my attention span is so bad i cant watch something without being on my phone at the same time i always have to have 2 layers of activity when did this happen why is capitalism stealing my soul away the spectacle has me firmly in its grip
Psychology time!
This isn’t having a short attention span (or well maybe thats part of it), but probably something called “Optimal Arousal.”(This is psychology, not anatomy, please keep your mind out of the gutter Xp)
Optimal Arousal goes like this: When effort is low, more stimulus is better. When effort is high, less stimulus is better.
I’ll elaborate. Whenever you do something easy (like maybe some homework as an example), unless something else is happening (like music or a show) you tend to get drawn away or doze off. In this homework scenario, the effort is low, so in order to keep at it and do well on working on it, you need a higher amount of stimulus, like a movie.
If something is hard, like for instance a test, you probably will try to avoid noise, going so far as to hush others so you can concentrate. The effort is high so you want less stimulus.
Keep this in mind. It can help you focus, and make life a lot easier. Dont feel bad for doing lots of different things while you are just chillin. Enjoy the knowledge!
This is also the reason that when people get lost or are trying to find an unfamiliar destination, they turn their car stereo down.
Whoa wait turning down the music so you can “see better” is a real thing and not just something to poke fun at?
i’m watching a british youtuber’s birthday stream and an aussie viewer sent in a comment saying “why was he born so beautiful, why was he born at all? because he had no say in it, no say in it at all” which was received with confused existential horror, and this is how i just discovered that australian happy birthday songs are not universal
oops
do you not sing this in other countries?!?!??
NO we do not sing a lament for someone’s personal beauty wishing they’d never been born. That is some weird Greek tragedy shit.
#asianelephant Nellie lifts her trunk and takes a long drink from the stream of a #firehose courtesy of the @miamidadefirerescue team! Enriching the lives of #zoo animals is all about providing novel stimuli, and bringing a #firetruck on zoo grounds to hose down the elephants certainly counts as a unique experience. This particular #environmentalenrichment experience was part of a demonstration put on by the zoo for attendees of the #elephantmanagersassociation conference. #askmeaboutelephants #asianelephant #zooelephant #onlyelephantsshouldwearivory (at Zoo Miami) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZIyl5AsuZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zll4tea43es
This enrichment demo was a really interesting example of what an elephant’s priorities can be! Both Nellie and her companion Dalip ignored the firehoses and gathered crowd at first, going straight for watermelons and ice treats that had been scattered across the yard.
Once all the snacks were gone, they both took the time to get a little wet and drink from the spray of the hoses.
Dalip’s drinking method was a little less graceful than Nellie’s, with his trunk just flopped to the side instead of lifted, but his magnificent tusks made up for it a little.
This post is part of the first Friday Theme Day on WADTT: Elephants! Stay tuned throughout the day for more elephant-related posts.
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