People are getting more bored despite endless streaming options

[Doobie Doo]

Boredom is the byproduct of comfort. You can only be bored if you are comfortable

 

[Mandarin Duck]

That was the 90s

There was TV at night in the 90s.

You making it sound like they was doing the "And have a wonderful night....beeeeep" shyt like the 60s lol.

 

[Vandelay]

Paradox of choice.

 

[King_Kamala61]

Ain't shyt on these streaming options that is quality. Beaucoup quantity and nothing dope AF.

The Penguin. Was the last show I was hooked on.

We waiting for the next quality thing

 

[Jasonmask]

Studies have shown that we have an attention span less than a goldfish now. Used to be 12 seconds not that long ago

 

[Scipio]

Link to rest of the article: People are getting more bored despite endless entertainment content: study


Another article about the same topic: Endless digital media was supposed to cure boredom forever — except the opposite is true

Easy and limitless access to media devalues it.

30 years ago when I was a teenager my version of heaven would have been Youtube: easy, instant access to almost all recorded music. But these kids don't seem to care about any music from the past because it's so easy to come by. It bores them.

 

[re'up]

I'm not sure about that though, because i know people who are glued to their phones 24/7 except when gaming, And then suddenly they can binge for hours at a time playing the same game. You got people wearing diapers because they won't get up to shyt they so glued to the Xbox or PS5.

I think its just the awareness that something potentially more interesting is a click away. Video games manage to still be more interesting to people than twitter or whatever,but TV shows aren't as interesting as the internet.

The answer is that video games require an active participation, and intense focus, and scrolling does not. TV requires some level of focus too. Scrolling and tapping requires almost no focus, so you are pulled in all these directions.

scrolling takes your attention, but doesn't require intense focus.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

A lot of shows suck now

 

[The Guru]

Consumed too much, have too much pushed on you and now dulled to it all. I can relate.

 

[UnQuantized]

Quantity has replaced quality Also the culture war has everyone on eggshells.

 

[MajesticLion]

All the entertainment in the world will never replace purpose.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

This me asf. I be bored as hell. And now i waych even less tv

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

i might be weird but i don't watch nothing for months. i'm outside all spring/summer

 

[daemonova]

pay 300 dollars a month, watch the event shows, sports and movies, rinse and repeat

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Too many fuccking stream options


Back in my days we had six channels and nothing played on TV at night

I remember the times where BET was only 4 to 6 hours.

I used to wait for that C-Span looking shyt to go off at around 6pm so BET can come on