{"id":504188,"date":"2022-10-27T15:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-tv-is-the-only-socially-acceptable-thing-to-binge\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:30:25","slug":"why-tv-is-the-only-socially-acceptable-thing-to-binge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-tv-is-the-only-socially-acceptable-thing-to-binge\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why TV Is the Only Socially Acceptable Thing to \u201cBinge\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af3453c58be4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af3453c58be4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-tv-is-the-only-socially-acceptable-thing-to-binge\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_TV_Is_the_Only_Socially_Acceptable_Thing_to_%E2%80%9CBinge%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why TV Is the Only Socially Acceptable Thing to \u201cBinge\u201d&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-tv-is-the-only-socially-acceptable-thing-to-binge\/#Why_We_Binge-watch\" >Why We Binge-watch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-tv-is-the-only-socially-acceptable-thing-to-binge\/#Why_Does_My_Back_Hurt\" >Why Does My Back Hurt?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_TV_Is_the_Only_Socially_Acceptable_Thing_to_%E2%80%9CBinge%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why TV Is the Only Socially Acceptable Thing to \u201cBinge\u201d&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-835439\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_1232066563.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Television on the floor in a dark room with blue light reflected on the floor.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/television-on-floor-blue-light-background-1232066563\">WeAre\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whenever a friend tells us they ate an entire pizza at two in the morning, drank a whole bottle of whisky, or did all the drugs Hunter S. Thompson mentions in the first paragraph of <em>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/em>, we laugh\u2014but we laugh with concern.<\/p>\n<p>Because fun as doing all that may be, it\u2019s sometimes a sign that things aren\u2019t quite copasetic. \u201cEverything alright?\u201d you tend to ask. Yet when someone brags about binge-watching the entire first season of <em>House of Dragon<\/em> or some other show in one weekend, we\u2019re like, \u201cNice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now obviously, drugs and whisky and late-night pizzas are more im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely bad for your health, especially when you do them all at the same time like I did Tuesday afternoon. It\u2019s a bit odd, though, how so many people feel the need to consume multiple hours of show in one sitting like a duck that swallows without chewing.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, I\u2019ve done it multiple times. What was I supposed to do that day? Read? See people? Grow as a person? That\u2019s preposterous. Better to spend that time watching an entire <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV series<\/a> get gradually worse until the last episode prompts me to say, \u201cGod, that was a bad ending. What day is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_We_Binge-watch\"><\/span>Why We Binge-watch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why do we do this to ourselves? The first answer people tend to give in my non-scientific study that I didn\u2019t actually conduct is: \u201cBecause the show is so good, I just had to know how it ended in one sitting.\u201d Did you? Was it? A third question?<\/p>\n<p>No show is that good (except the ones I\u2019ve watched). Most of us won\u2019t sit through a movie longer than 2.5 hours unless it\u2019s really worth it, yet will sit through episode after episode of a show we can feel getting worse after the first season.<\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed something here. When people get in a binge-watching frenzy, it tends to occur with new or at least slightly newer shows. You rarely hear people say, \u201cI binge-watched all of <em>Harry and the Hendersons<\/em> last week\u201d or \u201cCan\u2019t meet at the bar, need to finish up <em>Baywatch Nights<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not simply the idea that television is better than it used to be, which is debatable. It\u2019s that people feel the need to finish the new ones so that they can <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2022%2Fdigital%2Fnews%2Fnetflix-binge-release-series-strategy-1235407736%2F&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">say they finished it<\/a>, tell their friends, and Tweet their take, and do whatever else to make it known to the cultural zeitgeist gods that they have consumed the latest thing. Witness me!<\/p>\n<p>I may have been binge-watching a show and missed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> when this law was passed, but it seems like there was a decree from Congress that everyone has to watch the latest popular show that\u2019s out, and we all have to watch it at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Because if you don\u2019t, you may miss a reference or not get the joke in a meme, and people will know, They will point at you in public, like in\u00a0<em>Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em>. People love announcing they finished a show. It\u2019s probably the closest we\u2019ll ever come to time <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>. \u201cI have seen the future, my friends. Turn back now and save yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Does_My_Back_Hurt\"><\/span>Why Does My Back Hurt?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Health-wise, we know deep down that while binge-watching television isn\u2019t as bad as eating an entire wheel of cheese, it\u2019s probably not great either. Binging is, by definition, indulging in something to excess. And look at the action itself: You\u2019re sitting in one spot, eyes glued to a screen, and immersed in a reality that\u2019s totally not real and repeats the same song every hour.<\/p>\n<p>From a distance, you look like a person in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> experiment. One can imagine people in lab coats watching you and remarking, \u201cHe\u2019s about to crack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I could easily quote studies saying that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nm.org\/healthbeat\/healthy-tips\/emotional-health\/binge-watching\">binge-watching is an addictive behavior<\/a> that creates an unsustainable dopamine high, that it tends to correlate with loneliness and depression, and can negatively impact relationships and sleep\u2013but you already knew all that instinctively. It\u2019s why every part of your body hurts afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Binge-watching can certainly be fun here and there when you\u2019ve got nothing to attend to and want to immerse yourself in a show that features really good-looking people saying coy things to each other. It can be a way to relax sometimes, to a point.<\/p>\n<p>But beyond everything, there\u2019s a reason we know it\u2019s probably terrible for us: That moment when the Wi-Fi goes out in the middle of an important episode, and you snap like a child whose parents shut off the TV without warning.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a good time to step back from your tantrum yelling at the rep on the phone from your internet provider (\u201cI will bring down hell on you!\u201d), and go do something healthy with your time, like having a glass of whisky while staring at the flying cars out the window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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