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Does anyone else do this?

LoveleeB
LoveleeB Posts: 560 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
So whenever I open an email, text, or forum topic post and the original message is as long as a novel, I do not focus on reading it very well.

Actually, I tend to not read it at all and just respond in a random manner. Guess I am an impatient person who perfers to be concise. Anyone else this unfocused? Go!

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  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    huh?
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    OMG that is so me...I got straight to the bottom thats usually where the good stuff is !
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    ADHD is more prevalent than...

    SQUIRREL!
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
    I recently read about a ninja pencil.
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    I got to so then your topic bored me
  • Liluth
    Liluth Posts: 84 Member
    On the internet they have a name for your affliction. It's called Tl;dr. Too long; didn't read ;)
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Actually, I tend to not read it at all and just respond in a random manner.
    Are we twins, separated at birth? But the random is against forum rules so you gotta be subtle in your thread derails...
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    I recently read about a ninja pencil.

    Was there irony involved?
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    Dude, when I open a forum topic and see a huge paragraph, I just press BACK. UNLESS they break it up into smaller paragraphs and maybe capitalize words and offer expressions that I can instantly see from scanning over it. THAT might keep me locked in and decide if it's worth even reading the whole thing.
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
    If I am really busy, I won't read something that is very long. And if I can't read it completely, I won't comment on it. I just move on. If I have time though, I read them. Some posts are long by necessity. I don't think I'm unfocused or impatient, just busy at times.
  • JBRENTLINGER
    JBRENTLINGER Posts: 160
    I like tacos.
  • brandalini
    brandalini Posts: 237 Member
    I totally skim for important parts haha
  • Brannock8
    Brannock8 Posts: 170 Member
    Yup, especially if there are no paragraphs to break it up, I read probably 2 sentences tops.
  • leynak
    leynak Posts: 963 Member
    I find that if there is just a huge wall of text I just exit the topic. If you want to write something long just break it up into smaller paragraphs- geez- so much easier to focus on that way.
  • AdrienneKaren
    AdrienneKaren Posts: 168 Member
    My brain automatically makes it so I read things wrong to keep me entertained. For instance, my brain will tell my eyes to read spanks instead of snacks.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    I think I love you!!!! In a non sexual way.....ok ok A bit like that too
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    I usually just skip the OP and head straight for the comment section. There's usually more interesting conversation there.
  • ONE03
    ONE03 Posts: 125 Member
    i skim. sometimes what's there is important but long. most of the time, i think the writing helps the poster sort out what they're really trying to say that they answer their own question.
  • LaPistolaSexola
    LaPistolaSexola Posts: 243 Member
    tl;dr
  • chocolateandvodka
    chocolateandvodka Posts: 1,850 Member
    i'll just nod and smile because i didn't really read what you had to say.
  • LaPistolaSexola
    LaPistolaSexola Posts: 243 Member
    I like tacos.
    see avatar
    <----
  • noexcuses1218
    noexcuses1218 Posts: 332 Member
    i skim. sometimes what's there is important but long. most of the time, i think the writing helps the poster sort out what they're really trying to say that they answer their own question.

    Yes.
  • I_give_it_2_u_str8
    I_give_it_2_u_str8 Posts: 680 Member
    I scroll through the poster photos to see if there's anyone I find interesting, funny, or troll that I want to bash
  • momma3sweetgirls
    momma3sweetgirls Posts: 743 Member
    Yes. I also stop reading posts when the word 'loose' is used instead of 'lose'.
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