I have some sympathy for a media studies professor who appears to have no option, but I’m baffled why people are watching shows they don’t actually like. You do

I have some sympathy for a media studies professor who appears to have no option, but I’m baffled why people are watching shows they don’t actually like. You don’t have to keep up with stuff just for the sake of keeping up. I log in to Netflix for weeks on end and see nothing new that appeals to me. Music is more reliable, and I’m incredibly grateful to music recommendation algorithms for finding me at least one new artist a week. I don’t sweat listening to their entire back catalogue and integrating it into some gestalt artistic identity to break out at parties though, I just like knowing it’s all there.