how did people attention shift before electronics were so prominent?

1. 2019-10-01 at 8:41 AM UTC

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   OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III African Astronaut
   usually i'm just paying attention to whatever needs to be attended to at that moment, but in between those times when there are events that demand your attention, there are lulls. i've realized a lot of these lulls will be spent diverting my attention to NIS, youtube, social media or whatever. when shit is really boring i just switch back and forth between those things. anyways it made me think, before electronics were everywhere, what would people usually do during those lulls? sometimes i just stare off into space or think about something for a minute so i guess maybe they just did that over and over?
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2. 2019-10-01 at 8:46 AM UTC

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   Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
   hmm
3. 2019-10-01 at 8:49 AM UTC

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   OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III African Astronaut
   or did they just go straight from one activity to the next? like they sit and read for a hour then immediately get up and and then just go make dinner and go vacuum the house.
4. 2019-10-01 at 8:50 AM UTC

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   Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
   they would have to watch porn on VHS
   
   that sucks
5. 2019-10-01 at 8:55 AM UTC

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   OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III African Astronaut

   Originally posted by Grylls they would have to watch porn on VHS
   
   that sucks

   
   haha dude that would be fucking awful. VHS tapes are big too so to have a decent amount to choose from you'd need to take up a lot of space
6. 2019-10-01 at 10:20 AM UTC

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   Technologist victim of incest
   Well I was always busy visiting friends, going out with friends, shooting pool, listening to music, going on day trips to state parks to go hiking, camping, going to amusement parks, the list goes on and on.
   
   It’s a really different life for the computer generation.
7. 2019-10-01 at 10:25 AM UTC

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   mmQ Lisa Turtle

   Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III haha dude that would be fucking awful. VHS tapes are big too so to have a decent amount to choose from you'd need to take up a lot of space

   
   The worst part was having to memorize exactly where the tape was at when you started and then having to rewind it back to that very point after you were done so you could put it back and DAD wouldn't find out you were jerking it to his collection even though he probably totally knew anyway.
8. 2019-10-01 at 10:26 AM UTC

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   Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
   i just tried to imagine you shooting pool, bent over the table with your ass straight at me
   
   mmmm
   
   - not you mmq i have other plans for us
9. 2019-10-01 at 10:28 AM UTC

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   mmQ Lisa Turtle

   Originally posted by Technologist Well I was always busy visiting friends, going out with friends, shooting pool, listening to music, going on day trips to state parks to go hiking, camping, going to amusement parks, the list goes on and on.
   
   It’s a really different life for the computer generation.

   
   I think his point more or less lies in the lulls between those things. The perfect example now is probably taking a dumpling. I'm so used to to having my phone now when I poo that it feels awkward not to, and I realize how many poos I took before smart phones where I had to just sit there and ponder life. So now I've been trying to discipline myself have a phone-free poop session once a day. Lol
10. 2019-10-01 at 10:29 AM UTC

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    Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]

    Originally posted by mmQ The worst part was having to memorize exactly where the tape was at when you started and then having to rewind it back to that very point after you were done so you could put it back and DAD wouldn't find out you were jerking it to his collection even though he probably totally knew anyway.

    
    oh yeah that’s fucked up
11. 2019-10-01 at 10:30 AM UTC

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    Technologist victim of incest

    Originally posted by mmQ I think his point more or less lies in the lulls between those things. The perfect example now is probably taking a dumpling. I'm so used to to having my phone now when I poo that it feels awkward not to, and I realize how many poos I took before smart phones where I had to just sit there and ponder life. So now I've been trying to discipline myself have a phone-free poop session once a day. Lol

    
    I always had reading material in the bathroom!😁
12. 2019-10-01 at 10:31 AM UTC

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    Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
    i just read the fuckin shampoo bottle
13. 2019-10-01 at 10:31 AM UTC

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    mmQ Lisa Turtle

    Originally posted by Grylls i just tried to imagine you shooting pool, bent over the table with your ass straight at me
    
    mmmm
    
    - not you mmq i have other plans for us

    
    And what, pray tell, might those plans be?
14. 2019-10-01 at 10:34 AM UTC

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    Technologist victim of incest

    Originally posted by Grylls i just read the fuckin shampoo bottle

    
    I used to do that if I had nothing to read. Reading helps it all come out alright. 💩
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15. 2019-10-01 at 10:34 AM UTC

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    Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
    it depends if you ever come to england
16. 2019-10-01 at 11:51 AM UTC

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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
    People didn't get bored
17. 2019-10-01 at 1:36 PM UTC

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    Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]

    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood People didn't get bored

    
    your ma never gets bored when she has 2 big black cocks inside her
18. 2019-10-01 at 5:47 PM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    People would sit around a fire and stare into the flames.
19. 2019-10-01 at 5:56 PM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    Originally posted by -SpectraL People would sit around a fire and stare into the flames.

    
    I spent a month at rehab without my phone and I did not miss it for one second. It was wonderful. Basically you stay observant of everything around you and everyone and you talk to everybody about everything and it's awesome. You get a lot more bookreading, journaling if you do that, and other things done. People used to carry books around with them you know?
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20. 2019-10-01 at 6:33 PM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    It's even better if you wear deer and antelope heads.