#and i also don't think watching HotD or whatever grimdark thing adults get is the solution either

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Honestly I feel really bad for teenagers today, I really do. When I was a kid you got up in the morning and faced every kind of shit a kid in middle school or high school had to face but then you got to go home, turn on the TV and every Friday or whatever there was Your ShowTM. And Your Show went for 5-15 seasons and each one had 26 episodes minimum and some were bad and some were funny and some were the greatest thing your 15 yo mind has ever seen and you got your dopamine for the week and you got something to doodle in class on the back of your notebooks and it got you going for another week. Whatever shit came your way - bad teachers, bullying, whatever stupid panic adults were dreaming up, poverty or just plain being broke, heartache, calculus, dread of the future, your parents divorce, war, oh God am I gay?, prom, dating, standardized testing, the economy collapsing, friend drama, college applications, having to read Death of a Salesman, your government trying to kill you in a million different ways, anything and everything - it went away for like an hour. For an hour you got Your ShowTM and you got to think of something constant that also made you feel good. For years you had something comforting in the most uncomforting and most awkward and terrifying phase of your life. And I feel like all the shit stayed, the kids of today have as much as we did but the assault of it on them is more because there are more places yelling at them. You can watch a genocide on your phone before breakfast. You can see the planet dying before your eyes. A bully can send you harassment a dozen different ways and it's harder to unplug because you need the same tech for school now. But there is less comforting constant things left. A lot has been said about teens and young adults watching Bluey and I don't disagree but I also kinda get it. Bluey has 3 seasons each with like 50 episodes and a mini movie and mini episodes and there's going to be a 4th season. What show oriented for teens and young adults get that now? Back in my day Lockwood &Co. could have gotten minimum 5 seasons and Ruby Stokes would have gotten a Pantene deal so good out of it she could retire at 30 and write cookbooks!

The reason why Netflix is loosing so much money is because they keep canceling shows. Im so serious. This happens every couple of months and it makes me less and less inclined to start new shows. People dont want to start watching things they already know are not going to complete their runtime. Finish your shows before making new ones! Thats how you get your fucking money!