Yeahhh I'm watching it now as I'm making supper and MAN. What's going on with y'all, I don't know. Oh, well~

I think what people who don't know anything about it find appealing is that in some way it's kind of... relaxing to watch. At least I've found they say so. Maybe because, as you mentioned, it's kind of cerebral - like chess (though I can't stand chess, I'm so bad it)

OH RIGHT, you're right. BUT in my defence I made that comment when I had only just got out of bed, so I clearly wasn't thinking straight. ;p