Playing videogames, working, solving a puzzle?
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Nope. I watch movies /TV Shows with focus. If I need to do something (example attend a phone call), I will pause the movie.
I can’t do parallel work while watching.
Same. I was gifted a book called the “myth of multitasking”… I feel like I don’t need to read it to get the gist.
I usually sit.
If a show isn’t worth paying my full (visusl) attention to, it’s not worth watching at all.
If I want to watch something, I’m going to sit down and only watch the thing.
I’m not interested in movies/tv shows that you can follow without paying attention, so no.
No. If I lose focus or get distracted, it means whatever I’m watching isn’t worth it, and I’ll switch to something else.
Heavily depends on what I’m watching. Some shows, I need full attention, others, I’ll do programming and have it on in the background and still be able to follow.
Depends on how the show was written and who the original audience was. I enjoy a lot of sitcom writing, but often find the pacing to be a bit slow, so those are perfect for putting on in the background.
Other than eat, no. I never got into short form media so I still have a relatively normal attention span. There’s nothing interesting on my phone anyway.
Depends how much I care about what I’m watching. If I’m invested it has all my interest, otherwise it’s probably background noise for whatever else I’m doing. Usually browsing the fediverse, chatting with friends, or shopping for shit I don’t need
There are some shows my wife picks that don’t require full attention to get something from. Sometimes I do chess puzzles or play a 5 min game while they get to the point.
The more predictable of those kinds of shows you can literally just skip like 3/4 of the episode cough Dr pimple Popper cough.
Go away. Batin’.
I knit, especially easier designs that don’t require much attention.
All the time. I sometimes read my phone, sometimes play games, often I’m doing chores (cooking, cleaning etc). Pretty much the only time I watch something 100% is if I go to the cinema, but if I’m at home I can’t resist the distractions.
It also influences what I watch. I definitely prefer shows and films that don’t require constant attention, so subtitles or minimal dialogue are not ideal. If it’s a film that I really want to try and engage with as much as possible, I watch it first thing in the morning, as I’m still waking up. When my brain is still sluggish, just drinking a pot of coffee is enough to keep me busy while I watch. (and yeah, I’ve got adhd…)
If I want to watch something, I’ll watch it.
That being said, there’s always something playing on the TV, so I’m often playing on my phone while listening to whatever it is.
I play sudoku, get distracted, rewind. Keeps me busy.
When watching something on my TV I usually have an rtsp stream of my 3d printer on my PC, just so I can catch any spaghetti being printed before I waste too much time and plastic.
