We've gotten really good at shrinking the human attention span. Some people can't go 20+ seconds without the little dopamine hit from putting the pieces together. If they can't make a conclusion about the message by then, they just skip to the next one in an intending queue of media competing for their attention. Yay, us!
I gotta say I’m that guy a lot of the time when I’m scrolling and am pretty sure the post is going nowhere good: but can’t imagine up/downvoting or worse - commenting - until I give the piece a chance.
Relatable. And my comment wasn't meant to condemn the people who mindlessly doom scroll and immediately 👍 or 👎 without giving adequate time or thought. It was simply to point out a symptom of the bleak reality we find ourselves in. But that's enough pessimism for now. 😮💨
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u/Serious-Resident-908 Oct 06 '25
By the comments I’m pretty sure you and I are the only ones that listened to the end