While I feel the same way, I also can't help but question the necessity of speaking down on our own field of interest on a regular basis. The thought seems so self-centered.
Depends on how you take in your experience with media. If you've ever tried to write a story, you want your readers to not just read and interpret the words, but try and feel what you're feeling when you're pouring out those thoughts into words in the context of a story.
For me, I want to feel what the characters feel. I want to be a part of that world because I want to take in what the writer wants to convey, and if the writer puts out 12 episodes, I'll watch all 12 episodes. If he/she writes 8 episodes that narrate the same part of the story, there could be some underlying meaning under all of that. The way I see it, there's more than likely a reason they'd have the guts to air the same content 8 weeks in a row on TV. And if the characters are going to have to put up with 8 cycles of a loop, I may as well too, just so I can experience how bad it can get.
Theorizing how it could feel to endure the endless eight is different than experiencing it first-hand. Of course, people have better things to do and would rather skip content to avoid displeasing any accompanying watchers, but I've always noticed people miss on the whole experience because they set up barriers that give them the excuse to not sit through something so controversially pointless.
That being said, if you're going to judge Endless Eight with measurable data, because you feel your time is more important than the show you consented your time into, then it was worth skipping since you won't amount much from it. If you do place high value in an experience and don't mind losing extra time in the name of gaining that extra bit/or change in experience, then it was worth it.
People argue the latter is a dumb move to make, but I think that it's perceived as "dumb" under the premise that they used time as measurable data to judge it.
Maybe this is just because I myself haven't experienced how valuable free time is when you're in the working world, or maybe people are in a hurry to live life they sometimes forget how to slow down.
