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Missing out on something (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That is a very odd take on auditory media, from my perspective. Do you not focus on music or podcasts you listen to? Are you always doing something else?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

As with most things, it depends. I could listen to an audiobook while working out but not while programming. I could listen to instrumental music while reading a book, but I couldn't focus with a vocal track included. Some podcasts might require you to listen to every word while others may only require you to feel the overall topic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Doing other things at the same time helps me focus on whatever I'm listening to.

I fidget a lot so it would be distracting to sit still and just listen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I can have music as "background noise" but podcasts no way, if I am not focusing on what someone else is communicating, what is the point?