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fandomhigh2020-01-10 06:29 am
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Strategies for Maximum Media Absorption (Binge Watching 101), Friday
"Okay!" Vanessa said to the assembled students. "This is...uh, whatever the hell we called it. It's the class where we watch TV! Are any of you new? Did all of the new kids go home? Not that I blame them. Anyway, the first thing is, does everyone know what a TV show is?"
"If not, you've picked the wrong class," Wade added. "But that's okay. We're here to rot your brain."
In the background, the Neflix 'BAH-BAHM' sounded as the TV sprung to life.
"So, the basic idea is pretty easy," Vanessa said. "We're gonna pick a show and then we're going to watch it until Netflix asks us if we're still awake. But how do you pick the right show?"
"You could go with what's popular," Wade suggested. "Or what's new. Or whatever the robot overlords at Netflix think you might be interested because you watched Teen Mom just the one and now suddenly it thinks you have a pregnancy fetish!"
"Or you could just watch Friends! Wait, no, that's not on Netflix anymore." Vanessa looked sad now. "Well, crap. Anyway, letting the algorithm choose for you is never a bad move, except for when it is a really, really bad move. You'll learn. Uhhhh, introductions! We should do those, right?"
"Sure. But I'm putting on Nailed It to play in the background," Wade warned. "Name, favorite show... I don't know. What your adorable hopes and dreams are once you're out of here?"
"What year you're in?" Vanessa suggested. "Whatever, doesn't matter. Just tell us some stuff while we watch Nailed It."
"If not, you've picked the wrong class," Wade added. "But that's okay. We're here to rot your brain."
In the background, the Neflix 'BAH-BAHM' sounded as the TV sprung to life.
"So, the basic idea is pretty easy," Vanessa said. "We're gonna pick a show and then we're going to watch it until Netflix asks us if we're still awake. But how do you pick the right show?"
"You could go with what's popular," Wade suggested. "Or what's new. Or whatever the robot overlords at Netflix think you might be interested because you watched Teen Mom just the one and now suddenly it thinks you have a pregnancy fetish!"
"Or you could just watch Friends! Wait, no, that's not on Netflix anymore." Vanessa looked sad now. "Well, crap. Anyway, letting the algorithm choose for you is never a bad move, except for when it is a really, really bad move. You'll learn. Uhhhh, introductions! We should do those, right?"
"Sure. But I'm putting on Nailed It to play in the background," Wade warned. "Name, favorite show... I don't know. What your adorable hopes and dreams are once you're out of here?"
"What year you're in?" Vanessa suggested. "Whatever, doesn't matter. Just tell us some stuff while we watch Nailed It."
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Sooooo...this should be interesting.
"There was this one show, though," he added, after a moment of indecision about whether or not mentioning it during introductions fell under the umbrella of it being impolite to talk about yourself or not, "called Miss Fire, that we'd watch on old VHS tapes at my uncle Eddie's. Sort of a bit like yer
meta forM*A*S*H*, or yermeta forHogan's Heroes. You might recognize it by its titular character's classic and memorable catch-phrase: 'ExCUSE me, seriously, PLEASE, and THANK YOU.'"Wayne couldn't quite get the coquettish, varied timber of Miss Fire's delivery of the line, no.
But it had been very popular well before Wayne was even born.
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