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NewClayburn t1_j699t93 wrote

I hate how it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. You might not find something particularly engaging and you slip out your phone, but then you aren't paying attention enough that it will ever be engaging to you. So even if you try to put the phone away and pay attention, you'll lose interest because you missed out on becoming invested in the character and stories since you were looking at your phone.

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ChimpBottle t1_j6acqrq wrote

Yeah, especially first getting into a show. All my favourite shows that I'm super nerdy about started off with me making myself pay attention to it when I was inclined to passively scroll through reddit

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NewClayburn t1_j6anvie wrote

I didn't like the first episode of The Wire, but it's one of the best shows ever. Fortunately I watched it at a time when there wasn't all that much worthwhile to do on a phone.

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ErikPanic t1_j6bki8q wrote

This is why I tend to watch things with headphones on and the lights off. Helps me become immersed and avoid distractions.

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