Warning: my marathon rewatch strategy backfired hard in a 4 hour delay

I spent 3 days saving episodes of a show for a flight out of Newark, then the delay hit and I realized I'd been pausing every 10 minutes to check my phone, so the whole experience felt like 40 tiny cliffhangers instead of one story, anyone else ruined a good binge by over-managing it?

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drewsullivan2mo ago

Wait, you paused every 10 minutes to check your phone during a 4 hour delay? That's brutal, man. So you basically turned a marathon into like 40 tiny sprints with a full stop every time, which sounds way worse than just starting over. I've done the pause-to-peek thing before, but usually it's like one check per episode, not every 10 minutes, that's a whole different level of self-sabotage. Honestly, next time just let the show play and let your phone buzz, you'll miss less that way.

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sage_dixon2mo ago

That pause-to-peek habit sounds rough, @drewsullivan, but I've been there too and it's a real trap.

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