Basically:

  1. Find a Youtube Channel / TV Series

  2. Binge watch it all quickly

  3. Bored again

  4. Spend a lot of time looking up stuff to watch, but nothing looks interesting

  5. Repeat

Usually stuck on Step 4 longer than actually watching something, so I just browse news/reddit/lemmy or read random wikipedia articles until I find something to watch.

How do y’all do Step 4 correctly? How do y’all find stuff that’s interesting to watch?

  • Ludrol@szmer.infoEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    My strategy is different on 2nd Step

    I am using method of the ancients of watching stuff weekly as they come out. Watching 1 episode a day has really elevated my enjoyment of the shows as my dopamine receptors are not oversaturated.

    Books and Manga on the other hand serve a different purpose so I binge them indiscriminately.

  • gencha@lemm.eeEnglish
    15·
    3 days ago

    If you keep running out, you’re probably consuming too much. You need more past time where you have fun another way. Walk around town and superglue rocks to walls or whatever floats your boat. You really have to enjoy it, and not try to force yourself. Disconnect.

  • sbf@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    All of my interests are niche, so this SHOULD happen to me all the time. The thing is, I have about 40,000,000 of them, so I usually get inspired to work on something else when I get bored

  • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    I made a my own tv schedule! I watch only one episode from each show once a week on its assigned day. Not only was the process of filing it out fun but I’m constantly excited to watch things that I wouldn’t have chosen before (for whatever reason).I was bored before watching the same stuff and people say after day. This has been a huge step for me in solving the problem you described

    • Kellamity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Interesting idea! What do you do if you’re busy in the evening and miss a show - save it til next week or do you catch up?

      • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        The options are twofold.

        1. you can shift the schedule over one day so you don’t miss a show
        2. you miss the show and just have to catch up next week (like you said)

        I only do #1 for movies (one movie a week) bc my partner and I alternate movie week, so skipping a week would be unfair. #2 for all shows

  • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    I don’t really follow content creators. YouTube ads are more annoying than tv and half the content feels like an ad.

    I’m more into prestige tv shows. I just look at critics top lists for different years. Whatever looks interesting goes on jellyfin. Generally HBO is good or at least was.

    It means you aren’t waiting for shows to get renewed or see if they iron out the kinks. I don’t bother with anything that hasn’t been renewed unless it’s getting ratings over 7.5 or critical acclaim, preferably both.

    If I run out of new content, I go to old reliable a, like the west wing or ab fab or six feet under. I’m not a big fan of reality tv but the traitors, especially the UK one without celebrities scratched an itchy and I’ve binged them all. I think it will drop off in quality as people learn how the game is played successfully. Too quiet or too loud and you’re out.

  • dumblederp@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    There’s just so much content available these days I don’t know how you can get stuck on step four. Like people are saying, maybe you need to look at doing other things.

  • Lembot_0001@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    When if find miself in the situation when i’m out of that entertaining shit I was doing, I see it as a chance to switch my attention to work/study/something useful.

    And about step 4. I usually don’t stop after finding something. I continue to download diverce things until I sick of the seeking. So I always have a few games/shows waiting until I have free time and mood to get to them.

  • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    I usually rewatch old stuff, and one of the YouTube channels I follow generates so much different content that I can’t keep up.

    Also my schedule sadly doesn’t allow for step 2 and 3.

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
      3·
      3 days ago

      It’s nice to have a fallback pool of long run shows you enjoyed once. Things you can put on until something else catches your fancy. For me there’s ~90’s era Star Trek, Stargate, Parks & Rec… For someone else it might be The Office, Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Cheers, etc. There are plenty of 100+ episode anime out there…

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    I don’t. I don’t find video media very engaging, and typically avoid it. If there’s nothing interesting to watch, I do something else.

  • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Have a Kodi add-on setup integrated with trakt and custom widgets. So whenever I load up Kodi I get a feed of

    • New episodes for shows I already watch as soon as they air
    • New trending shows (in descending order of current viewers)
    • Newest shows on steeamers like Netflix, Amazon, Apple, BBC (which depend on the fine folk whom add them to trakt lists)
    • Recommended shows from trakt

    And then a separate similar set of widgets for movies. I find the trakt recommendations include a lot of old movies too. So if I can’t find anything I want from the feeds of new stuff, I just pull up the trailer for one of the old movies I’m recommended and take a punt on it if I’m interested.

    For YouTube I just use the recommendation algorithms (delivered via SmartTube)

  • oceanAEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Well my YouTube algorithm is pretty good. I’m always saving stuff to watch later or in Hoarder. For movies and Tv I just download a lot for Jellyfin. If I truly dk what to watch I can always shuffle a good show like futurama, modern family, or mash