Hello and welcome to Short Attention Span Theater ...

[PhilB]

Nation Shudders At Large Block Of Uninterrupted Text

Nation Shudders At Large Block Of Uninterrupted Text | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

PhilB

[binx_19]

um..wtf

[bumblebee]

Took too long...I pass on it

[acalliste]

Some have speculated that the never-ending flood of sentences may be a news article, medical study, urgent product recall notice, letter, user agreement, or even a binding contract of some kind. But until the news does a segment in which they take sections of the text and read them aloud in a slow, calm voice while highlighting those same words on the screen, no one can say for sure.

Pfft... It's obviously one of PhilB's posts.

[binx_19]

that really makes me think of politicians.

[PhilB]

Originally Posted by acalliste

Pfft... It's obviously one of PhilB's posts.

This is part of what struck me as funny about it, the double layer joke; only those that it doesn't apply to will bother to read it.

Although I think it is a genuine problem that mostly electronic media have eroded the American attention span until few people have the patience to actually absorb any detailed or complex information about much, and thus don't understand a lot of things they might otherwise be able to.

Originally Posted by binx_19

that really makes me think of politicians.

Politicians count on this. That's why they write those huge bills, under the generally correct assumption that no one (not even the other legislators whose jobs it is and who will vote on it) will bother to actually read it and find out how much crap is buried in there.

PhilB

[Builtgypsy]

Reminds me of End User Agreements, my military contract, apartment lease, cell phone contract, etc. Sitting down to enjoy a novel would be one thing, but umpteen pages of 8-point, nearly without paragraphs legal jargon would make me want to stab the hand that handed it to me with the pen I was supposed to use to sign.

[Alawicious]

Shame that people cant figure things out on their own and have to be spoon fed with video, blocks and points Are we as a country that lazy now. Did it say what the text was about or did I miss that?

[blurr]

Originally Posted by PhilB

This is part of what struck me as funny about it, the double layer joke; only those that it doesn't apply to will bother to read it.

Although I think it is a genuine problem that mostly electronic media have eroded the American attention span until few people have the patience to actually absorb any detailed or complex information about much, and thus don't understand a lot of things they might otherwise be able to.

Politicians count on this. That's why they write those huge bills, under the generally correct assumption that no one (not even the other legislators whose jobs it is and who will vote on it) will bother to actually read it and find out how much crap is buried in there.

PhilB

First off, the Onion is hands down the most accurate news source on the planet fucking excellent

Second, you are correct, however they intentionally make the bills longer so it is impossible to read in time (should someone actually want to) for said vote.
I do believe that like some of the incredible long and boring bids I get stuck with that there probably is a way to read them to be able to skip through the bullshit. I have no Idea what that Is however, as my attention span is to short to find out.


"It demands so much of my time and concentration," said Chicago resident Dale Caliente, who was confronted by the confusing mound of words early Monday afternoon. "This large block of text, it expects me to figure everything out on my own, and I hate it."









Sorry, that was wrong on me, but, but it fit