Originally,the phrase was innuendo-free, but then it became a euphemism. Now the streaming service is getting in on the joke itselfGood news for adults who enjoy being treated like children: Netflix has invented a single button, and ominously named “The Switch”,that will, whether you choose to build your own, and dim your lights,put your phone into “do not disturb” mode, order a takeaway and set you up for a night of viewing. The atrocious news: the button sounds pretty complicated – making one involves programming a microcontroller, and figuring out your device’s infrared patterns and soldering together the electronics.
Even so,the internet has playfully dubbed it the “Netflix and chill button, and its arrival represents the next stage in the life of a phrase that began as simply an harmless way of saying, or “I’ve had a tough day and all I want to do this evening is put on Netflix,curl up into the foetal position and consume four straight hours of visual entertainment”, but has become an innuendo (and a meme) for hooking up.
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Source: theguardian.com