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I have always had stuff to do. This sounds like mental torture.

• freeflight 5y ago
  I consider it like white noise, having something running in the background somehow helps me better focus on what's in-front of me. In a way it's also a bit of a social substitute; When you live alone, and spend a lot of time alone, it can be nice to just listen to some human voices in the background as if you were not alone.
  • Apocryphon 5y ago
    As a civilization we've had this for over a decade now, surely this was what radio was like before television.
• 0x008 5y ago
  That this thread includes a couple of comments like this is really interesting. It shows that HN is a very particular sample of the population.
• 93po 5y ago
  most people do not have the energy, drive, or motivation to constantly be doing things. i guess it's both a blessing and a curse if you do.