Has the internet killed your attention span?

[vi edit]

I can't F5 life to see if anything interesting popped up.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Nein mein fuhrer.

My attention span is huuuuge.

 

[Kev]

I can't even get past the 5th post on most ATOT threads. I can't concentrate on anything anymore

 

[Gooberlx2]

It hasn't killed my attention span, but it has increased my desire to cut through the bullshit. Probably why I can't stand watching the news.

 

[Miramonti]

Fvcking RSS feeds still haven't updated with new stories since I posted this reply. ugh.

 

[AstroManLuca]

didn't read the thread

did anyone post tl;dr yet?

 

[SZLiao214]

I think school has done more damage to my attention span then the internet. It has also killed my capacity to read books for pleasure.

 

[The Green Bean]

spider

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Nope, the original MTv. You know, when they actually showed videos.

 

[palswim]

Do I qualify?

Someone's been taking his Ritalin!

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I think school has done more damage to my attention span then the internet. It has also killed my capacity to read books for pleasure.

This.
I was always in trouble in grade school up until before I went to college because I had trouble sitting still for long periods of time without consistent physical or mental stimulation.

 

[IronWing]

This.
I was always in trouble in grade school up until before I went to college because I had trouble sitting still for long periods of time without consistent physical or mental stimulation.

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all. You know you can play pac-man on Google's logo today!

 

[ShawnD1]

I think school has done more damage to my attention span then the internet. It has also killed my capacity to read books for pleasure.

Maybe you're just reading the wrong books

I wanted to find the image of a harlequin romance book, so I googled for "harlequin"
Apparently this word has several meanings, and one of them is really weird.

 

[mb]

I don't know if the internet has but something

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

You forgot the "e" in grad school.

10/10! :awe:

 

[zCypher]

I think it definitely has had a negative effect, but that's my own fault.

 

[Raduque]

Sometimes it has, like I got really irritated and quit reading about 4 lines into fleabag's post, but last night I spent about 7 hours reading an ebook on my phone.

 

[gaidensensei]

Who here actually sat down and read through that post word for word?
I googled certain portions of it pretty quickly to make sure he didn't make it up, it's not a copy & pasta.

 

[IronWing]

Who here actually sat down and read through that post word for word?
I googled certain portions of it pretty quickly to make sure he didn't make it up, it's not a copy & pasta.

I read the entire OP word for word and even the half wo.

 

[fleabag]

Who here actually sat down and read through that post word for word?
I googled certain portions of it pretty quickly to make sure he didn't make it up, it's not a copy & pasta.

How about this...Who here is actually standing while they're reading this thread?

 

[zinfamous]

did anyone post tl;dr yet?

no, i don't think anyone got that far.