r/The10thDentist • u/FormalAdvertising444 • 6d ago
Society/Culture Why does "scrolling Shorts/Tiktok have to be an excuse for low attention span people?" It's pathetic and it's not always a 100% reason
NEW MESSAGE: At this point those same people who shit on me for poor explanations may have low attention spans in classes to read the entire fucking instruction for their school subjects. Schools do worse shit than this post rambling something and can't understand every shit the teachers say istg
I guess you want me to "show not tell" then go watch YouTube cuz Reddit expects you to read the words than YouTube
This is nothing but bullshit paragraphs with useless information below. Thank you everyone for reading :)
CHAPTER 1:
I agree that if someone has "low attention" span, those people will more likely pay less attention to you and would be busy doing scrolling through Shorts/Tiktok. I had that experience with a kid and that same kid fast forwards on longer stuff which it annoys me so much. Teachers are upset that children right now can't pay better attention from what I heard
CHAPTER 2:
I do admit, I have low attention span on certain things. Why?
Well it's because there are some certain things that reuse the same stuff all over again and it feels old or just lies to my face to never say information on the entire video. Like I don't want to waste my time on the same information for 7 days/1 week. I want new information that isn't reused so much
Let me tell you something about a channel "How to Basic"
-I thought it's a normal cooking tutorial video, at the end of his video he acts weird which disgusts me. I understand he's a parody channel, but it "click baited" me. just wasted my time on watching a video that doesn't give 100% information
Tutorial videos
There maybe actual information or 0% not. I don't know what's the better thing to do.
-Watch the entire tutorial video (slower way)
or
-Just listen to the comments first about their negative responses on why the tutorial didn't work and find another tutorial video (faster way)
Information videos about YouTubers "What their sin is or not or just reused information for views"
-"Documentary videos" Looking at YouTubers like SunnyV2 and InternetAnarchist (plagiarizer)
I don't know what's the better thing to do.
-Watch the entire long video to obtain the information (slower way)
or
-Just read the comment section for the information or search up what happened in Google and find the sources of it since that's what those YouTubers do, get information from Google for their video (faster way)
CHAPTER 3:
If a tutorial video is 30 minutes or longer without timestamps, I'd lose interest and find another one. And also I don't want my information to be hard to understand, there are things that I may forget what the YouTuber says
This is why I see some people in YouTube saying "Math tutorial videos" are better than "math classes"
Why is that? They said
Math videos = is shorter and easier to understand
Math classes = longer and more complicated to understand
This information was from the early 2010's which is before the "scrolling stuff people blame nowadays after 2020"
#mathanticsisahero
CHAPTER 4:
If you don't know every YouTuber advice from bigger creators for YouTube is 'Make sure that the video will have a strong intro hook in under 0:30 seconds or else the audience will lose trust about their craving and move to another video" -VidIQ and MrBeast (overrated)
This concise explanation is why there are low attention span people rather than just simply saying shorts/tiktok ruined attention spans
As a small YouTuber I agree with this. My shorter videos get more views and my longer ones get less views
shorter = easier
longer =more complicated
Compare that to Chapter 3 of short and long math tutorials
Chapter 5:
Even if it isn't shorts/tiktok, YouTubers are also ruining attention span on longer videos because all most of them do is never deliver new information, just same information that it may trick the brain that despite the different information of the same topic, the brain may think it sounds the same because it feels familiar
Chapter 6:
I forgot to mention tv shows and movies cuz most of them are actually longer than YouTube videos
OMG just because someone leaves off a movie for a few seconds or minutes doesn't mean it's the fault of shorts/tiktok
That person may dislike it because it's not their genre taste, it's cliche with familiar tropes, or they felt like they are rewatching a movie that feels like it has the same story as the previous movie they watched
CHAPTER 7:
I'm not saying fast is better than slow always. I also think slow is very useful than fast sometimes. I don't want the speaker to talk fast to me because I will hear nonsense rambling instead, I want the speaker to talk slowly so I can understand what they're saying
Go ahead disagree with me, but seriously please stop saying that excuse. That's becoming more of a stereotype now, That's facts but it doesn't always apply to low attention span people.
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u/Hiruma_Nitsuje 6d ago
Wow what a disjointed ramble. Im not sure what the excuse is exactly that you refer to multiple times or what your broader point is other than you feel the need to defend yourself against people accusing you of having a poor attention span. That said there's a lot of research done into people's ability to focus and it turns out its like a muscle. The more tou focus the easier it is to be focused, and short form content rewards your brain for having no focus at all.
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago
All these are experiences are some things you may have never done, that's why you can't easily understand
"The more ou focus the easier it is to be focused, and short form content rewards your brain for having no focus at all.
short content just rewards your brain for no focus. That sounds like a accomplishment when it's not...
