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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I used to stay up into the late hours of the night reading when I just couldn't put a book down. I've been up past 4 AM reading and then gone to work in the morning a bit tired, but nothing that some coffee won't fix. I don't do that anymore. But it's nothing to do with the internet, it's just getting older.
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I hoped so, but now I wonder. There's just so much available at all times that I get bogged down just trying to make a choice. Back in the day there were other forms of entertainment as movies, theater, pub, clubs, libraries, meeting friend for lunch or dinner, or going shopping (ach, the bookstores of old), but they all required you to do more that just pick up your laptop, TV remote or Xbox. Now it's all at your fingertips, and I think that part of my problem with not being able to focus reading is due to that. My grandparents and parents did not have that problem, they all read well into ripe old age. I spend more time looking for the books than reading them, simply because I can do it from my home. I don't have to go anywhere, and I like browsing with a cup of coffee in my den, so there. Reading became secondary. My TBR list reached epic proportions. I hate starting on any series, because they just rum loo long, and I cannot keep interest in them throughout all 59 (or so) parts. Back in a day I loved series, the longer the better.
And where I was going with that?? I forget
- I just got distracted trying to find out how to trim my dog's hair and use a gel nail polish (not on the dog, on me). See - there is simply so much information I find useful that nothing can keep my attention for long. I always have the feeling I should be doing something else, reading something else and if it was not available, I would be OK with that, but is IS available....
So the bottom line is that I have a feeling that all these "sound bites" all these short articles, all that "just to the point" information I seek is changing the way I look at the novels. The whole point of a novel is that it is not "just to the point". And I am not sure I can tolerate this, never mind enjoy it for hours on end as I used too. Also, I find that I am less likely to go to the movies, or even watch a movie on TV. I simply cannot stay interested in a movie for 2 hours. Even with the pop-corn and all. Now it's TV series. I hope I can retain that 45 minute attention span I still kind of have.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Isn't it more likely that people with a naturally high level of aggression choose to play shooting games, than that playing shooting games creates the aggression?
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That I have to disagree with. This is anecdotal evidence. I have a pretty high level of aggression (just ask my co-workers or DH) and I would never play a shooter. Just bores me to tears. I want to take a nap in the middle of a fight. To be honest, I rarely play any other kind of a games anymore - see short attention span explanation above, but I used to. Shooters - never. There's just nothing like a real-life fight, that's all. No virtual bloodbath can compete. So I think that people with a high level of aggression vent in real life. But YMMV.
Overall, I'm getting worried. Very, very worried. But there's a good in all that - I won't stay worried for long - I will get distracted and forget all about it. I begin to remind myself of my dog more and more.
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