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_actively_ watch? Probably not many. Having it on as background noise however? 5 hours is pretty easy
by edude03 3y ago
_actively_ watch? Probably not many. Having it on as background noise however? 5 hours is pretty easy
- colordrops 3y agoIs that still a thing with young people? I associate leaving the TV on in the background as an older generation thing.
- ang_cire 3y agosure, it's just Critical Role playing on the YT app on their tv, rather than some cable channel.
- dguest 3y agoI'm middle aged. This kind of background noise sounds terrible to me. Maybe I just grew up in a quiet place.
- b112 3y agoThere are people who like to hear other humans blathering on all around them. Then there are sane people. We're outnumbered.
- dr_dshiv 3y agoJohn Von Neumann liked to do math with the TV on as background noise. Genius.
- jimmy76615 3y agoI heard all those stories about Von Neumann working like that. According to a biography, his wife once designated a room as his office and he became very angry about that since it was too quiet for him to work there. Personally I need almost complete silence in order to get anything done, his abilities in this regard always fascinated me.
- ang_cire 3y agoI actually prefer to work in a cafe setting, where there is a good amount of non-directed background noise; no one talking to me, but just to each other. If it's dead quiet, I become hyper-alert to noises, to the point I can't concentrate on working.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoIt's just a different kind of environmental requirement. It's useful for some people to have recognisable sounds going on while they work, so they have something to latch their focus if they lose it for a second. Whether that be music, or every seinfeld episode on a shuffled loop on the TV. I have found it useful in the past to listen through every song I have on shuffle while I read, which was nice when I took a few-seconds break every couple of pages and came across a song I wouldn't have picked out otherwise. Alt-tabbing out of a podcast or something completely wrecks my focus on both for some reason though.
- lukan 3y agoIt is terrible, yet quite some people rather have that distracting noise, than hear their own thoughts. For some it is just the illusion of having more people around them, though.
- msp26 3y agoWhen you have permanent background noise in the form of Tinnitus already it's an improvement.
- offices 3y agoI grew up being accustomed to having the TV as background noise but stopped watching it when I moved out. Now, when I visit my parents, it's honestly quite difficult for me to focus on conversation - there's a machine in the corner making deliberately attention-grabbing sights and sounds. So I think your experience is normal & I empathise with the generation that complained about TV ruining family life.
- psd1 3y agoSame and same and same, but I know exactly why I won't leave the telly on - I'm very susceptible. It grabs me. Even though I have no interest in ads or even 95% of programming. It's not a pleasant feeling.
- thecatspaw 3y agoI mean I use youtube lets plays or twitch streams for that, but yes its still a thing.
- fennecfoxy 3y agoIf Millennial still = young then yeah, YT or something in background on TV, doing something on laptop (dev, or photo editing or other) and then occasionally phone over laptop as well to reply to chats and stuff. I would kill for some decent high res wide fov AR glasses.
- Izkata 3y agoMillennials are currently in their late 20s to early 40s.
- GoblinSlayer 3y agoIt's a normie thing coping with unbearable ringing emptiness of mind. My sister and niece (7yo) do it.