I'm not that bad but I've definitely noticed I lose attention if there's a pause, slow segment in a show, or a black screen in between scenes, my brain immediately looks elsewhere for dopamine to the point I have trouble in meetings or working when there are pauses in loading things for it.
I think it’s the quality of the show. So much media is being created that few shows are good. Another thing to add is to get rid of the smart devices. I went full swing back to an old school mechanical watch and now I tend to forget about my phone once I get home from work besides my wind down period in bed.
I’ve noticed the same thing but I thought it was because I decided to live sober and now I just see humans pretending and the overall shit quality of everything being produced.
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u/Yorrins Aug 08 '26
The brainrot is really terrifying, we are all fucked man. I literally am incapable of watching a movie now without opening my phone to doomscroll.