Netflix: The Gift and the Curse

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Okay, let's talk entertainment. There are few things in the world that I love more than Netflix, food, sleep, and food. It has come to my attention that when provided all possible episodes of the new show that I have become hooked on, I will watch all possible episodes of my new favorite show back-to-back. Should I never finish this post due to my urge to continue watching, I pay may respects to the few of you out there who are reading, it's been an honor. In all seriousness though, Netflix is amazing, I could leave my chair right now, watch a season of a show of my choosing, and most likely never finish this post because I have decided to live in a tree house pillow fort, and if anybody needs me that's where I will be, watching Netflix and coloring. This majestic stallion delivered to us humans by God himself is great enough that I can devote a portion of my life to wasting myself away on the beautiful wings of entertainment that we call TV shows and movies. Yes, I may have over exaggerated a little bit, but I can not overemphasis how great this device is.

Yet, there is a twist, if you have the ability, which I hope you do, to remember three of the things that I love in this life, you'll remember that sleep is on that list. Netflix has driven me to the point in which I must choose between the things I love, sleep, or Netflix. I know, tragic that such a young child must make such a hard decision, #firstworldproblems. That's right, I just used a hashtag, I'm twenty-first century like that. Anyway, I've reached a point that when the sun goes down I must choose, to sleep or to continue watching. We all have our own Netflix records (or at least I hope we all have our own records), the most time we've spent binge watching a show or series, and I'd rather not share my own because I fear that any or all respect that those of you reading this have for me will be lost. I, myself, find it awfully sad that one person has the ability to waste so much time, yet I enjoy doing so.

In the end Netflix is fantastic, but, as it is said in Spiderman, also on Netflix, "With great power there must also come great responsibility."