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Sorry, but I think a post like the above should make someone like you take a time to reflect, instead of immediately prepare a defense. Regardless of what is dr

by ITB 4y ago

Sorry, but I think a post like the above should make someone like you take a time to reflect, instead of immediately prepare a defense. Regardless of what is driving your desire to watch so much YouTube, which in the end is what defines the degree of the pathology, it’s still an inordinate amount. YouTube is not background noise. Your brain is paying a bit of attention to it, getting dopamine from it, and becoming progressively less able to reach a state of peace without stimulation. Will you be running YouTube in the background when you’re sharing a bed with a spouse? Will you be wearing headphones with constant babbling going on, disturbing your sleep patterns? These are real issues my friend.

knaik94 4y ago
My reflection is that it doesn't interefere with my work at all, and my significant other and I often fall asleep listening to podcasts or video essays. I do wear headphones and I am far for the only one that sleeps with headphones in. Here's a link to a product that is a headband that has speakers built in with a 4.5 rating and 13,000+ reviews. [1] This seems silly and I would not recommend it, and suggest regular headphones instead, IEM preferably. I am not sure if you grasp the difference in active and passive watching. I would suggest you do more research into how neurotransmitters function, that is not how dopamine works. Additionally I mentioned I have ADHD, "People with ADHD have at least one defective gene, the DRD2 gene that makes it difficult for neurons to respond to dopamine" [2] If anything dopamine is not doing what it needs to in my brain. I appreciate your concern, but it's misplaced. In my previous post I linked to a 10 hour video of the noise of an AC running in a motel room. For students with ADHD in school, as part of a 504 plan they have the option to listen to music in class because it has been shown effective in improving focus. 1. https://www.amazon.com/MUSICOZY-Headphones-Bluetooth-Headband-Ultra-Thin/dp/B09K4WZGVD/ https://www.amazon.com/MUSICOZY-Headphones-Bluetooth-Headban... 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626918/#:~:text=People%20with%20ADHD%20have%20at,and%20the%20regulation%20of%20attention https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626918/#:~:tex....
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  This is some crazy shit. Only you can decide if a behavior is addictive. People can suggest it but it's only an opinion. They dont live your experience. Having said that, your watch patterns are shocking to me.
  - knaik94 4y ago
    Disordered behavior and addiction is dependent on the specific action having a meaningfully detrimental impact on one's life. Addiction is not a subjective thing, this is why I don't like when people use that word the way the author did. It's a clinically defined thing. I appreciate that it lets me live my life with less struggles. I am far from an outlier in any way. I would recommend looking up average watch time statistic across various social media platforms as well as Netflix, Amazon, etc. As well as viwer stats of seasons sports like College Football, Formula 1, FIFA. "According to Insider Intelligence projections, while overall time spent with media per day will decline slightly from 13 hours, 13 minutes in 2021 to 13 hours, 7 minutes in 2022, time spent with digital media—video, smartphones, CTV, subscription OTT, and digital audio—will maintain steady gains and continue claiming even more time going forward." https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/us-time-spent-with-media/ https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/us-time-spent-w...
    - sillysaurusx 4y ago
      Just wanted to say, I appreciate your measured responses throughout the thread. It’s sometimes a bit hard to be normal but with everyone calling you abnormal (or in this case, crazy) and it’s always nice to see someone who truly doesn’t care. Radio is a great analogy for this. Compared to entire families coming come and sitting down in front of the national TV, I’d take social media any day.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      It’s possible for an entire society can be misled into thinking something is normal or healthy when it’s not. Doctors in the 1940s and 1950s smoked and were in advertisements for Camel cigarettes. It was normal and ubiquitous. Was it healthy? There are other examples of this. Is too much video watching another instance? That’s for you to decide. At least consider it a possibility and then move on.
- TillE 4y ago
  > that is not how dopamine works People these days love talking about nonsense like "dopamine hits", it's textbook pseudoscience.
sillysaurusx 4y ago
> Will you be running YouTube in the background when you’re sharing a bed with a spouse? My wife and I both do this. > Will you be wearing headphones with constant babbling going on, disturbing your sleep patterns? No more than the babbling in my mind disturbs it already. If anything, a coherent message is easier to fall asleep to.

