Bonus: and that likely explains why older shows tend to have self-contained episodes while newer shows tend to be serial.

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    On the flip side they’ll not get to experience knowing that the channel you were watching was the exact same for everyone. It feels really strange and isolating to me to know that what’s on my TV right now is streaming just to me.

    I know it’s silly; we were still watching TV alone, but there was something about knowing that other people were watching the same thing at the same time that made it better.

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      There was a time where the next day at school/work after a big episode of a popular tv show was on and it was the talk of the day. Now theres much more shows to watch that whatever the network chooses to play, and its great getting reccomendations from friends & coworkers, but it also does suck a bit when im super excited about this show i have been watching and i want to talk about it, but the person im talking to hasnt heard of it/watched it yet, or they arent up to the same episode as you.

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        Oh man that’s the worst…trying not to spoil something for other people. I’ve accidentally spoiled shows that came out years ago. What’s the statute of limitations on spoilers?

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      Now, even when I watch cable, I’m not sure very many people are watching at the same time because a lot of people are DVRing it