Playing videogames, working, solving a puzzle?

  • WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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.

    • 200ok@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      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.

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    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.

  • Vanth@reddthat.com
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    3 months ago

    Yep. I have Bluetooth headphones so I can wander the house freely. Tidying up, cooking, hobby projects here and there, picking out the dead leaves and buds on houseplants.

    Some TV shows warrant full attention, but some I just listen to half of it. Some I rewatch as a comfort.

  • Toes♀@ani.social
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    3 months ago

    I try not to do that.

    But sometimes the scene is really dry or too cringe for me.

    I’ll catch myself texting people or browsing image galleries.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    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.

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    3 months ago

    Almost always. As others have said its sorta the opposite. I throw things on in the background while doing other stuff. When I have the rare thing of something I really want to watch which like most of the time involves me and my wife watching together. Then its just the show. Most of the time the show or movie we really want to see ends in disappointment (the dog in superman to us was the only good thing and fantastic four was rather disappointing outside of some special effects)

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    No.

    But if you ask instead, Do you watch movies/tv shows while doing something else? Then answer is yes, all the time. Mostly during chores like cleaning dishes or ironing but sometimes also doing puzzles, origami or whatever.

    • Professorozone@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Exactly this. If I’m watching something good,I don’t want distractions. But if I’m doing something that doesn’t require a lot of attention, especially if it’s tedious, I welcome a distraction.