Why I'm Weird (1 of Googolplex)
Right now, I have three DVD's that I rented. I watched one of the DVDs, but haven't seen the two others yet. I've had them for about three days or so. The odd thing is, I want to go and rent DVDs!
That means returning the unwatched flics and getting three different ones. So I think what's happening here is that I must subconsciously enjoy the anticipation of having the option of watching a movie. After having the movies for a while, anticipating watching them becomes old, and I need new material to anticipate. I rent at Hollywood video, with the plan where you pay a fixed monthly fee and can rent as much as you want (releases less than a few weeks old excluded). Since I've gotten on this plan, I've returned about 30 to 40% of movies unwatched. There are movies I've rented three times, to watch only once.
So here I sit, at 9:40pm, after having been out and about for work nearly 12 hours, and I want to return two movies that I haven't watched yet, because the idea of watching them doesn't excite me. Maybe I just like having three options. So I can watch one, and if that sucks, I got a backup, and a backup for the backup.
Am I really just feeding my anticipation? So many times I've done exactly what I feel like doing now, returning three movies, two of which I haven't watched, to rent three new movies, but then end up not watching any movies that night.
Does anyone else do these kinds of things?
That means returning the unwatched flics and getting three different ones. So I think what's happening here is that I must subconsciously enjoy the anticipation of having the option of watching a movie. After having the movies for a while, anticipating watching them becomes old, and I need new material to anticipate. I rent at Hollywood video, with the plan where you pay a fixed monthly fee and can rent as much as you want (releases less than a few weeks old excluded). Since I've gotten on this plan, I've returned about 30 to 40% of movies unwatched. There are movies I've rented three times, to watch only once.
So here I sit, at 9:40pm, after having been out and about for work nearly 12 hours, and I want to return two movies that I haven't watched yet, because the idea of watching them doesn't excite me. Maybe I just like having three options. So I can watch one, and if that sucks, I got a backup, and a backup for the backup.
Am I really just feeding my anticipation? So many times I've done exactly what I feel like doing now, returning three movies, two of which I haven't watched, to rent three new movies, but then end up not watching any movies that night.
Does anyone else do these kinds of things?
posted by dazzlingdimwit at 9:30 PM
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