Employees at Bloch's company envision a future where viewers gather around the water cooler to discuss the differences in what they watched, rather than to parse a shared dramatic experience.
In workplaces around the world, colleagues still gather around the water cooler to discuss the latest episodes of their favorite TV shows, and there are still parties marking major season finales and sporting events.
The agency basically argued that the Facebook chatter was no different from workers gathering around the water cooler to discuss working conditions.
If your problem is with them, make sure you're cooled down enough to discuss it properly.
Twitter has emerged as a virtual water cooler, where viewers gather to discuss in real time the events unfolding on TV — be it the finale of AMC's Emmy Award-winning drama "Breaking Bad" or a high-profile sporting event such as the Super Bowl.
Grier recently sat down with HuffPost to discuss "The Cool Kids," being raised by radical black educators, discovering "new Negroes" and acting with Angela Bassett at Yale, and what it means to write "mature" comedy. .
Once the exclusive territory of film geeks, these days insider knowledge, appreciation and ability to discuss at length cool Asian cinema are almost - but not quite - as desirable as actually watching the stuff.
If either of you are at risk of losing control, set aside a time to discuss when emotions cool down.
