TV keeps us from feeling lonely

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“You know the characters on How I Met Your Mother better than you know your neighbors” is considered a slight to one’s sense of community. In fact, it’s a reality.

We have thousands of hours of documentaries, dramas, sitcoms, and classic films on Netflix. Why are people still watching Friends and The Office? In the UK last year, more viewer hours on Netflix were devoted to Friends than to any other property…