by ITB 4y ago

knaik94 4y ago

My reflection is that it doesn't interefere with my work at all, and my significant other and I often fall asleep listening to podcasts or video essays. I do wear headphones and I am far for the only one that sleeps with headphones in. Here's a link to a product that is a headband that has speakers built in with a 4.5 rating and 13,000+ reviews. [1] This seems silly and I would not recommend it, and suggest regular headphones instead, IEM preferably. I am not sure if you grasp the difference in active and passive watching. I would suggest you do more research into how neurotransmitters function, that is not how dopamine works. Additionally I mentioned I have ADHD, "People with ADHD have at least one defective gene, the DRD2 gene that makes it difficult for neurons to respond to dopamine" [2] If anything dopamine is not doing what it needs to in my brain. I appreciate your concern, but it's misplaced. In my previous post I linked to a 10 hour video of the noise of an AC running in a motel room. For students with ADHD in school, as part of a 504 plan they have the option to listen to music in class because it has been shown effective in improving focus. 1. https://www.amazon.com/MUSICOZY-Headphones-Bluetooth-Headband-Ultra-Thin/dp/B09K4WZGVD/ https://www.amazon.com/MUSICOZY-Headphones-Bluetooth-Headban... 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626918/#:~:text=People%20with%20ADHD%20have%20at,and%20the%20regulation%20of%20attention https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626918/#:~:tex....

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
This is some crazy shit. Only you can decide if a behavior is addictive. People can suggest it but it's only an opinion. They dont live your experience. Having said that, your watch patterns are shocking to me.
- knaik94 4y ago
  Disordered behavior and addiction is dependent on the specific action having a meaningfully detrimental impact on one's life. Addiction is not a subjective thing, this is why I don't like when people use that word the way the author did. It's a clinically defined thing. I appreciate that it lets me live my life with less struggles. I am far from an outlier in any way. I would recommend looking up average watch time statistic across various social media platforms as well as Netflix, Amazon, etc. As well as viwer stats of seasons sports like College Football, Formula 1, FIFA. "According to Insider Intelligence projections, while overall time spent with media per day will decline slightly from 13 hours, 13 minutes in 2021 to 13 hours, 7 minutes in 2022, time spent with digital media—video, smartphones, CTV, subscription OTT, and digital audio—will maintain steady gains and continue claiming even more time going forward." https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/us-time-spent-with-media/ https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/us-time-spent-w...
  - sillysaurusx 4y ago
    Just wanted to say, I appreciate your measured responses throughout the thread. It’s sometimes a bit hard to be normal but with everyone calling you abnormal (or in this case, crazy) and it’s always nice to see someone who truly doesn’t care. Radio is a great analogy for this. Compared to entire families coming come and sitting down in front of the national TV, I’d take social media any day.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    It’s possible for an entire society can be misled into thinking something is normal or healthy when it’s not. Doctors in the 1940s and 1950s smoked and were in advertisements for Camel cigarettes. It was normal and ubiquitous. Was it healthy? There are other examples of this. Is too much video watching another instance? That’s for you to decide. At least consider it a possibility and then move on.
TillE 4y ago
> that is not how dopamine works People these days love talking about nonsense like "dopamine hits", it's textbook pseudoscience.

sillysaurusx 4y ago

> Will you be running YouTube in the background when you’re sharing a bed with a spouse? My wife and I both do this. > Will you be wearing headphones with constant babbling going on, disturbing your sleep patterns? No more than the babbling in my mind disturbs it already. If anything, a coherent message is easier to fall asleep to.