These events took place around a week ago, so the details in this story are blurry and me and my housemate, Darren, couldn’t agree for certain what happened.

Two of my housemates and I were sat in our living mindlessly watching something on freeview television. One of them, Darren, suggests that either we watch something specific on Netflix, or to just go on Netflix in general. I maintain that he wanted something specific on, but we can’t remember, whereas he maintains it was a more general ‘shall we watch something else/something on Netflix’. I go to pass him the remote at which point I believe he called me a lazy prick and that I should have just put Netflix on. 

My argument is that if he wanted something on, then it isn’t out to place to think that he would put it on, whereas he believes I should have just put it on from a moral perspective. One of my arguments was that if I said I wanted to play a game on the PS4, I wouldn’t then expect them put it on for me and then pass me the remote. His counterargument is that a game is a completely different medium and therefore not relevant. I believe that he is missing the point, and that it is principal of expecting something to be put on for you. Another one of his arguments is that he equates it to asking someone change the volume on the television, whereas I believe that this and putting on something on Netflix is two different ‘tiers’ of asking someone to do something. Our house believes that the argument hinges on whether or not Darren wanted something specific to be put on. Another additional factor is that we can’t recall our seating arrangement – whether or not Darren was sat next to me or at a distance with people in between us.  

Typing this has made us realise that we should reassess our lives. 