Finally beat my old watchlist backlog after 3 months of commuting

I used to just stare at my phone during the train ride into the city, but last Tuesday I realized I could knock out one episode of that 2006 mech series per trip. It took 3 months but I finally cleared 47 episodes and I feel like I actually paid attention to the plot this time instead of skipping to the good parts. Anyone else got a show that only works in small chunks like that?

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spencer_park261mo ago

Admit it, my attention span is so short these days that I need a train ride to even sit through a 22 minute episode. I tried binging a whole season once and ended up rewatching the same fight scene three times because I kept checking my phone. Give me those tiny 20 minute chunks any day, it's the only way my brain doesn't turn into static.

emma_flores1mo ago

Wait, are we all just secretly watching the same three minutes on a loop now? Because I felt this in my soul. I tried to watch a movie the other night and legit paused it four times to scroll through my feed, then gave up and watched a 15 minute YouTube recap instead. The worst part is when I finally force myself to sit down and focus, my brain just starts buffering like a bad wifi connection. I swear my phone has trained me to need a fresh hit of something every 90 seconds or I start getting twitchy. Twenty minute episodes are the only thing that feels safe anymore, like a little snack instead of a full meal I can never finish.