Me: I want to watch this movie, but I don’t think I can commit 90 minutes of attention to it.

Also me: Binge watches six, hour-long episodes instead.

  • AndyGHK@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    /Binge-watches ten 20-minute long YouTube documentaries about special interests instead

  • uhauljoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Same!!

    My theory is that is has to do with the pace.

    With a movie, it’s a slow burn. There’s usually some plot establishment in the beginning that goes slow, then a bunch of filler in between moments that actually further the plot.

    With a show, your runtime is maybe an hour, but generally 30-45 minutes. Most shows each episode has sort of a main story and a B-storyline, and both wrap up nicely at the end of the episode. There’s less filler because there’s less time, so you feel like you’ve completed something without dragging it out for 2 hours.

    And because you didn’t have to spend 2 hours forcing your brain to pay attention and make all those connections, it’s not burnt out, and it wants more instead.

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think that pretty much nails it, at least as far as my experience. Thanks for articulating what I couldn’t.

      Apparently lemmy.world is overloaded and I’m not getting most of the replies federated back to my instance. Had to go to this post on .world to even see anyone had replied, grab the comment link, search it, and then reply. :sigh: Hopefully the admins upgrade to the 0.18.x soon as that should fix this.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Sometimes. Though it’s almost never about the length of time, just the content.

    Me: “I don’t wanna watch horror right now and that’s all that’s good on demand right now…”

    Also me: binges hours of ghost stories and SCP stuff on YouTube

  • I am covered in bees@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    100%, especially if I’m watching a show I’ve seen before. Currently watching Parks and Rec for the… 10th time?

    There’s something about having an out at any time with the shorter episodes. I know that I’m easily distracted but won’t miss something, because I’ve seen it before. Watching a movie takes a lot more effort because I want to give the movie the attention it deserves, and there aren’t clear intermissions.

    BRING BACK INTERMISSIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH ADHD AT HOME