> Your distraction is in your head, not in other people's behaviour. This is absolute nonsense in many/most(?) cases. Firstly, not everybody (well, almost nob

> Your distraction is in your head, not in other people's behaviour. This is absolute nonsense in many/most(?) cases. Firstly, not everybody (well, almost nobody, really) is some kind of Zen Buddhist master who can ignore everything around them at will. Secondly, we humans have hardwired unavoidable responses to certain stimuli that just cannot simply "be ignored". (I'll happily grant that PP's example might be a tad on the "overly sensitive" scale, but the general argument in that XKCD comic doesn't stand up to scrutiny. See my other comment for details.) I also sense a lot of condescension in your post, btw. Might want to check on that.