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How I Got Hooked on Netflix

I fell for it and I can’t help myself

Han Hamid
4 min readMar 29, 2019

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I recall my first mindless romp with Netflix, spiraling downward to a taste of drama addiction, bingeing away a whole season’s worth of The Haunting of Hill House in just 3 days.

No, I didn’t exclaim this like a proud customer service rep who takes pride in his email-response time. On the contrary, I felt like someone secretly turned the time on the clock without me knowing.

Why oh why, do dramas have the tendency to hook us at the end of every episode?

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It all started over a casual conversation with my customer. I was on duty, servicing a haircut as usual and we somehow ended up talking about our pastime, which led to our favorite movies and TV shows. Needless to say, he mentioned about Netflix and recommended me a horror flick.

This wasn’t my first time hearing about Netflix. Expectedly, I’m curious when people rave about how value-for-money the subscription is, no contractual obligation and of course, a…

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Han Hamid
Han Hamid

Written by Han Hamid

Sharing my observations for mindful living. I love instant ramen and kopi-o.

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