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The Consolation of Netflix The time is one o’clock in the morning. I check my phone, but I am not stunned at what I see. It is a Tuesday night, I have a nine thirty in the morning, and yet I carry along to the next episode of Gilmore Girls; Fully knowing what is to come because I have seen every episode at least four times. “How come I never get sleep?” I ask, while my face is lit up by my computer screen. I remove my headphones to hear the Friends’ theme song coming from the other side of the room from my roommate’s computer. Feeling justified, I do not think twice about falling into the world of Star’s Hollow to find out what the Gilmore Girls are up to. Then suddenly, my computer screen is slammed shut by an unannounced visitor in my dorm room. “Now, how is finding out if Rory is going to choose Dean or Jess more important than resting up for your classes in the morning?” asks Lorelai Gilmore. I cannot believe it. Here in front of me is the Lorelai Gilmore. I have watched he...