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Lately, I’ve been suffering from a disorder that the medical community refers to as SEA, which stands for Streaming Expiration Anxiety.

The average American now has over six separate streaming subscriptions and when one of those services is set to expire, that person or family goes through a tremendous about of anxiety as they attempt to finally watch all the shows and movies that they had been putting off and talking themselves out of for months. If not years.

In my case, we decided to let go of Hulu and for me that meant finally watching seasons two through four of Atlanta. Normally this would not be a problem if Atlanta was mediocre like most modern TV shows, but unfortunately for someone suffering from a severe case of SEA, Atlanta is great.

From having nothing to watch on Hulu (other than 30 Rock, which I can now watch with a subscription to Peacock) to suddenly having 30 episodes of a show to burn through in a matter of days. And worst of all, I had also just ordered a free week of Starz so I could watch Venom 1 and 2.

Venom?!

Streaming Expiration Anxiety can lead to perfectly normal adults making stupendously stupid subscription decisions.

At least now I had the opportunity to watch…*scrolls for 37 minutes*…Escape Room 2: Tournament of Champions.

We’re all going through some form of overchoice, also known as choice overload, at any given time. It could be choices of streaming services, it could be coffee order options, it could be that you’ve been needing to buy new curtains for six weeks but you just can’t decide which color!

In the case of Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider, or anybody making personnel decisions for an NFL team, it’s choice overload with players, prospects, and contracts.

I would feel bad for Schneider, if not for the fact that he’s not the one who has to choose through watching a season of What We Do In the Shadows or Spiderman: No Way Home. It’s probably much easier to decide between Phil Haynes or Gabe Jackson.

The biggest decision for Schneider and Pete Carroll right now is what to do about pending free agent Geno Smith and their other options at the sport’s most important position for next season and beyond. For the previous 10 years, the answer was so simple: From 2013-2021, the answer was to keep Russell Wilson. In 2022, the answer was to trade Wilson and to go cheap at the position.

A Pro Bowl season for one of those bridge quarterbacks has complicated the issue in 2023.