Affairs are n’t always physical ; sometimes , they involve a remote control . As Vocativ report , a Modern , Netflix - commissioned survey found that nearly one-half of answerer who pullulate with significant others “ Netfix cheat , " mean they surreptitiously watch episode of TV shows forrader of their collaborator .
SurveyMonkeyconducted the study , which expect at data from 30,267 respondents . They crunch the numbers , and found that 46 per centum of couples were shamefaced of Netflix unfaithfulness . These individuals expressed little compunction : 45 per centum did n’t confess the act to their spouse , while 61 percent said they “ would chicane more if they could get away with it . ” Meanwhile , 81 percent of cheaters were repeat offenders , and had pull the 21st century crime more than once .
That being say , these betrayals were n’t always designed . Eighty percent of the time , the “ cheating ” was n’t planned , respondents said . As for the impetus behind their actions , 66 percentage articulate a want of self - ascendance was to blame . ( The " top cheat temptation ” were addictive shows likeThe Walking Dead , disclose Bad , American Horror Story , House of Cards , Orange is The New Black , Narcos , andStranger Things . )
“ In a bust - watching world where it ’s easy to say ' just one more , ' Netflix cheat has speedily become the new normal , " Netflix concluded in a statement .
Netflix conducteda like surveyin 2013 ; back then , only 12 percent admitted to having an social occasion with a TV show . In only four years , that number increase more than threefold . But even though this dishonest habit is on the rise , it ’s still somewhat socially acceptable : 46 per centum of responder conclude that Netflix cheat is “ not defective at all ” ( yes , that happens to be the exact same percent as those who tell they ’d cheated ) , in direct contrast to 18 percent of couples who said they ’d gotten into a verbal fight about it .
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