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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span (theweek.com)
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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span::Emerging research suggests that TikTok's rapid-fire short videos are affecting the attention spans of its younger users, making it harder for them to engage in activities that require more sustained attention.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know what I did before the internet? Be bored. A lot. It was fucking boring. It was unbearably dull. If people want to fill their lives with tiktok when they are waiting at a bus stop instead of just staring into nothing, more power to them.

I used to watch boring, crap fucking TV just because there was four TV channels and it was raining outside. Already read all my books twice over. Awful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Alright, doesn’t mean it didn’t lower your attention span. Just that you’re less bored :D