Poll of the Day > Is anyone else finding it hard to watch TV these days?

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I cant just sit back and watch a full episode anymore. Its getting to the point where I have to split an hour episode of a show into 4 chunks because I get so tired and bored watching it. Even my favorite shows are making me do this.

what happened to my fascination for TV I had as a kid? All I seem to do now is lay in my bed and stare at my phone.

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You probably suffer from ADD.
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Only because I have less free time than I did a couple of months ago.


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Nope. In fact I've been binging episodes of Smallville lately.
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I don't watch a lot of tv because I can't stand most shows. Many are predictable, comedies aren't funny and reality shows are fake. Dramas are forced, crime shows have become almost all alike and then there's the commercials... oh my god!

They are longer then ever. Sometimes it's 6 minutes for a commercial break? It's so long between shows, I swear there station forgets to turn it back on sometimes.

It isn't just you. Television is awful for the most part. I'll stick to streaming for now or watching movies online

How much caffeine do you drink per day?
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None

I really only drink milk and water, and orange juice if Im in the mood for it

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Yeah; anything more than half-hour and I have to be eating in order to watch the whole thing.
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Dont watch TV. I did like to watch half hour stuff though because its usually compact

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There are too many good indie games to be watching TV.

GRTooCool posted...

You probably suffer from ADD.

Otherwise known as a modern human being.

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No, PK, once again you and you alone are unique in the world. But seriously, most people don't just watch one episode, they binge several. The fact you can't get through one is a little unusual.
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I do think that losing attention span to these things is all part of getting older. I've had the exact same feelings as you often TC. There are ways you can fight this phenomena though, here are my 2 cents.

2 nights ago I played Xenosaga ep 1 for about 9 hours straight, only stopping once because my eyes were watering. There were a few times when I reached a save point and felt like turning the game off, but I fought it off, and after a few minutes I got back "in the groove" so to speak. If I had reacted differently to those feelings of "I wanna turn the game off" I probably would have only played for an hour or so.

With television it would be even more difficult because there are opening themes, end credits etc. that take you out of that groove. If you try fighting those feelings off you may find that you can stay engaged again. Sometimes it may take longer than other times.
Just remember you won't stay bored for very long. Just keep going and you'll get engaged again. Maybe just remember this whenever you feel a "shut-off period", keep going as long as you have the time.
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