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Showerthought: I was watching shows all wrong for years
I kept starting new series and dropping them after two episodes, thinking they were boring. The trick is to commit to the first three episodes minimum, because that's when most shows find their footing. Anyone else have a specific episode number that's their 'make or break' point?
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the_elizabeth18d ago
My mom always told me to give a new food three tries before I decided I hated it. It's the same with TV shows, or even meeting new people. We're all so quick to judge things in the first five minutes. It makes me wonder what good stuff I've missed out on because I didn't wait for it to get comfortable.
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murray.pat18d ago
That's a nice way to look at it. My mom had a rule like that too, but it was mostly for lima beans. Still can't stand them after about thirty tries, so maybe some things are just bad from the start. Makes you wonder if we're too stubborn to quit on the bad stuff, not just too quick to quit on the good.
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