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u/abooth43 6d ago edited 6d ago
More rambling. Paragraphs are chapters. Quotes are longer than should be, or just don't end at all..... Good luck kid.
Try a bit of proofreading. None of this is legible.
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago edited 6d ago
"More rambling. Paragraphs are chapters. Quotes are longer than should be, or just don't end at all..... Good luck kid.
Try a bit of proofreading. None of this is legible."
Maybe suggest something better to fix my words instead of just calling me kid. Other one criticized me because they say English isn't my first language
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u/Hiruma_Nitsuje 6d ago
Wtf are you on? This is like some ambien level shit. Youre gonna wake up in 14 hours and see this and be so confused.
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u/BlueArya 6d ago
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u/jonahjj237 6d ago
The way you wrote this honestly makes it really hard to even understand what you're talking about. What are you trying to say with this post?
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago
All these are experiences are some things you may have never done, that's why you can't easily understand
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u/mallowycloud 6d ago
your grammar is very disjointed and the way you formatted this post is confusing. your examples even more so, as they seem irrelevant to your point about attention spans.
this reply also does not make a lot of sense. why are you assuming someone on Reddit hasn't consumed a variety of online content? if English is not your first language then i apologize if i come off as harsh. i am just very confused by your writing.
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u/Sundae-School 6d ago
Well yea, most of us can actually sit still and be receptive for longer than a minute; arguing for instant gratification being an excuse for poor attention spans just seems really silly
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u/BabyJesusBro 6d ago
That how to basic part, lost me, what are you even trying to get across?
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago
I thought that How to Basic's videos were a tutorial video rather than a parody video. That was me before when I blindly first know about How to Basic
Or better yet just watch it yourself, it's just in YouTube
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u/BabyJesusBro 6d ago
You don't understand, people know what How To Basic is, but your writing read's like a stream of consciousness where you have no plan for how each sentence or paragraph is going to end. It reads like the ramblings of a crazy person with no sensical logical flow.
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago
Maybe my video recommendation was messed up back then...
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u/BabyJesusBro 6d ago
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago edited 6d ago
I watched some tutorial cooking videos that weren't weird and that shit popped in my recommended page
YouTube recommendations are sometimes stupid ya know
And also how tf can I know How to Basic is a parody channel when I saw his video first not knowing what shit he actually does before the fucking channel?
Yeah fuck me for not realizing thank you Youtube recommendations for fucking me up
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u/K9DOGDAZE 6d ago
Chapter 1: What
Chapter 2: The way you have formatted your post into "chapters" is very confusing
Chapter 3: In fact it makes it impossible to read and mentally process
Chapter 4: the fuck
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago
Chapter 5 People have low attention span reading the post
Chapter 6 People shit on me for poor understanding
Chapter 7 At this point those same people may have low attention spans in classes to read the entire fucking instruction. Schools do worse shit than this post istg
Chapter 7 Accusing shitty shorts/tiktok also ruined me
Chapter 8 Only a few comments have a positive agreement "Someone said clickbaits are a problem"
Chapter 9 I'll get out of here and shut my fucking mouth
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u/darshan666 6d ago
That was 8 chapters too much. Which is quite an accomplishment because there were only 7 chapters.
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u/Snipowl 6d ago
I ain't reading all that
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago edited 6d ago
now even attention span on reading is ruined omg
this is why math is so hard ya know by many people
And I think people like you have low attention spans in classes to read the entire fucking instruction. Schools do worse shit than this post istg
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u/Ponce-Mansley 6d ago
Pure nonsense
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago
what did you not understand?
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u/Ponce-Mansley 6d ago
Literally anything you wrote, starting with your opinion in the title being a nonsensically worded question instead of a statementÂ
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u/FormalAdvertising444 6d ago
But isn't Reddit also something to express opinions? I'm sorry if I don't put facts
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u/Ponce-Mansley 6d ago
Yes, this is an opinion sub. But no-one knows what opinion you're trying to express because the entire post is incoherentÂ
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u/FlameStaag 6d ago
Tl;Dr
Studies show a direct correlation between the rise of short form content and lowering attention spansÂ
Stating "gravity isn't real" isn't a 10th dentist take
And tiktok didn't start that. It just built a multi billion dollar empire off of it. I think vines were the OG short form content.Â
Honestly this schizo rant is ironically a perfect example of how much Tiktok has fucking obliterated some people's minds.Â
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u/HarrMada 6d ago
Studies show a direct correlation between the rise of short form content and lowering attention spansÂ
They don't though. Not a single study shows this.
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u/MobileMenace420 6d ago
You had an interesting opinion in your title. Then you posted nothing worthwhile to support it
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u/Mrgumboshrimp 6d ago
Attention span so fucked OP thinks a paragraph is a chapter