I'll name: anything even temporarily culturally or socially relevant?
I'm probably going to blow your mind wide open here. Sometimes, and stick with me here, talking to people _about_ movies/shows/music/entertainment[x] can be a fun byproduct of seeing entertainment form [x].
That's, or course, for us normies, though. For you iamverysmart people who can't conceive of exstracting any value from movies, I assume I similarly won't be able to understand your side, where you work on big, big, Big important things in your spare time.
Hearing about movies/shows/music/entertainment from people is almost always more fun when I don't know the piece they're talking about.
And it's not about doing big, big, important things in your spare time. It's about doing vs watching. You can hit the gym and, while doing nothing original, smart, or important, actually better yourself.
If you don't know what they're talking about are you really contributing much to the conversation? I used to have a roommate that would make fun of me for being really excited about watching Breaking Bad; and when it was on he'd start asking me about a million questions. But it was less of a conversation than just being peppered with a bunch of annoying questions. I had to tell him, look man, if you're interested in the show just watch it, and if you're not stop interrupting it. Talking about the show with other people following it was really fun, but talking about it with people that didn't care was draining.
With regards to doing vs. watching, if you're in any sort of creative field, how can have enough inspiration to draw on if you never actually fill your reserves by consuming things? And, as I presume, even if you're not in a creative field, there's still the non-fiction aspect.
I'm not saying you need to go watch things, but virtue signalling that you're better by not consuming anything is pretty counterproductive to yourself.
I'm probably going to blow your mind wide open here. Sometimes, and stick with me here, talking to people _about_ movies/shows/music/entertainment[x] can be a fun byproduct of seeing entertainment form [x].
That's, or course, for us normies, though. For you iamverysmart people who can't conceive of exstracting any value from movies, I assume I similarly won't be able to understand your side, where you work on big, big, Big important things in your spare time.