Hot take: I watched everything at 1.5x speed for 3 months and I was the problem
I got through 14 seasons of shows in one summer by speeding them up, and I felt pretty smug about it until a friend asked what I thought of the train station scene in the finale. I had no idea what she meant. Turns out speeding up the quiet parts means you miss the acting and the pauses that actually carry the story. Now I watch at normal speed and I finish way less, but I remember way more. Has anyone else gone back to normal speed after doing this?