The original post: /r/television by /u/BiroKakhi on 2025-07-22 18:41:35.
When I was younger, everyone watched the same shows or at least had one or two shows in common that you discussed, it was so fun to see a friend and talk about that last episode of Friends, or How I met your mother, heck even Game of Thrones wasn’t niche even my Grandma was watching that. but the more shows there are on all the streaming platforms the more the shows you watch are entirely different than what any of your friends are watching.
For example I love Westworld, but almost no one I know ever watched it, I love the new Dune show, but also almost no one I know ever heard of it.
Are we getting to the point where each of us have their our niche of shows that they watch on TV now? Like I have no idea what my nephew even enjoys on netflix, they are all weird shows I never heard of that seem so cringy, and he doesn’t even watch them he just has them on in the background as he plays on his iPad.