Fringe is just a fun sci-fi show that really leans into the fun of it, and so it’s easy to just watch and enjoy even when they’re investigating something insane.
As the The Expanse, it’s an excellent world builder and futuristic saga. I like to watch and see if I catch anything new in the background, and enjoy the epic space battles. (As an aside, the book series is phenomenal also. First three books are $28 at Amazon…. Can almost certainly find them at your local library too!)
Malware analysis and deobfuscation videos. Sometimes I just like to look at code but have someone else do all the thinking for me. Malware is also often obfuscated using a lot of esoteric features of different scripting languages, things you either know exist but likely have never had a reason to use in legitimate software development, or you'll learn about an interesting feature that you can use in your own code. The way seemingly complete nonsense slowly comes together into a readable script is really satisfying. It's also something I would never personally do because I don't want to accidentally infect myself or someone else with it, so it's cool to watch an actual cybersecurity expert do it.
Farscape,
The Magicians,
The Librarians,
Leverage,
Eureka,
Warehouse 13,
Fringe,
Lost Girl,
Sanctuary,
Gravity Falls,
Archer,
Legends of Tomorrow,
The Good Place,
Firefly (obviously},
Lucifer,
Grimm,
Buffy/Angel,
The Venture Bros,
Wynonna Earp.
Baclofen also too is great as additional med if they still want an anxiolytic and its also a possible alcohol substitute that some french doctor developed his own alcoholism cure he wrote about
The old Top Gear with Clarkson, Hammond, and May. I feel weird watching it because Clarkson especially has become such an insufferable reactionary, and old shows really go hard on climate change skepticism. But when it's at it's best, I find watch three friends having a fun trip together to be very relaxing.
The Sopranos.
First watch is can be tense and strssful.
On second watch it's a dark comedy.
It kind of feels like watching family guy. In the sense that family guy invokes a feeling like your a secret 5th character as the boys sit down for beers at the clam, The sopranos feels like you're hanging out with the gang at the bing.
Rick and Morty, especially after they purged Roiland (the writing got so much better). A lot of its fanbase is trash and it's often very high energy, but the obscure philosophical, science fiction, and film criticism tropes are soothing.
Not really shows but “Scary or chilling moments/stuff” kinda YouTube channels. I could veg out on the couch for most of the day watching those, but I definitely recognize how macabre they are and several friends have straight up requested I play something else on many occasions.
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IWW4@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 213d
I don’t have anty shows, but I do have a collection bizarre comfort food movies.
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 210d
Anti-hero ?
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 213d
The Expanse
Fringe
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 213d
Fringe +1
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 212d
Fringe was a great show
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 213d
Why do you think they relax you?
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 213d
Fringe is just a fun sci-fi show that really leans into the fun of it, and so it’s easy to just watch and enjoy even when they’re investigating something insane.
As the The Expanse, it’s an excellent world builder and futuristic saga. I like to watch and see if I catch anything new in the background, and enjoy the epic space battles. (As an aside, the book series is phenomenal also. First three books are $28 at Amazon…. Can almost certainly find them at your local library too!)
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 213d
Also can be found probably on LibGen or Annas-Archive
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 212d
Malware analysis and deobfuscation videos. Sometimes I just like to look at code but have someone else do all the thinking for me. Malware is also often obfuscated using a lot of esoteric features of different scripting languages, things you either know exist but likely have never had a reason to use in legitimate software development, or you'll learn about an interesting feature that you can use in your own code. The way seemingly complete nonsense slowly comes together into a readable script is really satisfying. It's also something I would never personally do because I don't want to accidentally infect myself or someone else with it, so it's cool to watch an actual cybersecurity expert do it.
Shoutout to John Hammond on YouTube.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 212d
Farscape, The Magicians, The Librarians, Leverage, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Fringe, Lost Girl, Sanctuary, Gravity Falls, Archer, Legends of Tomorrow, The Good Place, Firefly (obviously}, Lucifer, Grimm, Buffy/Angel, The Venture Bros, Wynonna Earp.
Ima stop now...
hbar@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 212d
Sweet list. Have you tried Twin Peaks?
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 212d
Yup, good enough, but didn't really stick for me.
victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 212d
BoJack Horseman
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 212d
Drabk my way out of college along to that show
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
Sounds unhealthy, you okay?
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 212d
O im grander now.
That was pre-Naltrexone and a Full-Time Career
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
Awesome 🙌
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 212d
Pass on naltrexone to others you stumble into who may have more currently active problems, naltrexone is so underutilized
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
It's a prescription drug where I live, but if I ever have anyone who would need to hear it, I'll mention it in case their doctor didn't prescribe it!
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 212d
Baclofen also too is great as additional med if they still want an anxiolytic and its also a possible alcohol substitute that some french doctor developed his own alcoholism cure he wrote about
Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 212d
The old Top Gear with Clarkson, Hammond, and May. I feel weird watching it because Clarkson especially has become such an insufferable reactionary, and old shows really go hard on climate change skepticism. But when it's at it's best, I find watch three friends having a fun trip together to be very relaxing.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 212d
TBH, it's less climate change skepticism and more "I don't care about the environment".
Sybilvane@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 212d
Chernobyl. It's absolutely not relaxing but it reminds me that my problems are small and surmountable.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 213d
fleebleneeble@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 212d
LowResBeer@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 212d
The Sopranos. First watch is can be tense and strssful. On second watch it's a dark comedy.
It kind of feels like watching family guy. In the sense that family guy invokes a feeling like your a secret 5th character as the boys sit down for beers at the clam, The sopranos feels like you're hanging out with the gang at the bing.
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 212d
That show...it makes me way too hungry. I cant watch it when all the Itslian food is like a seperate omnipresent character
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 211d
Rick and Morty, especially after they purged Roiland (the writing got so much better). A lot of its fanbase is trash and it's often very high energy, but the obscure philosophical, science fiction, and film criticism tropes are soothing.
tophneal@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 212d
Not really shows but “Scary or chilling moments/stuff” kinda YouTube channels. I could veg out on the couch for most of the day watching those, but I definitely recognize how macabre they are and several friends have straight up requested I play something else on many occasions.
fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
2 Days 1 Night.
basilisa@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 212d
BodePlotHole@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
A Game of Thrones