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This morning my daughter walked into the living room and started telling me about something that happened to her. She stopped talking mid-sentence when her eye

This morning my daughter walked into the living room and started telling me about something that happened to her. She stopped talking mid-sentence when her eye fell on the television that I had forgotten to turn off. Only after calling her name three times and considerably raising my voice I got her attention again. The show that was on was... the cooking channel! So the bar for television completely absorbing a child's attention seems quite low :-)

ryandrake 2y ago
I've seen grown adults behave this way with their phones. Totally zonked out and unaware of anything happening in the real world. Don't think it's an age thing.
- y-curious 2y ago
  I have a weird quirk that when talking to someone, if they start using their phone, I stop talking until they're done. It has made me painfully aware how true your comment is. Many times people don't even notice that I stopped talking (and why event try to talk to someone that isn't listening?)
  - ryandrake 2y ago
    I don't know how society managed to normalize playing with your phone during a face to face conversation. Like, imagine going back to 1990 and getting into a conversation with your friend over coffee, and in the middle of him talking, you whip out a newspaper and start reading it. He would instantly say "WTF are you doing, man?" But today, the same thing happens with the phone, and it's just kind of...accepted?
  - latexr 2y ago
    > Many times people don't even notice that I stopped talking At that point, might as well consider the next step of getting up and leaving.
  - littlekey 2y ago
    The fun really starts when they get defensive about it and start accusing you of being passive aggressive :)
  - tanseydavid 2y ago
    I don't think that is weird at all. Uncommon, maybe.
financypants 2y ago
when I was growing up my father tried to get the attention of my sister watching saturday morning cartoons. After the third attempt, he just threw away the TV, and so I grew up most of my childhood with no TV

ryandrake 2y ago

I've seen grown adults behave this way with their phones. Totally zonked out and unaware of anything happening in the real world. Don't think it's an age thing.

y-curious 2y ago
I have a weird quirk that when talking to someone, if they start using their phone, I stop talking until they're done. It has made me painfully aware how true your comment is. Many times people don't even notice that I stopped talking (and why event try to talk to someone that isn't listening?)
- ryandrake 2y ago
  I don't know how society managed to normalize playing with your phone during a face to face conversation. Like, imagine going back to 1990 and getting into a conversation with your friend over coffee, and in the middle of him talking, you whip out a newspaper and start reading it. He would instantly say "WTF are you doing, man?" But today, the same thing happens with the phone, and it's just kind of...accepted?
- latexr 2y ago
  > Many times people don't even notice that I stopped talking At that point, might as well consider the next step of getting up and leaving.
- littlekey 2y ago
  The fun really starts when they get defensive about it and start accusing you of being passive aggressive :)
- tanseydavid 2y ago
  I don't think that is weird at all. Uncommon, maybe.

financypants 2y ago

when I was growing up my father tried to get the attention of my sister watching saturday morning cartoons. After the third attempt, he just threw away the TV, and so I grew up most of my childhood with no TV