I noticed this one night when I spent something like 2 hrs scrolling youtube on my TV adding "gotta watch" stuff to watch later list. My eye lids were heavy. I wasn't even watching the videos, just adding them to later.
I was addicted to the find of a video that promised to make my life better. Though the obvious fact that 1) probably not and 2) even if so I'd have to watch it, not just queue it for later. It really hit me i had a problem when youtube failed to add to watch later. apparently 5k videos is the limit for that list. (And they dont give you any rapid way to clean it up either, lol).
Books is my answer. Yes we can waste time with books, but the stimulation package is just so below the threshold that I'm not worried about. It's like yes you can get fat eating just fresh/roasted vegetables. But I dare ya to try.
Heh. First time I played Minecraft, I went to bed at 8AM the next morning (every block you mine, there's a tiny chance of a diamond). I suspect you were experiencing the same mechanism (the next video in the list might be worth saving), and it's also present in gambling (the next bet might be a big win).
It's a Skinner box. If the reward comes every time, or never, the subject loses interest. It's when the reward only comes sometimes that the pigeon keeps hammering the button.
I noticed this one night when I spent something like 2 hrs scrolling youtube on my TV adding "gotta watch" stuff to watch later list. My eye lids were heavy. I wasn't even watching the videos, just adding them to later.
I was addicted to the find of a video that promised to make my life better. Though the obvious fact that 1) probably not and 2) even if so I'd have to watch it, not just queue it for later. It really hit me i had a problem when youtube failed to add to watch later. apparently 5k videos is the limit for that list. (And they dont give you any rapid way to clean it up either, lol).
Books is my answer. Yes we can waste time with books, but the stimulation package is just so below the threshold that I'm not worried about. It's like yes you can get fat eating just fresh/roasted vegetables. But I dare ya to try.