OMG! You don't watch __________? What's wrong with you?!?!

On the heels of the controversial series finale of one of my favorite shows (How I Met Your Mother), I began pondering how obsessed we are as a society with our television shows.

We've all heard those words: "You don't watch ______ [fill in the blank]?!?! It's the best show ever!"

Granted, if you know me, you've heard me say: "There are two types of people in this world. Those who love Game of Thrones, and those who have never watched it." (Although personally, I've yet to find a person with whom this theory does not hold true, and I encourage you to test this theory yourself).

I've also been on the receiving end of my friends' disbelief. I have tried, several times over, to watch Breaking Bad. I have watched the first four episodes on several different occasions, years apart. I'm here to tell you, it's just not for me. I cannot get into it. I do not enjoy it, and I don't think that I ever will. (Now let the Olivia bashing begin!)

Of course we have our 90's classics like Friends, Seinfeld, and 90210 alongside some of my favorites like Saved by the Bell, Will & Grace, Sex and the City, Felicity, Dawson's Creek...okay, so those last few prove I'm a girl, I get it.

Currently, the topics of conversation seem to include:

True Detective
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange is the New Black
The Walking Dead
Newsroom
Boardwalk Empire
Homeland
Revenge

...just to name a many few.

So when did we start replacing human interaction and intellectual conversation with television shows and recaps of what happened on last night's episode? How many weekends have we spent in doors binge-watching Mad Men, Game of Thrones or Homeland?

In a generation where "socially connected" means we follow each other on twitter, when did it become socially acceptable to cancel plans with friends for a night on the couch, eyes glued to the television, just to see who dies next on the Walking Dead?

I'd genuinely love to believe that my habits will change, but here's the thing. Game of Thrones starts in FOUR DAYS!!! And this fall is the final season of Boardwalk Empire and Newsroom. Oh, and next January is the new season of True Detective, rumored to star the ever-gorgeous Brad Pitt...

"Silver lining?" As long as you watch the same shows, we'll have something to talk about over coffee.