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Why I Can't Binge Watch Shows.

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Streaming services is what some folk would call a godsend, to which I mostly agree I remember when I first caught Daredevil on Netflix some time ago.   I noticed in the first episode, so much time was granted to exposition and character growth.  For the life me I couldn't figure out why.  At  first. Then the realization hit me:  Daredevil was an hour long drama because it wasn't interrupted by any god damned commercials! As my wife can attest, commercials drive me nuts.  They drove me nuts ever since I watched TV as a kid.  I'm watching a show, say for example Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and for every five minutes of drama it would be abruptly be cut off for what seemed like a commercial break that ran for the same amount of time.  Suze, as many before me, calmly suggested that I simply mute the TV and take a whiz.   What they don't understand is when I feel rage, I am consumed by it.  I preferred to shout at the TV while it bomba...