Posting for 12/6.
You remember K-ON!, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Game of Thrones and Sasuke? Yeah, I haven't done any watching of those shows of my own volition in a long while.
I hesitate to say I've gotten bored of them, that isn't quite the feeling. I suppose I am just not in the mood to watch them at the moment. Why don't I just watch it anyway?
Well, now. Here's my thought process on that. If I watched it now, when I don't really feel like it, I wouldn't get as much enjoyment out of the experience as I would have otherwise. A friend once told me that was such a deep way of looking at it. I can understand that feeling. It's still good, right? You'll still laugh when it's funny, etc., right? Well, yeah, but I wouldn't laugh as hard, you know?
And so they sit on the back burner, as they say. ╮(╯ヮ╰)╭ Until such time as they would bring me maximum returns on entertainment and enjoyment.
Within the family my sibs and I refer to this as the product in question having "gone out of phase". Picture a sinusoidal curve (or a co-sinusoidal curve, if you like). The amount of enjoyment rises to a peak, where we feel like playing the video game or watching a show all the time, then it peters out and we put it away in a corner for a while.
I'm with you on this actually. There are times I've just stopped. It's not like I don't like it anymore. It's just hard to describe it, but I think this puts it close.
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense. If I can wait til I'm really in the mood, I will, but it's usually more comfortable to turn the tube on at the right time.
ReplyDeleteI do this all the time! When you get back into them you'll have so many episodes saved up to watch! It can be great!
ReplyDelete@Mark: We are a lot alike, aren't we? So much so, we might not get along if we met in person, wakakakaka
ReplyDelete@D4: I can see that happening with a currently running TV show, but since most of this stuff is accessible at anytime, the games in particular, I don't feel any time-based urges.
@Bersercules: Indeed! In fact, marathon-ing is my preferred method of consumption!
Agree with your post.
ReplyDelete"Indeed! In fact, marathon-ing is my preferred method of consumption!" Yupp, same here.