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I used to get this with programming. I still do sometimes but it just isn’t as immersive anymore (probably not enough of a challenge or too many parallel concer
by Swizec 7y ago
I used to get this with programming. I still do sometimes but it just isn’t as immersive anymore (probably not enough of a challenge or too many parallel concerns)
Once upon a time video games did it. I’d fire up Empire Total War and 20 minutes later it was getting dark and I felt queasy. Oh wait it’s been 12 hours.
Nowadays I only get that on my motorcycle. Fire up the engine, find an open road, and you don’t even know you’re hungry until you come home 6 hours later and sit down for dinner.
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- vl 7y agoBut you can't ride 6 hours on the single tank of gas?
- Swizec 7y agoYou’d be surprised. 3.5 gallon tank, about 80mpg on highway, 50mpg in spirited canyon riding. That lasts quite a while. And stopping at a gas station doesn’t take long enough to make you realize you’re starving.
- partialrecall 7y agoYou can quite easily if you're going at the right speed. I recently drove across Canada where the speed limits are absurdly slow and I was getting 8 hours on a tank easily.
- yonaguska 7y agoYou just described me and the progression of my exact hobbies as well as eating habits. Weird. Even when I stop to get gas, I rarely get hungry when riding, or I do- and I just forget I was hungry as I'm pre-occupied with the road.