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Woman I know cycles her subscriptions, consumes what she has on backlog and then just moves onto the next.

It seems to work for her, although I don't think I'd be comfortable doing that because I would miss out on pop-culture references.

(I mean, one only has to look at imgur.com for a few minutes to notice a lot of Mandalorian memes, the cynic in me even considers that this might be due to Disney shilling that content)



The vast amount of Mandalorian memes seems to directly reflect Disney was correct to return to a weekly release schedule and away from the Netflix model of binge watching. Netflix shows often generate memes for a weekend or a week if Netflix is lucky, then dissipate quickly. With new Mandalorian episode each week, social media has been inundated with weekly fresh memes like clockwork.

It could also just be a Star Wars effect and that this is the first Star Wars TV series of any kind so that's also going to balance in its favor, or that it struck a nerve.

Ironically, Disney's lawyers actually tried to shut down some of the memes with DMCA takedowns in an instinctive bit of trying to control their copyrights. I'm not sure Disney quite expected the social media firestorm they created with The Mandalorian either.


> I would miss out on pop-culture references.

What's wrong with that ?


If Disney were going to shill Star Wars memes they wouldn't be about a character where they didn't make any merchandise in time for Christmas.





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