Formula 1 is a dangerous sport. But you might not be shocked to hear that it used to be a whole lot more dangerous just a few decades ago – or rather, how the concept of ‘workplace safety’ used to be nonexistent…

A user on Reddit’s /r/formula1 shared some photos his uncle – “who was friends with some people in the Ferrari team” – took of the Ferrari team’s garage at the 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix.

What’s both shocking (and a bit hilarious) about the photos is how laissez-faire the Ferrari engineers were back in the day. These days, virtually all mechanics in an F1 team’s garage wear a full fireproof race suit, which they regularly rotate. Race suits are even homologated by the FIA, and are required to be replaced after a few years of use.

But in 1983? Judging by the following image, the mechanics weren’t wearing fireproof race suits. Indeed, they wore almost nothing at all, going shirtless and rocking short shorts, likely to deal with the insane Rio de Janeiro heat.

You can also see a few gents enjoying a cheeky smoke – something that would never be allowed these days and something that shouldn’t really have been done back then, considering how much petrol and oil would be lying around an F1 garage.

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Speaking of the garage, it’s striking how basic the garages were back then. Modern F1 garages are sleek, almost clinically clean, filled with computers and with tidy rows of toolboxes. The garage at Jacarepaguá (also known as the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet and the home of the Brazilian Grand Prix between 1981 and 1989) is comparatively spartan and greasy.

We also love how the mechanics are just wearing sneakers and sportswear: lots of Nikes and FILA (makes sense that an Italian team would wear Italian sportswear). One dude’s even just rocking Havaianas. OH&S would like a word…

Of course, it’s fun to have a laugh at how devil-may-care these mechanics are, but there’s no doubt that modern F1 is a far safer sport for both drivers, team members and spectators. Still, these vibes are immaculate.

The 2022 Formula 1 World Championship will see racing return to Brazil at the São Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos from the 11th to the 13th of November.

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An affordable skincare brand is taking over TikTok and social media, with many claiming it to be “the best” they’ve ever used.

If you’re someone who regularly scrolls through TikTok, you may have come across videos of men and women showing their skincare routines (in amongst the plethora of ‘get ready with me’ posts and that famous dancing Chinese man), which will all likely feature the same brand: CeraVe.

CeraVe was launched in 2006 and is a skincare brand regularly recommended by dermatologists, due to the fact that CeraVe skincare products contain a bucketload of active ingredients that can work wonders for your skin.

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And now, thanks to several paid and unpaid endorsements by a plethora of happy customers, CeraVe has practically broken the internet (along with The Ordinary). As Harpers Bazaar says, “In the US in particular, Cerave is having a moment. Gen Z shoppers are stripping the shelves clean.”

CeraVe has also found fortune with the Australian public since launching Down Under in 2019, once again thanks to the beneficial list of ingredients being offered for affordable prices. The incredibly popular CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser is just AU$13.99 at Chemist Warehouse, for example.

As one video from user @dermdude points out, using a PM facial moisturising lotion as an example, CeraVe would probably be overlooked by customers because the packaging is “kind of boring. This is the boring-ass s**t your dermatologist is going to recommend.”

“But then you turn around the bottle and you look at the ingredients list and you’re like, holy cow, this has a lot of amazing active ingredients in it. This has triglycerides, niacinamide and a bunch of ceramides. And then the other thing you might not realise that this has is hyaluronic acid.”

It’s the ceramides and hyaluronic acid that are the star ingredients in CeraVe products. Refinery29 explains the benefits of both, “Ceramides are fatty acids naturally found in the skin; think of them like glue that binds skin cells together. Without them, skin can become dry, inflamed, itchy and irritated, and a lack of ceramides can even potentially lead to eczema and atopic dermatitis.”

“Hyaluronic acid also occurs in the skin. It holds 1,000 times its weight in water, making it seriously hydrating.”

TikTok user Dermdude continues, “There are a lot of more expensive brands out there and the only thing that’s different between those brands and this one, is the packaging.”

