Netflix and chill, It is a term that has been used throughout recent years. With multiple understandings of the phrase ranging from watching a good TV show to spending time with someone you care about this terminology has become quite mainstream in the U.S. In the following paragraphs we will discuss the different meanings behind the term netflix and chill while also addressing netflix itself and why the American media provider has become so popular among many Americans. Finally we will talk about its relevance in pop culture. Before we get into the different meanings behind the phrase we must first understand what netflix is.
Netflix is an American media providing service that provides an extensive list of movies, and TV shows. As time has gone on and technology has advanced we have become more reliant on our devices for comfort and relief from the stresses of life, this is what has made netflix so popular. Putting many of our favorite shows and movies on one program makes it easy to spend hours, or even days binge watching shows while being recommended new shows that may catch our interest and keep us watching. Another thing that makes netflix so easy is its price point which is around 9 dollars a month, this makes it affordable for almost everyone and allows people to watch TV without paying a major cable provider which almost always ends up being a bad deal. Overall most people agree that netflix is a good thing because of the convenience it provides as well as the enjoyment that it brings us.
“Netflix and Chill”, this term has a range of different meanings based on the type of people who are using it. If you were to ask any random person about this term they would have their own specific example of what it means. For most, this term is thought of depending on how people using netflix watch their shows. Some people say that they like to watch TV at the end of a long day and consider “Netflix and chill” to mean just that however other people consider this term as a way to get close on a relationship standpoint. However in recent months this term has been influenced by social media to mean that “Netflix and chill” means having sexual relations with whoever you are watching it with. Since the term is considered slang it picked up a lot of momentum on social media forms such as twitter, instagram, and snapchat along with many others.
However through doing research it was discovered that this term has caused issues among teenagers and young adults. The issue comes from the sexual title that the term has been given, it has even gotten to the point where some couples or even friends have felt a sort of obligation to have sex just because someone invited another person over to “Netflix and chill”. This is not just something that had to be looked up. Through high school I had friends that would tell me horror stories about when they invited someone over to watch netflix and have it go terribly wrong when one of them tried to make a move on the other because and I quote “Isn’t that what we are suppose to do?”. However this term has many meanings behind it and many people would agree that it should be thought of as a Homonym. People in today’s society are too quick to put labels on things and not take things for what they actually are, this term is not the fault of Netflix and should not be connected to them because this is not the message they are trying to send
Netflix is a Large multimedia provider in the United States as well as over 100 different countries in the world. The company was created in 1997 in the state of California and features many of TV’s great shows, series, and movies. Many people however still do not understand why Netflix is so popular. We will start by talking about the cost for a subscription. Netflix starts at $10.99 a month which gives you access to every show and movie that they have to offer, however if you are willing to pay $13.99 a month you will receive access to HD ultra content access which gives you better quality of the shows you are watching. As a college student who is dumping most of his money into getting a degree I believe I speak for most other college kids when I say that 11 dollars a month is a pretty good deal considering the variety you get. This price is not just good for college kids however, it is also good for adults who are just starting out and do not have much money. The big key here is that instead of having cable and paying hundreds of dollars to get thousands of channels that you probably won’t watch, you get unlimited access to series that might be interesting to you. Whether you watch a lot of TV or just a little the rate is flat and that is something a lot of individuals find attractive. S
ome will argue that Netflix has a poor variety, as in a lot of the shows on TV that people like to watch are not available on Netflix. This may be true to a point however through my own personal experience with this company you can find shows on Netflix that aren’t available on TV and are just as good. The provider offers shows that are exclusive to netflix that many people are not even familiar with, for example let’s say someone wants to watch a comedy show series so they start off with Family Guy (obviously). Once Netflix picks up the information that the user likes to watch comedy shows it will recommend several other shows such as Bojack Horseman or Bigmouth which are shows with similar animation and comedy but cannot be seen on TV, and yes these shows are actually very good on a comedy standpoint. Things like these make it easier to use this provider and cause it to gain popularity quickly, Netflix has done a good job in catching people’s attention and with new shows being added every month it is likely that they will keep growing.
Netflix is very relevant in pop culture even in today’s society on multiple levels. A good starting point in a normal college dorm room, teenagers and college students in particular are looked at as trendy, we can see this in the way they act, dress, and communicate. With most teenagers nowadays being constantly buried in technology netflix is an essential. Dorm rooms do not come with cable TV and all the channels that teens are used to so Netflix is a way for them to watch good shows or movies. This gives Netflix good publicity because they get their points across through teenagers and young adults when they tell other people about Netflix. In fact it was a college student who created the term “Netflix and chill” back in 2009 which blew up on twitter and later became a slang term that young people began using, This term gave Netflix a big jump in the pop culture world.
Another thing that keeps Netflix in the pop culture world are all of the things that were mentioned in previous paragraphs, its cheap, and there are a lot of TV show and movie choices. Young people like variety in life, they like to try new things and this provider allows them to do that with the push of a button. Everybody you talk to at least knows what Netflix is how it functions which kind of makes it popular and the fact that many individuals use the program in their everyday lives is a cultural choice that they make. Finally by looking at what this cooperation has done in the last 21 years it is clear to see that it is still trending due to the way they operate in our society because they know what we want and how we want it, with this said Netflix is still growing and thriving and continues to entertain millions of people on a worldwide scale.
