Most of us have heard of and/or executed 'Netflix and Chill.'
In case you're a child, or just a loser, who hasn't, 'Netflix and Chill' is the modern term for the age-old "Wanna watch a film?" euphemism which is designed to help nervous people suggest having sex with someone.
But have you ever wondered if it's actually successful? And if ten minutes of a Louis Theroux Weird Weekends episode actually works as an aphrodisiac? A professor at Cambridge doesn't think so.
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Cambridge university statistician David Spiegelhalter recognised a decline in sex rates and blames the era of box set TV, or Netflix, for it.
Speaking at the Hay Festival, he said: "People are having less sex. Sexually active couples between 16 and 64 were asked and the median was five times in the last month in 1990, then four times in 2000 and three times in 2010. At this rate, by 2030 couples are not going to be having any sex at all.
"You say why? Statisticians say I don't know. One of the researchers mentioned the word iPad. I think it's the box set, Netflix. OMG I've got to watch the entire second series of Game of Thrones."
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He has a point. TV these days pretty much requires uber close-attention and binge-viewing. How can you ever dismiss a cliff-hanger for sex? Even if it is sex.
Maybe it's time to resort back to just actually communicating with loved ones.
Words by Josh Teal
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