@mickey.keo Unfortunately not sponsored by @CeraVe but this is my current PM skincare #fy #skincare ♬ I like your style – ᴊᴏʀᴅᴀɴᴀᴜᴅɪᴏᴢᴢ

As with any skincare product, you need to make sure the one you get is going to play nice with your skin type, so always be sure to consult a dermatologist to determine which is going to be best for you. It does need to be mentioned, however, that CeraVe – owned by French cosmetics company L’Oréal – can’t be considered cruelty-free.

Even though L’Oréal states on its website that it doesn’t test products on animals, a value claimed to be shared by all the companies it owns, a line in the official animal testing policy reads “Certain health authorities may nevertheless decide to conduct animal tests themselves for certain cosmetic products, as it is still the case in China.”

As CrueltyFreeKitty.com points out, “Even though L’Oréal and CeraVe claim that it’s the “health authorities” and not their company that test their products on animals, it’s important to note that L’Oréal and CeraVe had to pay for these tests to be performed. Companies that are truly cruelty-free refuse to sell in stores in mainland China.”

An ethical and moral dilemma, we think you’ll agree.

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Australia’s airport pubs are too bright. It’s also kind of ~cringe~ that they all try so hard to look like cafes. Why can’t we just be honest with ourselves and have a grimy old-fashioned pub in the airport? Is that too much to ask? Oh and drinks are too expensive, so people purchase spirits in Duty-Free instead, and end up getting smashed onboard their flights…

Australia has dwindling durry huffing rates and a skyrocketing consumption of Kale. But many of us still froth over an early morning airport beer – as DMARGE noticed on a recent domestic flight.

Before the aforementioned Monday morning (Ballina to Sydney) flight, we saw various passengers getting their drink on, some of them in work clothes, at 8am on a Monday. And they weren’t even on lads’ trips or Stag Dos.

At the risk of sounding shrill and self-righteous, we were a bit taken aback. Not that it’s any of our business what anyone else consumes, but after spending a couple of months talking about Dry July and (for some DMARGE correspondents) swearing off alcohol in the pursuit of better health, we found our sheltered bubble rudely punctured by the arrival of 3 ice cold Tooheys.

Impressive, yes. Irresponsible, perhaps. Kingly – possibly. Or maybe he was just about to head off on holiday. Who are we to say? Who are we to judge? But it was also a reminder to us that many Aussies love an early morning airport tipple, despite the fact that they would never otherwise drink alcohol so early in the day (ourselves included). For some, it’s even a tradition.

Australians aren’t alone in this. It’s a worldwide phenomenon – the airport has a reputation as a nether zone where ‘socially acceptable’ drinking times don’t apply. You’re not an alcoholic, you’re just mysterious. You’re not losing the plot, you’re just finding yourself. You’re not a group of anti-social morons – you’re a loveable group of friends excited to be going on holiday.

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The airport is a place where you can order a Heineken at 6am and no one will care, shots at 12pm and the bartender will happily ask “what’s the occasion?” and a gin and tonic at 10pm and the staff will wish you luck on your journey.

As one (possibly drunk) Twitter user put it recently: “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: airport beer is absolutely superior.” Other expressions include: “This 7am airport beer hits different” and “beer in the airport…. Obviously.”

Further honourable mentions include: “Airport tradition, beer before flight” and “I thought I had better get one in before boarding” and “in my element… aka at the airport drinking a beer.” And that’s all just the fruits of a 10-second Twitter search.

Airport beer pic.twitter.com/glIpdSWBON

— Nick Jacques (@jacquesy_84) July 3, 2022

Whether you think this is just fun and games – and that society could do with a few more of these ‘give yourself a break’ zones – or whether you think this is the glamorisation of a dangerous and addictive drug is up to you. What’s not up for debate, I think, is that Australia’s airport drinking culture is a bit embarrassing.

How so? If you’re going to celebrate the consumption of a not-all-that-great-for-you substance, and even go so far as to have a tradition around it, you may as well do it properly.

