Finally realized I was watching shows on 1.5x speed for no reason

I used to binge everything at 1.5x speed because I thought I was saving time. Last week I put on a new season of a show I was excited about and forgot to change it from normal speed. I caught way more details, like background jokes and little character moments I'd been missing for the last 2 years. It hit me that I was just rushing through stories instead of actually enjoying them. Now I watch everything at normal speed unless it's a slow documentary. Anyone else ever have that moment where you realize you've been consuming stuff wrong the whole time?

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sarah_nelson16d ago

Honestly this hits different after what happened with my friend. She binged all of Breaking Bad at 2x speed and then complained the ending made no sense because she missed half the character development. Took me a whole evening to explain what happened between Walt and Jesse because she just fast-forwarded through the quiet parts.

davis.emma16d agoMost Upvoted

My coworker did that with The Wire and then asked why McNulty seemed so stressed out the whole time.