for whole series and watch every single episode one after the other without stopping.
Now
I can say that my daughters Sarah and Christen both are very good at this
binging and even some my other children are very good at binging however for
some crazy reason I'm not. Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:
whenever Netflix gets a television series, they don't show them once a week
they drop the whole season at one time. Marvel Entertainment has partnered up
with Netflix to release original material like “Daredevil” and “Jessica Jones”.
As much as I love the Marvel Universe, there is no way I could sit down and
watch the entire season in one sitting yet many people are able to pull off
this feat. I guess the best reason why I can never sit through a series is
because I get too frigidity. I don't like standing still in one place for long
periods of time - I would make a terrible living statue! My twin daughters,
however, can easily sit through several shows if not the whole season at one
time.
I find this binging rather funny since it
seems like this is the 'new' craze. I see it mentioned in ads on television, movies and
on regular television shows. Many times, people will intentionally wait until
the entire season is over and Netflix will pick it up and that's when the
people will watch it. I believe in many ways it has to do with the advertising
on television. Even if people have DVR'ed the shows, they don't always like the
mundane task of fast forwarding through the commercials it's just easier to
watch the shows straight through without commercial interruptions. I have to
admit that I have seen myself doing the exact same thing. I have recorded the
entire season of “Doctor Who”, but I haven't watched a single episode yet;
however, I did see all of “Jessica Jones”. The difference, “Doctor Who” has
commercials and “Jessica Jones” does not. I will say that I did watch most of
the episodes on the computer rather than watching anything on television.
Like I said earlier, I do have OCD, but
sitting through show after show is almost impossible for me. I do know that
sitting in one position for a long period of time can be rather dangerous
because if you don't move around to create blood flow...it can actually kill
you. Television has definitely come a long way since I was a child. Having all
of these new ways of watching television really blows my mind. I must still
emphasize that physical activity is important and watching hours of television
shows most of the time is not healthy for you.
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