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Under the Banner of Heaven- 5/5

Staring Andrew Garfield, this show is filled with exciting and nerve wracking scenes.

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NCIS - 4/5

Staring David McCallum, in this show you follow a group in Washington DC. They go through many major crimes throughout the show.

~ HOW TO FIND THE BEST SHOW ~

You are in your room scrolling on Netflix not knowing what you want to watch but knowing you are looking for a new show to binge. You have looked through so many different genres and watched so many trailers, but nothing seems to feel right. If that sounds like you, follow these four steps to find the perfect show to start watching tonight.

Let yourself be influenced

Most people spend a lot of time scrolling on apps that have lots of ads, and most of those ads are for shows and movies, take those into consideration when you’re looking for a new show. Apps like TikTok have influencers posting videos and edits about or for shows, let yourself be influenced by those things because it’s very likely that if it shows up anywhere on your feed it will be something you like. The same thing goes for when your friends talk about new shows they have watched or heard of, even if you end up not liking it,

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“I would say I let myself be influenced because of the lack of motivation to randomly start a show and TikTok lets me see clips of the show, so I know what to expect and if it’s worth watching,” freshman at North High School Eli Ash said.

Try new things

Do not limit yourself to things you are familiar with, try out new genres and new types of shows. Try out shows that other people have talked about, or that just seem to be popular at the time. If you try out new things even when you don’t know much about them, you’ll likely find something that does suit you even if it’s not that specific show. Trying new things can be hard.

“It’s not easy for me to start a new show if I don’t know much about it. It usually takes me awhile to even start a new show after liking another show for a long time. When I personally don’t like anything about something I can’t get into it, I’d have to do some research about it and look into it the plot to be interested in it. It usually takes me about two or three weeks before picking up a new show, even then it might take longer because when I get into something I can’t drop it easily,” freshman a North High School Kai Chia said.

Time management

Most newer shows have episodes that are roughly 45 minutes long so sometimes it can be hard to find time to sit and watch things. The main thing you should focus on before you start watching something is other things you need to do like schoolwork or chores.

“I mostly have time to watch shows when I get home from school while my mom is at work,” freshman Miles Lothridge said.

How the internet changed society

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Generation Z, born in the age of the internet. The first generation to ever have full access to the world and its wonders, and the first generation to never know life without it. Just how much has the internet shifted society? How come a generation couldn’t even imagine a world with the internet? Read more to find out how the internet has changed society.

The internet was primarily created for research and came from a governmental background. Beginning as ARAPNET connecting scientists and engineers across the country with the support of a few colleges in 1969, setting up the blueprint for what’s to come. As time went on the internet grew beyond its research roots and became accessible to everyone, anywhere at any time.

“The internet has allowed me to connect to so many people,” freshman Kiana Luong said.

Ever since the internet became mainstream it has had a unique way of connecting people all over the world. From internet friends to stan culture the internet has played a vital role in how people communicate in the 21st century. Forum sites and chatroom culture started this by being one of the first documented ways of communicating online in the early ages of the internet.

“It was always a hard thing to do to find people your age and not creeps in chatrooms,” teacher Keely Conner said.

The mask people hide behind online gives them a sense of security knowing nobody can really judge them and that they will not face any real-life consequences giving them the confidence to speak their truth and act on their darkest fantasies. We live in a world where free speech is advocated on the internet everyday by people saying whatever, whenever, to whoever at any time. People will speak their thoughts that will get them chastised in real life and seek those who agree, this has created many online communities connecting people all over the world. many lives. Cyber bullies attack anyone they can for any reason with a goal, making the victim feel horrible about themselves and pushing them however far they can go, either looking for a reaction out of them or trying to inflict real life harm to the victim. Many cyber bullying cases end in death with the victim taking their life or attempting to, the cyber bully rarely faces consequences.

This pattern has also created a plethora of online hate groups who commit real life massacres partly because they were backed in their thoughts and supported by those communities. We the people have been accustomed to this, numb when we find out a hate crime has been committed by a member of a hate group, there has been an uprise of this behavior recently but where did it begin?

Durinng the pandemic, everybody was having a style crisis . Luckily with help of Tik Tok , everybody fell in love with the y2k aesthetic. From low rise jeans, to the music and moives from the early 2000s, the y2k aesthetic had a complete rebirth.The diffrent subcategory the y2k umbrella holds can commenly be found on the internet everywhere. The early 2000s will nolonger be the era of horrible fashion and constant celebrity controversies and will be remeberd by the people who’ve been inspried by the aesthic, music, and horrible camera quailty. The rise of the y2k aesthetic is just beggining. The y2k influence can even be seen on the runway with famous high fashion brands putting their own twist on the aesthetic.

During the pandemic everyone became aware of the social issues surrounding them because of the internet. Hate crimes were and still are uploaded to the world wide web every day forcing people to face the reality of many in this world. People from all walks of life were given a platform through social media to express how they feel about the sudden quarantine and the rising human rights conversation taking place all over the world. Like-minded people finding each other online with social opinions bothering them so much they act in real life, whether for good reasons or bad their impact will never be erased from the effected minds.

Social media has created monsters out of many. Cyber bullying is nothing new and has changed so

As bad as the internet can be the internet is an outlet for creativity and individuality for many. With people all over the world trying to make it big by being discovered off the internet, many people try to pursue their dream careers like, being a musician, acting, and a social media personality. People really dedicated to getting discovered online will drop everything to pursue a career through social media, dropping out of school, leaving their family and friends and starting all over to do this often it goes nowhere. The success of those who have been successful through social media is very rare, yet everybody thinks that they can do it. Everybody idolizes their favorite social media personality, thinking their lifestyle is so easily attainable they attempt and re-create.

Social media has created false ideals for everybody. Nowadays everyone is always comparing themselves to whoever pops up on their feed. The way people navigate through the internet has changed drastically; Posting about their lives and constantly seeking attention from anyone willing to give is now the new norm. Leaning on your phone when an uncomfortable situation is at hand, constantly stuck in a cycle on depending on your phone when you simply don’t want to do things has plauged modern day society. “I wish I wasn’t on my phone as much as I am,” teacher Susie Gaul said.

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