When you're watching netflix for too long and Netflix silently judges you by asking if you want to continue watching.
by Hunter Jefe November 24, 2017
A cognitive state characterized by an individual's heightened awareness with the recurring patterns, techniques, and conventions employed in filmmaking due to frequent exposure to content on streaming platforms.
Etymology: Coined by Sina Khani in Creeps From The Middle East (Episode 1) the term "Netflix Brain" derives from the popular streaming service "Netflix," known for its vast library of films and television series. The term "brain" is used metaphorically to represent the cognitive processing and perception of audiovisual content, and it refers to the term “porn brain”.
Characteristics and Symptoms:
1. Hyperawareness: Individuals with Netflix Brain possess an acute ability to identify common narrative structures, plot devices, and character archetypes present in films.
2. Predictability Radar: They can anticipate plot twists, foreshadowing, and dramatic reveals based on their extensive exposure to repetitive storytelling techniques.
3. Cinematic Deja Vu: Netflix Brain often results in a sense of familiarity and a feeling of having seen similar scenes or storylines.
4. Critical Eye: Affected individuals tend to analyze filmmaking techniques such as cinematography, editing, sound design, special effects and filmmaking mistakes (like continuity errors) due to their enhanced knowledge of these aspects.
5. Subgenre Savviness: They are adept at recognizing and categorizing movies into specific subgenres based on recognizable tropes, visual styles, or thematic elements.
Etymology: Coined by Sina Khani in Creeps From The Middle East (Episode 1) the term "Netflix Brain" derives from the popular streaming service "Netflix," known for its vast library of films and television series. The term "brain" is used metaphorically to represent the cognitive processing and perception of audiovisual content, and it refers to the term “porn brain”.
Characteristics and Symptoms:
1. Hyperawareness: Individuals with Netflix Brain possess an acute ability to identify common narrative structures, plot devices, and character archetypes present in films.
2. Predictability Radar: They can anticipate plot twists, foreshadowing, and dramatic reveals based on their extensive exposure to repetitive storytelling techniques.
3. Cinematic Deja Vu: Netflix Brain often results in a sense of familiarity and a feeling of having seen similar scenes or storylines.
4. Critical Eye: Affected individuals tend to analyze filmmaking techniques such as cinematography, editing, sound design, special effects and filmmaking mistakes (like continuity errors) due to their enhanced knowledge of these aspects.
5. Subgenre Savviness: They are adept at recognizing and categorizing movies into specific subgenres based on recognizable tropes, visual styles, or thematic elements.
Usage Example:
Sina Khani: I had a career move after career move after c.. c.. c.. career move and all failed. And I did comedy, hoohoo, didn’t work. I started to paint like Picasso, everybody called me Basquiat, I hate Basquiat, hoohoo. And then I started to make films and now everybody is saying your films suck and they’re too long and you are underacting. You should be overacting. And you’re not funny. It’s not comedy, it’s not tragic, it doesn’t have a plot, it doesn’t have a beginning. People have porn brains. They have Netflix brains, you know?
Why don’t we eat a little?
Sina Khani: I had a career move after career move after c.. c.. c.. career move and all failed. And I did comedy, hoohoo, didn’t work. I started to paint like Picasso, everybody called me Basquiat, I hate Basquiat, hoohoo. And then I started to make films and now everybody is saying your films suck and they’re too long and you are underacting. You should be overacting. And you’re not funny. It’s not comedy, it’s not tragic, it doesn’t have a plot, it doesn’t have a beginning. People have porn brains. They have Netflix brains, you know?
Why don’t we eat a little?
by Sinakhaniofficial June 16, 2023
What you yell out loud when you have wasted yet another 8 hours of your day (usually saturdays or sundays) that you meant to do homework, study, get ahead in work, or exercise and instead watched 8-16 goddam episodes of some show that Netflix makes really easy to binge watch.
*wakes up in the morning* Awesome! I'm going to get a head start on my homework and go on a five mile run so I can be in shape for lacrosse season.
Eight hours later.
DAMMIT NETFLIX! At least I know why everyone is talking about Breaking Bad though...
Eight hours later.
DAMMIT NETFLIX! At least I know why everyone is talking about Breaking Bad though...
by Words of the Wise January 30, 2014
being raped by bill clinton
by Nigga Harry Balls April 03, 2016
by fish_is_coolxd December 01, 2016
The opposite of Netflix and Chill
It means that you go sit in front of the TV and cry from the crippling loneliness while Netflix is playing in the background. Presumably in fetal position.
It means that you go sit in front of the TV and cry from the crippling loneliness while Netflix is playing in the background. Presumably in fetal position.
by konroy October 11, 2015
A condition similar to writer's block: When you find yourself staring at an empty Netflix Queue unable to think of a good movie to add. All the while realizing you're still paying your monthly fee.
Person 1: "Hey have you seen insert movie here?"
Person 2: "No, but you just got me out of my Netflix block."
Person 2: "No, but you just got me out of my Netflix block."
by zoso7171 May 06, 2010