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Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« on: April 28, 2010, 01:03:47 PM »
When I was younger I could lose myself in books, watch hours of tv, watch movies intently etc.....

Now....I fidget, daydream during movies, can't finish a book etc...

All I can handle now are 10 minute youtube clips....

Anyone else feel their attention span has gone to **** in the last few years....?



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JOHN MATRIX

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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 01:13:44 PM »
YES!!!

and i blame it on the internet and the instant-ism of modern life.

i literally have zero attention span anymore-cant focus on anything that is hard for more than a couple seconds at a time. wont watch any youtube/online videos that are more than 5 minutes long. wont watch porn clip more than 4 minutes long. often times i find myself sitting staring at the yahoo mainpage just trying to think of something to type into the search. i literally waste so much time just looking for instant, brief moments of cheap entertainment.

as soon as i get my new place im going to purposely not get cable or internet...it is seriously fucking with my productivity and outlook on life
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2010, 01:16:56 PM »
Absolutely. I hardly can even watch a fuckin movie, too long and too much effort. A book.....???? hahaha, good one.

Fuck the internet!!
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2010, 01:17:43 PM »
this is true, I'm trying to finnish the book about luciferian witchraft... read maby 4 pages a day... most of the time I allready know what "things" are going to say in advance so i just whanna skip everything... except bitches.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2010, 01:20:54 PM »
Quote from: JOHN MATRIX on April 28, 2010, 01:13:44 PM
YES!!!

and i blame it on the internet and the instant-ism of modern life.

i literally have zero attention span anymore-cant focus on anything that is hard for more than a couple seconds at a time. wont watch any youtube/online videos that are more than 5 minutes long. wont watch porn clip more than 4 minutes long. often times i find myself sitting staring at the yahoo mainpage just trying to think of something to type into the search. i literally waste so much time just looking for instant, brief moments of cheap entertainment.

as soon as i get my new place im going to purposely not get cable or internet...it is seriously fucking with my productivity and outlook on life


Exactly! I hate those 30-40 minutes long tube8 clips - I forward to the 10th minute and the bitch is still in lingerie and chats with the cameraman about her boring life!  >:(
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2010, 01:22:05 PM »
Ahh,what are we talking about again ???
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2010, 01:22:42 PM »
Quote from: whataname on April 28, 2010, 01:20:54 PM

Exactly! I hate those 30-40 minutes long tube8 clips - I forward to the 10th minute and the bitch is still in lingerie and chats with the cameraman about her boring life!  >:(

ahah yes, if im just trying to crack one off its not like im going to sit there and get through 40 fucking minutes anyway
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2010, 01:25:01 PM »
Since I don't have a TV I can't mention on that, but I can read for hours upon hours. The only thing I'm struggling with is listening to songs all the way through. I watch about 3 movies a years and it's the kind I would enjoy so I watch it all the way through without a hitch.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2010, 01:25:11 PM »
case in point - today i could have done yardwork, research, looked for a 'great new career', clean up the house, etc...but what did i do? spend about 5-6 hours sitting on the internet trying to find something to entertain me for a few moments, in between surfing getbig every 5 minutes  >:(
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2010, 01:25:17 PM »
Quote from: Boost on April 28, 2010, 01:03:47 PM
When I was younger I could lose myself in books, watch hours of tv, watch movies intently etc.....

Now....I fidget, daydream during movies, can't finish a book etc...

All I can handle now are 10 minute youtube clips....

Anyone else feel their attention span has gone to **** in the last few years....?





I agree. 10 minute of video is good for me in one sitting.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2010, 01:26:23 PM »
What?
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2010, 01:26:50 PM »
Can't watch movies at all, barely get through a 30 minute TV show and that's rare. When I was young I could watch tv for hours on end, now days it's just not the same. Simple things like books and tv's don't cut it anymore. I never even go see a movie at a theater unless I'm dying to see it which is rare. I can sit through The Ulimate Fighter and watch UFC or good boxing matches but that's it
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2010, 01:30:42 PM »
Yessir! Thank heavens I read all the big books and watched all the epics when I had the energy. Can't remember them, mind you, but they're off the list.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2010, 01:34:47 PM »
Quote from: whataname on April 28, 2010, 01:20:54 PM

Exactly! I hate those 30-40 minutes long tube8 clips - I forward to the 10th minute and the bitch is still in lingerie and chats with the cameraman about her boring life!  >:(

You kids don't know how good you have it.

When I was growing up, if we wanted to see porn, we had to go to some sleazy theatre in Times Square and sit through an hour-long film, that had, maybe, fifteen minutes of sex involving Ron Jeremy, in a boy scout uniform, and some big-bushed broad who believed she was an actress and not a whore.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2010, 01:35:46 PM »
Quote from: Thin Lizzy on April 28, 2010, 01:34:47 PM
You kids don't know how good you have it.

