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I've caught myself doing this as well and also questioned why this was happening. My initial guess is that it is just manifestation of phone addiction, but perh
by is0tope 7y ago
I've caught myself doing this as well and also questioned why this was happening. My initial guess is that it is just manifestation of phone addiction, but perhaps it is also selective boredom. For instance the majority of the time when I look at my phone is when the show I am watching switches to a scene that is showing some plot line I don't care about. As an example, when I am watching a Sci fi show, and there is some romantic sub plot. I simply don't care, and will look at hacker news while it plays out.
- shantly 7y agoMy mom used to record all her soap operas (on VHS) so she could FF through the ~1/2 of storylines she didn't care about at all. I think this is, or at least used to be, fairly common.
- benibela 7y agoI watch boring parts at 1.5x speed, especially speeches. Then you still get all plot information, but do not become bored Actually, now I have trouble listening to speeches or tutorials at normal speeds.
- falcolas 7y agoI think it’s even simpler than selective boredom - it’s that the things that interest you in TV shows are highly unlikely to be constant throughout. So as the interesting bits ebb and flow, instead of drifting off into an internal daydream, we drift off into interesting things on our second screens.