On that front, I’m sorry to say, but compared to England, Malta and Spain, which I visited recently, Australian airports have been a bit of a let down for drinking. Though we’ve got the fancy (and expensive) Peroni bar at Sydney International (and, from memory, one pub, and about a million Hungry Jacks at our domestic terminal), we are a bit lacking in the kind of manipulative (oh, you didn’t want a drink at the main terminal, but how about here?) airport drinking options that you get overseas.

Compare that to Heathrow, where there was a pub doing a roaring trade in cooked breakfasts and beer when I arrived at 11am, and a cafe selling beer at my gate. Or Seville where, despite the prices being inflated, you could get a Bocadillo de Tortilla and a cold Cruzcampo in the airport bar (and chase it up with another at one of the many kiosks dotted all over the place), or Malta, where there was a Hard Rock Cafe.

For a nation that prides itself on day drinking, it’s really not good enough. Oh, and while I’m on a roll: why do all our pubs try to make themselves look like cafes? I get that we have much better natural light here than you get in Heathrow, but come on: give the 8am beer drinkers some privacy (looking at you, Heineken House, Sydney…).

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Another argument in favour of having more (and better) pubs and restaurants (with less extortionate prices) in Australian airports is that it might reduce the number of people buying bottles of vodka, mixing it with Garorade and getting sloshed on their flights (as I have experienced during a trip to Bali).

The counter argument to all this is to say I’m being a snob and that I’m falling into the trap of assuming certain things are classier or better just because they’re European (something we’re as guilty of doing with beaches as we are with alcohol) – a myth which has been busted many a time…

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In any case, if you’re going to enjoy a drink at the airport, you may as well do it in style, I reckon. And we can’t be blamed if the infrastructure around us makes us look like alcoholics (early morning airport drinking is just as rampant overseas, I think, it just is better hidden by the facade of a pub). We need better pubs! Or perhaps we could just bring back the free gin tasting at Sydney International…

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State of Origin 2022 is in full swing, with Game 3 due to be played on Wednesday 13th July 2022. The State of Origin teams are currently tied with one win each, making Game 3 the decider.

The Maroons won Game 1 16-10 at the Accor Stadium in Sydney, but the Blues aboslutely demolished their opponents in Game 2 44-12 at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

Queensland will be hoping to win Game 3 and extend their lead over New South Wales in terms of overall titles. But, where can you watch State of Origin game 3, what are the latest odds and what is the latest team news?

Read on to find out.

What time does State of Origin Game 3 kick-off?

• 8.10pm kick-off

The Ampol State of Origin game 3 will kick-off at 8.10pm on Wednesday 13th July 2022. However, the first ball probably won’t be kicked until around 8.15pm, as both teams will carry out the Acknowledgement of Country and the singing of the Australian national anthem.

Where is State of Origin Game 3 being played?

• Suncorp Stadium, Queensland

State of Origin game 3 is being played at the Suncrop Stadium is Brisbane, Queensland. Suncorp Stadium has been the host venue of the most State of Origin games at 58, with Queensland winning the most games, with 37 wins.

How to watch State of Origin Game 3.

• Channel Nine or the 9Now App

If you don’t have tickets to 2022 State of Origin game 3, then you can watch it from the comfort of your own home (or at a pub) then you can watch game 3 on the free-to-air Channel Nine or stream it via the 9Now app.

Who is winning State of Origin?

QLD Maroons and NSW Blues are currently tied 1 – 1. Game 3 will be the decider.

State of Origin 2022 Game 3 teams

Both Queensland coach Billy Slater and NSW coach Brad Fittler have named their teams for State of Origin game 3. Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans starts, as does NSW captain James Tedesco, but following an injury and a Covid-19 scare, the New South Wales team looks a little different than expected.

Here are the full team lineups.

State of Origin Game 3 news

Jordan McLean was expected to make his first start for NSW Blues in Game 3, but he injured his hamstring during training and will now sit out of the game. Jacob Saifiti takes his place.

New South Wale’s reserve player Nico Hynes tested positive to Covid-19 following a training session and will also sit out of Game 3. Chad Townsend takes his place in the reserve lineup.

