How to Netflix 1001

One of the most essential activities in a college student’s career is the art of Netflixing. If you don’t know what that is exactly, well then WAKE UP DUDE!!! Urban Dictionary hooked the world up with this definition:

It is not the Stone Age, everyone has heard about Netflix. Whether or not you have chosen to invest in it, well then, that sounds like a personal problem, but EVERYONE has at the very least seen a commercial about it.

Netflix is not a complicated site to handle; it’s quite easy actually. But there are a couple “Tips” or “Rules” (That you have probably heard before) that I can give you to make your Netflixing experience an amazingly enjoyable one.

So I present to you,

How to Netflix 1001:

Get a Netflix account. When I say this I don’t necessarily mean pay $7.99 a month (even though it’s absolutely worth it). There are ways to share an account or you can just mooch off of a friend or family member. Whatever floats your boat.
Sharing is Caring. Don’t be that friend or family member (Me) that refuses to give at least one friend your password. Others need to join in on the brain tingling, soul transforming experience that is Netflix. (By the way I do share, but only with my best friend.)
Breakups include Netflix. DO NOT be that girlfriend or boyfriend that gives back everything but the Netflix account password! When the relationship ends so does your shared membership to Netflix. Change the password and move on, because I guarantee that the next couple of movies she will leave in your category are the Notebook and The Break-Up, while he would have watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall and anything with Scarlet Johansson and big breasts. Just trust me.
Separate Profiles are for the Better. Please friends, please, I beg of you, create another profile with your name so your movie choices don’t get jumbled. There is nothing like logging on to Netflix and seeing new suggestion of movies YOU may like. However, if little Billy likes documentaries and we don’t separate our profiles, I’m going to log on and see The Life of Mammals next to my OITNB. Let’s not go through this.
Netflix is Not a First Date. It can be a fourth or a fifth but don’t be cheap! That’s like taking someone to Taco Bell on a dinner date for the first time. No disrespect to Taco Bell (The fast food King, I.M.O) and no disrespect to those college kids that don’t have money, I feel your pain. If you can’t afford it, creativity is key, but sitting in someone’s dorm lobby, room, or apartment is not cute. But I will say that if you can make Netflixing a wonderful end to an amazing date later on, you got it!
Give it a Chance. You will be surprised to find that Netflix has a plethora of underrated films that are actually quite amazing. Your movie buff Saul will recommend his favorites later. Just give it a go, if you don’t like it you can just click off.
Know What You Want. You know that one friend that comes over for a movie night and then when everyone is shouting out movie options they say no to everything but can’t offer up one. Yeah, don’t be that friend or everyone will want to punch you in the throat. You can count yourself as uninvited to the next movie night. If you don’t have an idea just go along with something else because everyone hates and an indecisive Billy/Billina.
SHHHHH!!! I’m preaching to myself here, but it is very difficult to watch movies with commentators. This rule is very conditional meaning it may change according to the type of movie watchers in your presence. There are some groups of friends that can watch movies together, laugh and talk. However, there are other groups, like some people I share a blog with (Saul), that get so caught up in movies that commentary is not needed nor desired. SO, know your group and “when in Rome Netflixing, do as.”

I hope that these “Rules” can be put to good use by all of you struggling college students who need some entertainment in their lives. Good luck and Good Will Hunting

for movies!