So, it seems like studies are coming out almost daily to tell us that this or that isn’t good for us, so this shouldn’t be that big of a deal… or is it???
Netflix.
It distracts us from our regular life, it keeps us entertained and above all– it’s beyond super convenient.
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So it’s great for our daily lives. End of story. The article ends here.
Or does it?
While it may be super-convenient and entertaining, believe it or not, the streaming giant may not be all that good for us as humans.
You read the title, you know what’s going on.
Let me start…
By giving you the big, scary, logline for this article:
Netflix might contribute to many health problems for humans, from heart disease to a lower sex drive. Yeah, be scared, that’s right.
The research…
By a reporter from The Hollywood Reporter (shortened to THR for the sake of brevity) named Eriq Gardner, who I’m sure is just dead set on ruining everyone’s good time.
Also…
The Jornal of the America Heart Association has come out and backed his research , saying that:
“those who watch television over four hours a day have a 50 percent greater risk of dying prematurely from heart disease”
Those lame-os have been saying that since the invention of television.
The difference is now we’re binge-watching so much stuff that we end up staying on our couches a whole lot longer.
There’s more…
There’s the mental deterioration that comes with watching so much TV .
Our parents told us for years that watching too much TV would rot our brains, but who thought they were telling the truth?
Don’t care about your heart and mind?
Too busy enjoying all that fast food? Well then, maybe you’ll care about your sex drive.
Yeah, now I’ve got your attention.
Apparently…
According to a study done by The British Medical Journal , people have been having a lot less sex in the last decade.
Yeah, you don’t have to tell me twice.
Seriously though…
Not only have they been having less sex, but men who stay up later (say, catching up on the new season of Big Mouth ) tend to have a lesser sperm count.
And if none of this appeals to you (which, let’s be honest, it probably doesn’t)…
Then maybe Netflix’s impact on the environment might tug at your unimportant heartstrings.
Netflix doesn’t dump their unwanted originals in a big pile in the middle of the Atlantic, but…
It does take a lot more carbon emissions to run Netflix for six hours than it does to go to the theatre.
As the study puts it…
“Watching a high-definition video by streaming on a smartphone for just 10 minutes is equivalent to using a 2,000-watt electric oven at full power for five minutes”
Yeesh! That’s a lot !
And in the study, there’s much more about how Netflix impacts the environment.
Once again, science and facts have ruined a perfectly good thing.
First, it was smoking, then it was alcohol, then it was eating gross unhealthy foods and now it’s Netflix.
What do you think?
Has this article changed the way you think about Netflix?
Are you going to keep binge-watching stuff anyways, or are you going to change your ways forever– ooh, a new Season of Big Mouth is coming out, hold on gotta watch the other two.
