what's the comfort show you put on to not be alone?
when you press play on the same show for the hundredth time, you're not really watching it. you're borrowing a room full of people so yours doesn't feel so empty.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write down the show. then write about when you first started reaching for it. was it a breakup, a move, a stretch of evenings that felt too long. notice what you like about it. is it the voices, the predictability, the fact that nothing bad happens, or that it feels like company without any demands. write about what the silence feels like when it's off. be honest about whether the show is something you enjoy or something you need. both are fine. but they're different, and it's worth knowing which one it is.
- write about the specific moment in the evening when you reach for it and what's happening in your body.
- describe what these characters give you that real people in your life currently don't.
- ask yourself when you last spent a whole evening in silence and how that felt.
this one is for you if your flat has been too quiet lately and you've been filling it with familiar voices.