Queensland Maroons are without five-eigth Cameron Munster, also due to Covid-19. Munster has proven to be a pivotal player for the Maroons in past Origin games and, as Sydney Morning Herald states, is part of the reason for bookmakers making NSW the favourites to win the series.

State of Origin Game 3 latest betting odds

New South Wales Blues go into Game 3 as favourites, following their huge win over Queensland in Game 2.

NSW are now 1.35 favourites with SportsBet, compared to Queensland at 3.25. These odds can be subject to change before kick-off on Wednesday.

Head to SportsBet to find the latest betting odds for Game 3.

2022 State of Origin stats & results

While New South Wales Blues go into Game 3 of the 2022 State of Origin as favourites, results from previous years go in favour of Queensland Maroons.

The two teams have gone into Game 3 as being the deciding game on 21 previous occasions, and Queensland have won 14 of those, compared to New South Wales’ 5. The two teams have also drawn twice in game 3, and saw the Maroons take home the shield on both occasions as the current holders.

The Suncorp Stadium has hosted 12 State of Origin deciders, and New South Wales have only won two of those, the most recent being in 2005. Of the last 16 games to be played at Suncorp Stadium, Queensland have won 13.

Can the Blues use the momentum from their Game 2 win to see them clinch the title, or will the home crowd support for the Maroons be enough to see them win yet another title.

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Want abs that ripple? Have a tolerance for risk? Got a good pre-existing base of core strength? Have a crack at this workout (alternatively, build up to it slowly, and with the help of a personal trainer).

A terrifying core workout is doing the rounds. Posted to That Thing You Scroll Everyday (Instagram) by police officer and personal trainer Matt Bassetta, it made such a splash it was reposted by Sports Center (to their 31.2 million followers).

The video shows Bassetta doing the most punishing core workout we’ve seen for some time. It involves hanging off a bar, while doing leg crunches (and extensions), either side of a pile of small weights, while balancing a 10 pound plate on your shins. For the piece de resistance, Bassetta flips the plate like a pancake, and catches it again, before continuing with the exercise.

WATCH: Matt Bassetta’s wild core workout in the video below.

Commenters expressed both their appreciation and their concerns, with one writing: “People gonna a pull a muscle just watching this guy.” Others said things like “Beast” and “Shoulders strong AF too.”

“I was like ‘yea I could do that..’ then I saw the flip,” another added. A couple of other cheeky remarks included: “He forgot to struggle” and “how to bruise your shins 101.”

On his website, Bassetta explains: “While in the NYPD academy, I started to develop a unique style of training that incorporated weight training, functional fitness, strength training, and tactical training.”

The purpose? To become “as powerful and explosive as possible while still getting shredded.”

This isn’t the first time Bassetta has made headlines with his workouts. As we reported last year, he has an impressive repertoire, from alternating leg kicks and V-ups to L-sits with massive weight plates balanced on his legs, to reverse crunches while holding himself in the air (with a huge weight on his feet) and the most technical version of a plank we’ve ever seen (where he holds a pole and walks his hands up and down it).

Inspired? That core crunching workout awaits.

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Huge wait times at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have some people claiming this is why it really pays to have status with an airline.

All around the world we are seeing wild scenes of delays, lost baggage (with, in some cases, passengers tracking it with airtags), frustration and ultra-long airport queues. These kinds of issues have plagued airports and airlines everywhere from Bristol to Sydney. Another recent case in point is Amsterdam. Footage emerged late last week of crazy lines outside Schiphol airport, and travellers on Twitter have been taking to the airwaves to warn others to stay away.

Whatever you have to do to avoid the hell that is Amsterdam airport, do it. 7 connecting flights through countries you’ve never heard of to avoid Schiphol? Do it. Renting a donkey cart from Sixt to avoid Schiphol? Do it. @Schiphol @KLM pic.twitter.com/lqB2U7l5OO

— Jim Waller (@JimWallerKSC) July 2, 2022

One wrote: “Whatever you have to do to avoid the hell that is Amsterdam airport, do it.” Another, who posted a video of the airport, said: “Wow. Line for security @Schiphol in Amsterdam. Tents built outside cannot accommodate lines. You are seeing 60% of line.”

