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In "Master of None," Dev and Rachel (Aziz Ansari and Noel Wells) do plenty of Netflix and chilling.

(Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But inside it's so delightful.

That's one of many lines that might accomplish what the Oregon Department of Transportation advocated Wednesday afternoon as snow descended on the Portland metro area.

As the white stuff fell, piling up on roads and backing up traffic on the highway, the agency suggested on Twitter that its followers might do well to

make it a Blockbuster night

Netflix and chill instead driving in inclement weather.

For the uninitiated, to "Netflix and chill" is to neither watch any of the streaming service's superb programming -- such as "Master of None," pictured above -- nor to "chill" in the general sense.

No, imagine a pair of college kids hanging out in a dorm room, the first time they've done so since meeting at a party the previous weekend. They sort of know each other. They know they'll be alone for at least the next 90 minutes -- the hosting party's roommate left for pre-calculus but a minute ago.

What happens next is the essence of what it is to Netflix and chill.

Did ODOT know this before publishing its travel advisory? Does it even matter? After all, we're not in the business of dismissing bad ideas over here.

--Eder Campuzano

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ecampuzano@oregonian.com