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Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter by flukus on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:04AM (#19875988)
I generally used to flip channels or read something or talk during them, did anyone ever regularly sit through them attentively?
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Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter by jfk13 on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:46AM (#19877188)
If I wanted to read or talk to someone, why on earth would I have the television on?

If it's on, it's because there is something I feel is worth my time and attention.

(One reason I broke up with an otherwise-potentially-serious partner some years ago was that she -- and her family, it was a familial trait -- seemed unable to be in a room for more than a minute without turning on a TV.)

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