Another video of these wild queues was posted to Instagram by The Points Guy UK, with the website claiming one of the ways to be less impacted by this sort of chaos is to get status with an airline.

Now it goes without saying that The Points Guy UK probably has a good reason to promote things like building points and getting status. So you should take the following claims with a grain of salt. But in any case: here are the claims the video makes (and despite being conveniently made, they’re not, in our view, wrong).

Watch the wild scenes at Schiphol airport in the video below.

The video starts off by showing the, as The Points Guy UK puts it, “outrageously long queues” at Schiphol. A caption then reads: “Makeshift tents were built to accommodate those outside as the three-hour-long queues started far away from the actual entrance to the airport.”

“Travellers are experiencing airport chaos all over Europe now, but don’t panic. Here are three ways to make your journey smoother if you have upcoming travel,” read another caption.

The video then recommends status as the first way to make your travel experience smoother, claiming: “If you already have status, now is the time more than ever to use it. The dedicated check in desks and priority security lines have never been more valuable.”

The next tip was to upgrade, with the advice being: “If you are flying on a flight with premium cabins, check with the airline how much it costs to upgrade.”

The final tip was: “pay your way,” which was followed up by: “Many airports offer priority security lane usage in return for a small fee. Some airports charge as little as £5 for this privilege.”

Some people in the comments were stoked on the advice, others metaphorically shook their heads and realised the so-called solution was basically just ‘to be rich.’ Whether or not you really need to be rich to get good at points hacking we’ll leave up to you to decide, but if you are interested, check out some of the articles below.

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Blancpain is known for two things: making some of the most refined and dressy watches on the planet, and rather counterintuitively, highly technical and utilitarian dive watches. In a refreshing twist, these two diametrically opposed worlds come together on their latest watch.

The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet – a bit of a mouthful, we know – takes Blancpain’s most minimalist, function-forward dive watch, the Bathyscaphe, and blesses it with one of watchmaking’s most genteel and maximalist complications: a moon-phase display.

Indeed, the Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet features a full traditional complete calendar, with a third date hand plus day and month indicators at 12 o’clock. Despite this, it’s also true to its dive watch roots, with a water resistance rating of 300m, generous smatterings of Super-LumiNova and a unidirectional dive bezel.

It’s a real contradiction of a watch. Hell, it’s even available in titanium – a metal rarely used for traditional calendar watches. (It’s also available in red gold and stainless steel.) It’s the perfect representation of Blancpain as a brand and a rather compelling alternative to the sometimes stuffy traditional complete calendar watch. It’s also a lot tougher, too, which makes it far more wearable.

We’re big fans of how the moon-phase wheel has been executed. It’s a somewhat minimalist take on the classic smiling moon graphic that remains playful and traditional while not coming off as cheesy or incongruous.

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The Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet watch in red gold is available with a blue NATO or sailcloth strap, with the latter option also offering a choice between a pin buckle and a folding clasp. The titanium model has the same options as well as the additional option of a titanium bracelet. Again, the idea of a traditional calendar watch on a NATO strap… It’s a bit cheeky.

Prices for the steel start at AU$20,400, the titanium at AU$21,900 and the red gold at AU$41,400 (all on NATO). Find out more about the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet range at Blancpain’s online boutique here.

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A pilot study has finally given us the news we’ve always believed: beer can be healthy for you…just in moderation.

Beer and alcohol tend to get a bad rep. Packed with calories and with the obvious side-effects of consuming too much alcohol (who else has woken up at home at 10am and wondered how they got there?) beer is something to be enjoyed in moderation.

It’s often been claimed (and even proven) that red wine can provide various health benefits, such as helping to lower levels of visceral fat (a type of fat in the body that can lead to several health problems if you have too much of it).

