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TechniSol · 04-12-2014, 06:00 PM

After considerable reading of this thread and deep contemplation, I have decided to do away with all those other distractions in favor of more sex with reading afterward instead of cuddling, or instant verbal replay and well meaning critique(I'll never do that again!)... phew, I feel so much better, or will until someone accuses me of distraction and frisbees my Kobo into the nearest wall in a fit of self judged "righteous" pique. (Cuz as we all know, the righteous are afforded extra priviliges...)

A lot has happened societally over the last hundred years to change the ways we all spend our time. Obviously, there are many more opportunities when we do permit ourselves some time to relax... Flappy bird, PS3, XBOX, blondes, brunettes, redheads, embroidery, astrophysics, needlepoint, quantum mechanics, and so forth.

Part of the perceived lack of attention span is that having so many plates in the air at once on a daily basis changes the way you work internally, if you're not at capacity you're looking around to see where you can grab another plate and stick. The object being to keep them all spinning, but likely none at the same rate or level of stability. This new programming, if you will, does not lend itself very well to shifting gears into a more relaxing yet involved process like reading.

While reading we are not only experiencing a story and getting to know characters, we're evaluating those character's actions, words, and beliefs against our own and weighing or possibly re-evaluating our positions, etc. That is a deeply involving and introspective process that we mostly perform on autopilot while reading, but it requires sufficient resources to be free for it to happen. My theory is that the requirement for a good reading experience may in some ways not be unlike the state that many(most?) women need to be in to relax and really enjoy a good roll in the hay... of course, good material helps.(We all know men will read anything... anytime, nearly anywhere we feel confident enough we won't be caught. Yes ladies, we do fear readis interruptus.)

-and now I've come full circle back to sex...(Yay!)

04-12-2014, 06:00 PM	#48
TechniSol GranPohbah-Fezzes r cool! Posts: 1,056 Karma: 3151024 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook STRs, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	After considerable reading of this thread and deep contemplation, I have decided to do away with all those other distractions in favor of more sex with reading afterward instead of cuddling, or instant verbal replay and well meaning critique(I'll never do that again!)... phew, I feel so much better, or will until someone accuses me of distraction and frisbees my Kobo into the nearest wall in a fit of self judged "righteous" pique. (Cuz as we all know, the righteous are afforded extra priviliges...) A lot has happened societally over the last hundred years to change the ways we all spend our time. Obviously, there are many more opportunities when we do permit ourselves some time to relax... Flappy bird, PS3, XBOX, blondes, brunettes, redheads, embroidery, astrophysics, needlepoint, quantum mechanics, and so forth. Part of the perceived lack of attention span is that having so many plates in the air at once on a daily basis changes the way you work internally, if you're not at capacity you're looking around to see where you can grab another plate and stick. The object being to keep them all spinning, but likely none at the same rate or level of stability. This new programming, if you will, does not lend itself very well to shifting gears into a more relaxing yet involved process like reading. While reading we are not only experiencing a story and getting to know characters, we're evaluating those character's actions, words, and beliefs against our own and weighing or possibly re-evaluating our positions, etc. That is a deeply involving and introspective process that we mostly perform on autopilot while reading, but it requires sufficient resources to be free for it to happen. My theory is that the requirement for a good reading experience may in some ways not be unlike the state that many(most?) women need to be in to relax and really enjoy a good roll in the hay... of course, good material helps.(We all know men will read anything... anytime, nearly anywhere we feel confident enough we won't be caught. Yes ladies, we do fear readis interruptus.) -and now I've come full circle back to sex...(Yay!)