If I had to pick just one it would be Red Dwarf. I watched it so many times I can’t even count it.
There are also some series that aired at the time I was returning from school I’d happily watch if they were on right now. Even though I’m not that interested to search for them though. Shows like Renegade, Walker Texas Ranger, Baywatch or whatever that Star Trek with captain Picard was. This is hugely influenced by time and place as our eastern block country just opened to western shows and movies and everything looked so flashy and bombastic. And everything was flashy and bombastic compared to bland and gray local production at the time.
Scrubs and Stargate SG1 are my cozy shows.
Sat doen and watched a bunch of the new Quantum Leap the other day while feeling lonely, and that felt pretty good.
For me, it’s delicious in dungeon. I’m vegetarian and generally very weirded out by the cultish behaviours people have around meat, so a show about people killing and eating monsters should definitely not be as enjoyable to me as it is, but here we are. Very fun and cute show tho so I’m not complaining
Yeah that show is oddly comforting. I love cooking and I found it a bit cringe as it’s set up like a videogame, but OTOH I got a girlfriend through regularly watching it with her and cuddling sleepily on the sofa, so I can’t complain 😅
I am very curious what “cultish behaviors” you’ve observed surrounding meat. Not discrediting your experience at all, just a curiosity! I’m sure you’ve had to explain it many times before, so please feel free to ignore my request. 🙂 Just someone looking to broaden their horizons and understand.
Tell someone you don’t eat or like meat and they will tell you why you’re wrong and what meat is best cooked how.
Probably the most relatable one around here is the way people on reddit used to talk about bacon - in like 2010s reddit it was almost mythologized, which was weird to me even back then when I still ate and enjoyed bacon. There’s a bunch of other small examples like that I’ve run into pretty regularly that are each innocent on their own but taken all together are just… odd. “Cultish” was probably too strong of a word but I couldn’t think of a better alternative (then or now) for the way some people treat meat so differently than any other type of food, including ones you might expect to be more exciting like deserts or something.
I’m not one to try to tell people their opinions on subjective stuff are wrong and that’s not what I’m trying to say here, but I just do really think there’s more to the way some people treat meat than just it being a type of food they enjoy. Hopefully that makes some kind of sense lol
I honestly think the bacon thing was an advertising push; one that gained its own momentum. If I remember something interesting, it’s that the original bacon advertising campaign over a hundred years ago was one of the most successful advertising campaigns in its long term effects on the ‘culture’ of american breakfast. Then there was another push with it to become a ‘premium’ addon in culinary circles in the 90s-00s.
There is definitely something odd about meat in people’s minds, though, you’re right. I’ve never heard of anyone, even italian chefs, caring about whether a pasta must be cooked al dente to be done right, but every idiot and their cousin will tell you they know exactly how a steak must be cooked, and everyone else is wrong, and not only wrong but a terrible savage for thinking differently.
You commenting with interesting bacon trivia is nominative determinism at its finest lmao
Steak is a really good example of what I’m talking about, thanks for adding this
Ohh, I see. That weird thing where people make one really specific, otherwise small thing an absurdly huge part of their personality.
I’ve seen it with tea, coffee, chocolate, meat (specifically bacon and steak), and a million other things food-related and otherwise. I follow what you’re talking about now, and yeah it’s weird. I enjoy meat quite a lot, and I do have some kinds of meat I do like cooked a (general) particular way. I’m not going to go around preaching to God and everyone about it, though, and I wouldn’t consider "meat’ a part of my personality, lol. When people take one small, specific thing and make it their entire personalities it does get… Strange.
Just tell a bunch of dudebros or old people you’re vegan and have them explain it to you agonisingly.
Burn Notice. I dont know what it is but it’s like watching a version of “How It’s Made” from a fictional universe. All of the voiceovers about spycraft are bullshit but my brain just buys it for whatever reason.
Also, can’t belive I forgot this, but “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. A lot of that feeling, for me, is being carried by the music though.
Sunnys got me thru incredibly dark times
So many I guess.
- classic 80s/90s sitcoms (Cheers, Friends, Family Matters, the Nanny, etc)
- classic Simpsons
- 90s/00s PBS kids shows (Wishbone, Reading Rainbow, Clifford, etc)
- Bluey
- British shows (Keeping Up Appearances)
Bluey. I’m an adult and don’t have children. It’s my guilty pleasure.
Bluey is fantastic. My partner is from australia, and every time we are waiting in a pediatrician’s waiting room, we love it when it’s on the telly. He says he could start a side business smuggling bluey items from oz to here.
You might enjoy Hilda if you like Bluey. Those are my two comfort shows.
Probably not weird but an episode or two of MAS*H will always make me feel better
Monk. Most episodes follow the same formula, but it’s always a lot of fun and when they do deviate a bit, it’s so good!
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot (with David Suchet(
- A&E’s Nero Wolfe
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Stargate SG-1
Which star trek is the best intro to someone young but totally new to the show/series itself? The original w/Shatner? I only know him from Family Guys various gag and cursing Kahn from Fiddler on the Roof
My friend is super into star trek and convinced me to watch some with him. I’d say go look up a ‘top 5’ of the OG star trek, watch those, then do what the others have suggested.
Probably a toss up between The Next Generation (TNG) and Deep Space 9 (DS9). Do note that Star Trek series normally need about a season to find their footing. Season 1 of TNG was mid-tier but it still is a source of plenty of memes.
I think TNG is likely the better starting point. The original series (TOS) is painfully old fashioned, which could ve a good thing or bad depending on your tastes.
TNG is also painfully old fashioned. Especially the fist two seasons are … hard to watch sometimes.
Honestly: I would start with VOY. It’s easy to watch, has a certain amount of action, and doesn’t lose it too much with society and politics.
Strange New Worlds is also a potential entry point.
Star Trek: Voyager. I was raised on that shit. Not objectively the “best” Star Trek. (Far from the worst, though.) But it’s the one that’s most nostalgic and, indeed, “cozy” for me.
Voyager has that “found family” vibe that most of the shows don’t really.
Mine is Deep Space 9! I should rewatch voyager. I watched it as a kid on TV but I don’t remember much.
Currently rewatching for the 5th or 6th time… Right there with ya
Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister for me. Despite all the scheming the humour is so good-natured throughout.
Thank god for this place. Im aquiring it shortly
Whenever I’m sick I will always just put on The Venture Bros. while I recover. The show spanned so many years, makes me feel better watching the show evolve and remembering what point in my life I was in when various episodes aired.
Oddly enough, Emergency! (1972). There’s something reassuring about it.
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is very relaxing and cozy. And it’s all available on YouTube.
And, of course, The Waltons.
The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie are both amazing for slowing things down, altho they can also be a bit emotionally draining sometimes too.
I love how they provide positive role models both for parents and children in terms of how to love and honor each other and communicate to solve problems rather than just fighting and other dumb shit we were forced to endure as children with parents opposite of those in these series
Their children understand the parents only ask what is needed for them to survive and ensure their healthy development, theres nothing selfish about the parenting approaches, they genuinely want the best for the children and to hold their hands as they walk together finding it