But now a pilot study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry on June 15th 2002, has found that drinking a beer may actually have a significant health benefit. The study, conducted by Cláudia Marques et al. wanted to investigate the effects of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beer on gut microbiota.

What exactly is gut microbiota? Well, as Chemistry for Life states, “Trillions of microorganisms line human gastrointestinal tracts, directly impacting their host’s well-being.”

“Studies have shown that when more types of bacteria are present, people tend to have a lower chance of developing chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes.”

Put simply, the more diverse your gut microbiome is, the higher the chances of you living a healthy, happy life. And beer, the gorgeous amber nectar enjoyed by millions around the world, just so happens to promote a diverse gut microbiome.

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To obtain their results, the research team took a participant group of 22 healthy men who were randomly divided into two groups. One group drank non-alcoholic beers for a four-week period and the other drank alcoholic beer. The researchers took blood and faecal samples before and after the four-week observation period to analyse their gut microbiota.

The results showed that both “non-alcoholic and alcoholic beer increased gut microbiota diversity which has been associated with positive health outcomes and tended to increase faecal alkaline phosphatase activity, a marker of intestinal barrier function.”

“These results suggest the effects of beer on gut microbiota modulation are independent of alcohol and may be mediated by beer polyphenols.”

The research team did add that “because the safest level of alcohol consumption is none, non-alcoholic beer may be the more healthful choice.”

While this doesn’t mean you can suddenly justify a weekend bender with your mates, it does mean that a beer with dinner might not be as bad for you as you thought; and potentially even encouraged (pending, as ever, further research).

Cheers to that.

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Streaming services have been revolutionary. From the comfort of our own homes, we have a plethora of quality entertainment right at our fingertips. But has it made us impatient?

I remember back in the day, I would patiently wait each week for the latest episode of whatever show I was obsessed with at the time (most likely Lost or How I Met Your Mother) to air on free-to-air TV. And then when the season concluded I would be excited about the next season to be released the next year.

Whereas now, because most shows are released in their entirety onto streaming platforms and I can binge them in one sitting, rather than excitement, I feel frustrated when I have to wait. Case in point, last Friday I watched the latest episode of The Boys (which at the time was Episode 7 of Season 3) and as soon as the episode concluded I wanted more.

I needed to know what would happen next but The Boys is one of the few shows these days that releases new episodes weekly, not all at once. So, I spent the whole week feeling anxious and impatient for the Season 3 finale to drop – which, thank God it did yesterday. However, now I have to wait for Season 4 which is at least a year away.

And my feelings of desperation for Season 4 got me thinking; have streaming services made us impatient? And not just impatient in terms of waiting for new episodes to be released, but also impatient with storytelling and character development?

I stumbled across this Tumblr post (see below) and it perfectly highlights a problem society now has when it comes to quality storytelling. If a character or plot is not developed quickly enough nowadays most people get bored, lose interest and stop watching, rather than sticking it out.

Which could be keeping us from truly brilliant television. Many shows in the last few years have been cancelled after just one season due to low viewerships and average ratings. But look at Seinfeld or The Simpsons; both are considered iconic series but both only really hit their stride in their second/third seasons.

If made today, Seinfeld and The Simpsons most likely would’ve been cancelled after their first seasons because we are too impatient and have expectations that need to be instantly met; something television didn’t have to deal with back in the day. Shows could take their time growing characters and building complex plotlines, resulting in shows that were truly outstanding.

I, sadly, don’t have a solution aside from, maybe we should all try and slow down when we consume entertainment? Perhaps, even if Netflix, Stan, Binge, Disney+, Prime Video etc. releases an entire season of our favourite show at once, we should not get through it as quickly as possible. Set ourselves a limit of one or two episodes a week; in my opinion, it’d help us savour and appreciate television more.

However, the catch-22 with doing that, is the streaming platforms would see that people weren’t binging their latest show, would assume viewers don’t like it that much and would then cancel the show. We truly can’t win. Oh well, I’ll just go back to counting down the days until The Boys Season 4 is released…

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