When I was growing up, if we wanted to see porn, we had to go to some sleazy theatre in Times Square and sit through an hour-long film, that had, maybe, fifteen minutes of sex involving Ron Jeremy and some big-bushed broad who believed she was an actress and not a whore.

yeah and you have the nerve to say we 20 year olds have so much to learn  ::)
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2010, 01:45:12 PM »
Quote from: Boost on April 28, 2010, 01:03:47 PM
When I was younger I could lose myself in books, watch hours of tv, watch movies intently etc.....

Now....I fidget, daydream during movies, can't finish a book etc...

All I can handle now are 10 minute youtube clips....

Anyone else feel their attention span has gone to **** in the last few years....?





Yep. I struggle watching a full movie from beginning to end - I can only do it at the cinema but that's only because I'm forced to. I can't watch sport for very long either - long gone are the days when I could sit through a game of football.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2010, 01:54:50 PM »
When Panic Attacks:  The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy. That Can Change Your Life. By David D. Burns, M.D

http://www.amazon.com/When-Panic-Attacks-Drug-Free-Anxiety/dp/076792083X

have a good read.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2010, 01:56:48 PM »
Quote from: devilsmile on April 28, 2010, 01:35:46 PM
yeah and you have the nerve to say we 20 year olds have so much to learn  ::)

I feel bad for you young guys. When I was 20, you could actually talk to a girl. Today, with IPODs, cellphones, texting, twitter etc., you can't get a word in, edgewise.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2010, 01:59:12 PM »
Quote from: JOHN MATRIX on April 28, 2010, 01:25:11 PM
case in point - today i could have done yardwork, research, looked for a 'great new career', clean up the house, etc...but what did i do? spend about 5-6 hours sitting on the internet trying to find something to entertain me for a few moments, in between surfing getbig every 5 minutes  >:(
Bingo, same here. I think technology has something to do with this. When everything is "at your finger tips" you become bored with a movie or a book seems you are just "waiting for the end or punchline" I got the same issue. What is the answer?
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2010, 02:00:43 PM »
Quote from: Mr Nobody on April 28, 2010, 01:59:12 PM
Bingo, same here. I think technology has something to do with this. When everything is "at your finger tips" you become bored with a movie or a book seems you are just "waiting for the end or punchline" I got the same issue. What is the answer?

When Panic Attacks:  The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy. That Can Change Your Life. By David D. Burns, M.D

http://www.amazon.com/When-Panic-Attacks-Drug-Free-Anxiety/dp/076792083X

have a good read.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2010, 02:01:18 PM »
Quote from: Thin Lizzy on April 28, 2010, 01:56:48 PM
I feel bad for you young guys. When I was 20, you could actually talk to a girl. Today, with IPODs, cellphones, texting, twitter etc., you can't get a word in, edgewise.

but not young girls? don't be such a... you know...  ::)

When it comes to talking to girls I love it ALOT because I love to smile to girls, meaning I do talk to girls, but now days girls have gone from sweet to sweet at a price, so don't go all like... you know...  ::), because it's not all black and white
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JOHN MATRIX

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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2010, 02:03:56 PM »
Quote from: Mr Nobody on April 28, 2010, 01:59:12 PM
Bingo, same here. I think technology has something to do with this. When everything is "at your finger tips" you become bored with a movie or a book seems you are just "waiting for the end or punchline" I got the same issue. What is the answer?

i think the only answer is to cut it out completely and try to gradually 'unlearn' it... :-\
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2010, 02:10:20 PM »
Yep someone here posted they were going to turn off their cable, I think thats a start only I dont have the guts to do it yet.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2010, 02:15:35 PM »
Quote from: Mr Nobody on April 28, 2010, 02:10:20 PM
Yep someone here posted they were going to turn off their cable, I think thats a start only I dont have the guts to do it yet.

it's a lot easier when you have something to replace it . As for everything, if you have a substitute (a better one of course) it helps a lot. Study, read, train, play a sport, care about your kid etc...  Take control of your life.
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Re: Anyone feel their attention span has reduced?
« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2010, 02:18:08 PM »
Quote from: uberman on April 28, 2010, 01:54:50 PM
When Panic Attacks:  The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy. That Can Change Your Life. By David D. Burns, M.D

http://www.amazon.com/When-Panic-Attacks-Drug-Free-Anxiety/dp/076792083X

have a good read.
Have you read this uberman? if so did it help? , seems interesting but the baseline issue is the topic of the thread its tough to read nowdays due to attention span..
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