Day 261 : Solidarity

Dinner Menu:

• Salade de betterave et feta
• Gratins de ravioles aux champignons et lardons
• Yaourt de brebis et 1/2 pomme

In solidarity with Theo I unsubscribed and deleted all my media apps (Netflix, OCS, Prime Video. Hulu).  Well actually, it's more because I felt I was getting sucked into a never ending vortex of series which was not adding anything to my life (I mainly blame Louis who told me about Brooklyn 99 which has around 125 episodes and I'm already on 107 after 10 days ).   Since the arrival of Netflix I have occasionally (too often) binged on series : Friends,  The Fall, Jessica Jones, Stranger things, The Good Place, The Good Wife, The West Wing, Breaking Bad, Le Bureau des Légendes, Peep Show, Casual, The Handmaid's Tale, Homeland, Fargo, Seinfeld, The Amazing Mrs Maizel, The Crown, Black Mirror, House of cards, Game of Thrones, True Detective, Mariella, Ozark, ... etc...(and that is a real etc).  It is very similar to being on drugs (except cheaper and easier).  You always want to go to the next episode which allows you to pass (or waste) your time pleasurably but with no added value. This is worse than TV was in the 70ies when I was growing up.  At least you had to wait between episodes of Dr Who back then. Now it's just an uninterrupted stream.  I know you can't stop progress but sometimes progress is regress!