What do you watch for entertainment?

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What do you watch for entertainment?

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I am curious as to what you are watching for entertainment in your free time? I am asking because I can't find anything to watch. Yes, the obvious answer would be just to go out or read, but sometimes I just want to have something to watch for 20 minutes after implementing a feature or unit test whatever, after which I can simply go on coding. And reading or taking a walk normally take longer then that. Sorry if this is considered a stupid question, I just really can't find anything "useful"/"educational" (those aren't the right words for what I mean, but I hope you understand what I am getting at) to watch, as most shows/movies/videos everything has some kind of message it wants to bring across or at least it feels that way to me.

An example: I recently tried watching "Steins;Gate" because I remember some dev online recommending it, and already at some single digit episode they talk about trannies and that there is no way a boy character could look so much like a girl (which is obviously cope) etc. I don't want to be confronted with this disgusting shit, especially if it has nothing to do with the topic at hand which is time travel. Next I tried watching MONSTER, which had a really interesting concept about the value of life and after reaching the first double digit episodes the show goes on about "Nazis bad" for some episodes. Besides I think that that is utterly wrong, I don't want any of that moral or judgemental bullshit in my entertainment. I just want some food for thought I can watch in my free time without being disgusted by it. How is there nothing out there that doesn't try to make some moral judgement/statement? Obviously there are other issues with modern TV/movies etc. that keep me away from those too, which I find are very well described by Luke in this video: https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/w/4RdvPLoVkWBR9aDPviqVWP

So, does anyone have any good recommendations on something to watch (or some resource to find something to watch) that doesn't make you feel like an idiot for watching it like useless geek content about very niche topics like video games?
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Psycho Pass might be up your alley.
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Elysium (2013 movie). Recommended viewing. It features a dystopian world, like in technological slavery.
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What do I watch for entertainment? I check the online TV guide after battling with the Cuckflare verification page, because static timetables are a resource so valuable that they need to be protected by an anti-DDOS service. If I find anything that peaks my interest, I check IMDB for reviews and rating. Those that I can see of course, because thanks to aggressive AI scrapers, IMDB blocked the rest from public viewing. If it looks interesting enough, I record on my TV so I can skip commercial breaks. Then I watch it later during dinner. Life is good.

As for recommendation. Judging by some of the posts here, “What happened to Monday” is first that comes to mind. Maybe I can think of some more sci-fi/dystopian movies later if I feel like it.
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Re: What do you watch for entertainment?

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I don't even know, When I'm playing a video I just wanna hear the guys voice while i am doing something else on the computer lol
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