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(CNN)   Your attention span is getting smaller. And Leon's getting LAAARRRRRRGER   (cnn.com) divider line
    More: Obvious, Attention span, Distraction, necessary work interruptions, active work project, switch cost, Dr. Gloria Mark, 2 minutes, Attention  
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2023-01-11 5:49:35 PM  
Oh, yeah? Well
 
2023-01-11 5:59:05 PM  
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2023-01-11 6:00:53 PM  
Sorry, I was doing something else. In fact I really can't do one thing at a timer anymore. The idea of watching two hour movie without checking the net every ten minutes seems sad but that is where I am. I am addict..I'm 62 and was never this way before six years ago.
 
2023-01-11 6:18:12 PM  
Tl;dr
 
2023-01-11 6:23:06 PM  
Watch Leon Molt
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2023-01-11 6:55:23 PM  
I smoke weed because I don't want a longer attention span.
 
2023-01-11 8:51:21 PM  
Your kids and grandkid's attention spans are being programmed to be shorter using dopamine hits from social media.
 
2023-01-11 9:21:03 PM  
The other day I was looking at
 
2023-01-11 9:31:03 PM  
I made it most of the way through the headline.
 
2023-01-11 9:55:22 PM  
I have a low attention span because I've seen everything before
 
2023-01-12 12:55:53 AM  
There's a sale at ... wait, what was I saying?
 
2023-01-12 1:08:38 AM  
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2023-01-12 1:22:45 AM  
Okay. So this thread absolutely proves the point.
 
2023-01-12 2:09:44 AM  
There are techniques for getting across to people with no attention span.

Weekend Update: Kevin Nealon - Attention Spans - Saturday Night Live
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2023-01-12 3:38:23 AM  
My kids and I call days like this "squirrel" days,

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Happy Squirrel Day!
 
2023-01-12 3:43:52 AM  
One more data point that ADD is not biological or a psychiatric complex, but a sham diagnosis that medicates people for the way society is being organized.
 
2023-01-12 6:28:10 AM  

Bennie Crabtree: One more data point that ADD is not biological or a psychiatric complex, but a sham diagnosis that medicates people for the way society is being organized.


Same for CBD and pot. It's all people just trying to make a buck on the fact that life sucks.
 
2023-01-12 7:13:41 AM  
TL;DR.
 
2023-01-12 10:31:59 AM  
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