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Why deep down we like rewatching the same old movies and shows By Travis M. Andrews When the pandemic struck, Julia Heney found comfort in the afterlife. Well, a show about the afterlife. Almost by accident, the 32-year-old Chicago resident fell into rewatching "The Good Place" after shutdowns began. "Its just so soothing to me," Heney said. "You can turn it on and, in any episode, theyre going to try to be good. No one is going to be violently murdered. Theres no huge, scary scenes that will ...

What makes something rewatchable in the first place, beyond the simple fact that you liked it? Peoples reasons for rewatching — and their methods of doing so — vary.

Turn leftover candy corn into homemade ice cream and everybody’s happy Julia Heney © Photo: Julia Heney I live with a candy corn enthusiast. When I got a head cold last year and I sent him to the pharmacy to get medicine, he also brought back sour tropical candy corn that tasted lightly of vomit. Alas, it did not cure my sinus troubles. Another time, he came home from a quest for toilet paper with Brach’s now infamous Thanksgiving Feast candy corn. (Much to my surprise, t...