I have 0% attention span, whats happening?

[shovelquest]

Anyone else dealing with this? I used to watch youtube for a short vid here or a short one there.

I can't sit still for longer than a few minuets anymore and I blame youtube. Anyone else suffering from an inability to concentrate in general on anything, when that was never an issue before?

I can't even play EQ without spamming through youtube videos in the background.

What is this disease, is there a name for it yet? I have it.

I used to be a stoic rock like the kid watching star wars. Now I'm like that kid trying to watch math videos.

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[loramin]

It's called being human. Our brains weren't designed for modern media.

[shovelquest]

What was I before, norrathian?

I want to go back. Send me back! :(

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Anyone else dealing with this? I used to watch youtube for a short vid here or a short one there.

I can't sit still for longer than a few minuets anymore and I blame youtube. Anyone else suffering from an inability to concentrate in general on anything, when that was never an issue before?



Depends, but I mostly agree. And like you, I blame YouTube, well that and unlimited data. Before I had unlimited data plan, I was spending far less time watching videos online

But part of my ADD is by design, because I’m getting sick of content creators making long rambling 30+ minute videos in order to get themselves more favorable in the algorithm or into some better ad category or something. I’m taking about videos with a few bullet points of information that could have been succinctly covered in 5 minutes, but the creator has to go on the tangential diatribes or throw in a bunch of jokes or skits or anecdotes to try to push it many times longer

So lately I’ll watch a vid for like 40 seconds to a minute, say to myself “ok I got the gist of this” and skip to another one. Or I’ll skip around the video quickly then skip to a different video

But in other aspects of life I can dial in. Like working out I don’t start to really space out until 1.5 hours in. And cleaning which I’ve been doing a lot lately to girl-proof my house again, I can dial in on that AND listen to a 2 hour video or podcast while cleaning no problem

But yes on the internet OR with video games I have bad ADD

[loramin]

I don't think it's video-specific: I have the same "ADD", but I pretty much only read online articles.

[shovelquest]

I used to be so focused, these hands were like rocks.

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[Duik]

God.

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How many covid jabs did you have OP?

[shovelquest]

How many covid jabs did you have OP?

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[Reiwa]

A short attention span is useful weapon to have against the wiles of the podcasting hordes.

Mine's 10 minutes, as previously mentioned. If your video is any longer, I won't even try to watch it.

[shovelquest]

You ever remember how we tried t o keep the world from filming in vertical instead of horizontal, and now that group is just gone and people like vertical now more than horizontal?

That's how i feel about everything in society now days.

Like it's all wrong. But because I think that, I am wrong.

[Cecily]

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[Ekco]

Yep!

[Duik]

A short attention span is useful weapon to have against the wiles of the podcasting hordes.

Mine's 10 minutes, as previously mentioned. If your video is any longer, I won't even try to watch it.

In my world thats called a 2 parter.

But i can watch a 7hr php video.

[shovelquest]

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[Cecily]

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[Cecily]

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